Elima was a late withdrawal due to a shoulder injury.

The weeks rest should be sufficient.

Would be absolutely ludicrous to let Elima go with the run in still to come, we need as many fit, aggressive workhouse forwards as we can muster at this stage and letting just about our best backrower go would be daft. Could be the difference between prize money and no prize money.

It would. Almost as ludicrous as sacking the entire coaching team. Oh hang on...

From a playing point of view totally agree with you. But we have a guy more interested in financial aspects in charge at the moment.

I am sure they had fully planned for that possibility...

I know, Mat. Was just saying IMO.

Before they thought it through or after?

Why is it rot? It could be argued that some of those players would not be there if you had spent within your means and paid your taxes like other clubs have done.
Salford for example probably don't spend up to the cap(?) but manage to pay their taxes. What would it be like if they said sod the HMRC, we'll have a few better players to guarantee a play off position?