Remember seeing Lautiiti in a few games for Leeds - came off the bench with knee wrapped up - took 1 drive and then got taken off.

A very gifted player but he's had a few knocks to the knees in the last couple of years. IMO, this is a player that would spend a bit/most of the season in the treatment room.

Plus - I think he would take some serious cash in the process.

As has been said a million times already, it's not the quota status that is the issue, it's the non-fed trained status he would have held had it not been for the special dispensation.

Which RFL still haven't said whether he's got yet. I know sammuts tweeted he's off quota but remember Morrison saying in league express he was when quota rules changed and being wrong so wouldn't count our chickens yet.

Precisely how many times have you taken your barge pole to Odsal and touched a player with it so as to bless him with your approval?

please note ... HOOD DID NOT SAY AND ... HE SAID .... "OR" .. NOT AND!!

and he said " whether new arrivalS or contract renewalS". If it was only contract renewals, he would have just said more signings without saying that they were renewals, so the probability is that it will be a mixture.