It was never mentioned exact figures but from what I've been told it was 50k for Les and around 20k for Shonny.

Quote Adeybull="Adeybull"Public domain? I don't recall seeing anything much reported (unless I was having some senior moments at the time...not impossible) but I would have been pretty disappointed had we not.'" Here Adey Hape. news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_u ... 419627.stm

Quote Adeybull="Adeybull"Public domain? I don't recall seeing anything much reported (unless I was having some senior moments at the time...not impossible) but I would have been pretty disappointed had we not.'" Here Adey Hape. news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_u ... 419627.stm

Ah. Senior moment for sure, then...

Thanks guys.



From Red's figures, both quite modest, it would rather suggest that far from being a "selling club" with those two - i.e. selling your best players for megabucks to bale it out financially - we instead sought some recompense for losing players who were going to/looking to leave anyway?

But we didn't have to sell them though, but we did for financial gain.
We sold our players for money, making us a selling club in my eyes, hopefully we wont be selling Burgess though.

Does anyone know the last time we transfer listed a player?

God knows, the last person I can remember being transfer listed was Iestyn Harris at Warrington, for 1 Million. Think Murphy was something to do with them at that time.

No we didn't have to sell, but if a player wants to earn more money elsewhere and asks to leave then the club have little choice really. I think releasing Lesley and Hape was probably the right time in both cases but unfortunately we haven't properly replaced them.

Understand what you are saying. But surely, if these two were "prized assets" and WE initiated the process for financial gain, then we would have been looking for far bigger fees than Red suggests we obtained? Compare and contrast the Fielden transfer, where the sum involved WAS massive? And, when the history books come to be written, the Fielden deal was probably up there with the Newlove deal in terms of importance to the club, I suspect.

Conversely, if THEY initiated the process (and I heard from the inevitable "good source" that Hape wanted out to Union some time before he finally went) then we'd be looking more at making the best of a bad job?

While we are about it, what was the tale with Robbie Paul?

I sort of understand that players DO get transfer-listed, but in private; and the agents get busy (and richer). Suspect its more relevant to seeking to offload players deemed to be surplus or underperforming though, in which case I suspect any fees might if anything go the other way?

He was offered to Wakey at the start of 2005.

I was getting more at whether we were talking transfer fees (in either direction...) - any info?

With regard to Sam, I don't think anyone would deny him the opportunity to head to Aus.
If I was him I'd jump at the chance too.