Am still unsure whther this guy counts as an overseas player or not. Anyone shed any light?

he's overseas. guess samoa link may mean he counts as non-fed trained rather than full quota but they are essentially the same thing next year anyway.

Apologies if this has already been mentioned but maybe the one year deal has been agreed as in the first instance it will suit both parties? After all, he is a young lad moving to the other side of the world. Perhaps he may struggle to settle so far away from his family?

He would not be the first player that this has happened to.

I am sure if he settles and it works out then an extension will be swiftly offered.

Well you live and learn. Everywhere I have looked says Sydney NSW.

The Ah-van theme song (to the obvious tune)

Ah-van in the middle of our team
Ah-van he runs like a dream
Ah-van we like to see him fly
Ah-van scores another great try!

This is great. Things started looking up when we got rid of a coach, now we can celebrate with the signing of a van.

Well Wiki says NZ and that's never ever wrong...

Glady.

Adrian Morley
Jamie Peacock
James Grahaham
Sam Burgess
Nick Scruton
Andy Lynch
Craig Kopczak
Eorl Crabtree
Darrel Griffin
Keith Mason
Stuart Fielden
Andy Coley
Gareth Carvell
Ben Harrison

The fact that all these props have more of an impact of games show than your man show just help to illustrate the fact that youre talking absolute twaddle.

It's disgusting that NRL teams are signing British Props like Burgess and letting them hold back decent Aussie and NZ players...

Well I doubt that matters seen as Burgess is playing back row.

Just on the Sam Moa comparason, he now has impact, not the best in the league as b4c2010 points out - but impact nonetheless. If I'm reading your argument correctly this explains why its ok for Hull to sign sam moa because he offers something, whereas ah van is untried in the nrl therefore we might as well try an untried british player who could give us the same. Am I right?

My question would be how many NRL games had Sam Moa played before being signed by Hull? I know how many, its 53 less than AH Vans 54 apperances. So he was untried and could easily be argued at that time that some british prospects of the time [imight [/ihave given you the same impact. Or that your signing of Moa is exactly the same if not slightly worse than the signing of Ah Van by the logic of measuring against un-named potential.


...just to point out, I have no problem with us signing Ah Van or you signing Moa.

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Good and reasoned response, it will have been read by the nit-wit poster only up to the point when you used the L word. As is a wooden stake to a vampire, and a burning cross to satanists, Logic is to Trolls.