I'd assume that there's scope to extend his deal should we need it. Thing is, what has he been doing since his release from quins? Cos if he's not in a state where he can get match fit very quickly it's all a bit pointless

Did you read the link?

Playing for Manley's feeder club in Aus.

2 month deal makes good sense and should avoid us having to rush anyone back from injury. If Deacon's been playing all season with a nagging injury let him get fully fit rather than throwing him back in as seems to have been done with Solomona through necessity.

More than happy with this.

Its like a happy ending really. Lets go win the Grand Final...wait, am I dreaming? I've always rated Rinaldi since he was at Wakey. Hopefully he'll prove himself. Still not the long time world class scrum half we're looking for like...

Hence a 2 MONTH contract.

We can only buy what is available after all.

Absolutely, I did notice that.

However I think he'll prove himself to be good enough and get a longer contract, at which stage we'll lose the cash to spend on someone good. I vote ditch the Deacon.

There's a petition in there i think.

Don't forget that Deacon comes with a £50k supplement to the salary cap, so if, IF...we are at the cap (or will be) then Deacon is better value than he might first appear.

He Is Australian. And I'm all for getting good english talent, or bringing through the youth. but it would be nice to bid for Campese? www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,865 ... 14,00.html out of contract at the end of the year. Not a regular for origin or australia national team. Might come over. Although its alot of money. Wonder if he would fit under the cap? If we offload our 'useless' players.

He Is Australian. And I'm all for getting good english talent, or bringing through the youth. but it would be nice to bid for Campese? www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,865 ... 14,00.html out of contract at the end of the year. Not a regular for origin or australia national team. Might come over. Although its alot of money. Wonder if he would fit under the cap? If we offload our 'useless' players.

I did realise that indeed. Deacon is a huge value were we to lose him.

Not possible. Unless he is paying to play I suppose.

nice deal for the bulls, if he's good we can extend the deal, if not then it's only 2 months of wages we've spent on him.

nice work.

But is he with the increasing amount of games he is missing every season. He's only good value if fit and contributing and he hasn't been either of those so far this season.

Good bit of work by the club this IMO.

A player of proven SL quality who is available, willing to come to Odsal for the right price and can cover both the areas we are currently weakest, who is also willing to sign a short term deal so we don't open ourselves to any long term issues (in case the player doesn't fit in, we want to spend the cap money elsewhere, we want to bring through academy products etc), and the player can try to prove himself to earn a longer deal...excellent all round if you ask me, just a shame he's not over in time for tonight.

Are we heading towards shorter contracts across the board in general?

Discuss.