Some suggestion that Marc Herbert is the signing.

Would fit with Orford to Canberra.

Good news if true mate.

He's only played a couple of games this year (when Carney was sidelined) but I like what I saw of him and he's only 23.

Would be a good swap plus £££££ for Orford.

There will be none.

Unless its from the GH school of accounting.

be difficult for canberra to swap a player they've already released

I guess I would be happy with a straight swap as Herbert wouldn't be on the £££ Orford was on and that would free up more money to throw at Leon.

how can they swap a player they dont have on their books mick?

Apologies I didin't know.

Well as you say if he's been released by the club he can't be that good, but you did say we should look for another Dobson to bring over.

Maybe he could fill that expectation?

I think for now I'll stick with Bosc and Pryce.

cant believe no one picked up on the subtle reference to him I put on rumour thread a few hours ago. obviously too subtle

just a name I've heard mentioned on a few forums.can't say I know anything about him as a player but like I said to mick, fact that he was released by canberra before they bothered sourcing a replacement doesnt bode well. If we're looking at relatively unknown halfs from oz I'd rather we looked at younger toyota cup players on the verge of breaking through over ones that have already broken through and then been dumped by NRL clubs.

Could see a straight swap for Josh Mccrone happening. If we're not going for an established star, Cherry-Evans looks good to me. Seems to have all the attributes of a future star. I know he's contracted to Manly, but since when does that mean anything.

The more I think about it, the more I can see a swap with Josh Mccrone happening. He's always struggled to break into the 1st team but built up an excellent partnership with Terry Campese at the back end of this year. Campese being the star of the show. As it looks like Campese will be out for most of next year, Canberra obviously don't think Mccrone can cut the mustard on his own, hence there eagerness to sign Orford.

Straight swap for Orford, pay him half of what Orford was on (still a good whack) and throw the remaining cash at a star stand off. Jobs a good un.

think the key phrase there is 'partnership with terry campese'. surely they will now want him to form a partnership with orford?. dont think many clubs would expect 1 half of a halfback pairing to cope for a season on their own hence why they need orford to replace campese.

although, that said, they may face salary cap pressure having campese,orford and mcrone on books at same time. especially if they also sign moltzen (sp) who they were chasing.

I'd agree if Mccrone was the stand off in the partnership. I wouldn't really expect Canberra to pair 2 scrum halves together especially when they have the rising star Michael Picker as a possible stand off partner for Orford.

I'm pretty certain they'll want to keep hold of Mccrone, but then again, we don't want to lose Orford so there may be some bargaining power.