I for one, won't be holding my breath.

Probably wise, HC. How long can these visa clowns spin out what should be a straight forward wave through application? Is it Parkinson's Law? Had Tonga stayed at Leigh for the season and gone to Bradford on loan there would have been no quibble. Are these red-tapers as unfit for purpose as the Red Hallers?

Don't know how it all works but if Tongas visa issue is sorted will he be able to play tomorrow? Would the deadline have been missed or will Fat Nigel and Co give the Bulls special treatment again

his player registration is a RFL rule and will have been done when he signed. His visa is a legal requirement which blocks him from playing. As soon as it arrives he's free to play.

You mean they might fine us, deduct 12 points from our league standing then make us play HKR 3 more times this year? That sort of special treatment?

Is that the same RFL ruke that allowed us to register Iestyn Harris and start this whole sheitstorm.

I think he will be playing tomorrow.

Signed til end of 2018 according to his twitter. Seems a bit high profile for NL1.

Depends. At the end of the day there's still not a lot of FT teams outside SL. If we're still offering him FT employment as a professional rugby player, he will probably take it no matter which league we're in at his stage of his career

Looked decent in his first run out. Couple of good touches, decent step to break the line twice. Daft pass to the winger/touch judge but all in all an improvement on Mendeika.

I like his tweet about being much better next year. Another sliver of hope for my battered fingernails to cling to.

I am some kind of masochist. I'd told myself this season was the last but perversely am not looking forward to a year (hopefully) in L1 where we actually see a victory or two, a side we can call our own and pigs flying over the stadium...

I thought our run of 'luck' with new signings had continued on Sunday when Tonga was down for a few minutes early in the 2nd half!!! If Pryces's knees had stood up to the challenge, or Chisholm not got crocked after 60 mins of his first game back, we would have had 3 or 4 wins against teams near the bottom in my view and still been in there pitching to avoid the drop without any help from our fairy god father at Red Hall

Can't argue with that. As daft as it sounds I did think Pryce was slow but he did at least set up a few plays for us near the opposition line. At the moment, we look so clueless.

But I would argue that Chisholm has been more of a loss than anyone. His presence alone lifts the team so much and I'd go as far as saying if he hadn't have been crocked against Hull KR we would have won that game and a lot more. Potentially off of the bottom before the Middle's 8's started.

I just hope we keep Chisholm for next season. As well as Tonga (sounds like he is staying from his tweet).

With Pryce calling the shots, Scott Moore looked a lot more dangerous as well, he's looked a shadow of the player he was at the start of the season in this bleak spell!

I would say you are spot on with that. I still think he controls things when we finally dominate the collision. But hasn't looked nowhere near as threatening from dummy half.