Interesting that Leeds are thinking of not releasing Ward yet Bateman is being allowed to go by the Bulls who i would of thought is a much more integral part of the Bulls than Ward is to Leeds. How many of the squad are on fulltime compared to Academy contracts does anybody know?

Yawn.

Im not getting suckered in with you again smokey, you are the VT terminable bore.

Seriously.

I will be disappointed if Leeds don't release Stevie Ward, they can easily cope without him and the tour could do wonders for him. Also, England will need their best players available, Australia haven't named it's squad yet but i have a fair idea who will be in it and it will be as strong as any i have seen.

The bigger picture IS youth development. Its all clubs producing lots of quality young players, not just a few

Beating the aussies is all that counts. Couldn't give a stuff who the lads back home play for.