Castleford Tigers confirm Rangi Chase has submitted a transfer request.



(To take up a 350k a year deal at Salford)

Kris Keating-HKR

I do love all the people who know exactly what wages players are on.

I don't want go start this up again ... (lol)

Haha, but I don't think anyone can argue that our overseas recruitment for next season has been very good:



Michael Weyman: Origin and AUS international forward

Neville Costigan: Origin and PNG international forward

Kris Keating: Grand Final starting half back and only 25



We have been linked with Langley, Cockayne and Amor so if we could sign these three I think we would be "English heavy" squad wise. Our outside backs will almost certainly be 100% English too:



1.Eden

2.Hall

3.Gleeson/Slater

4.Welham/Salter

5.Hodgson

I know someone close to Cas advised them to sign Keating and we never gave him a look in. He is a VERY shrewd judge of the NRL, And was said to have told Cas to bring him over on 120-130k..... He has heard Hull Kr are only paying 95k. So you have got a good deal there. I am looking forward to seeing him play next year.

Keating you would think would go well in SL judging off past half back recruits of a similar standing in the NRL in Dureau,Dobson,Green and Holdsworth who have made an impact.



A decent looking squad taking shape for KR.

So don't make something out of this that isn't there.



We have double the overseas players leaving in 2014 then will be arriving. This is a fact and will not change as we have no quota or non fed spaces.



[uArriving[/u

Weyman

Costigan

Keating



[uLeaving[/u

Paea

O'Hara

Mika

Withers

Dobson

Patterson

Keating is terrible, doesn't really have anything to his game, glad we have got rid, massive downgrade on Dobson.

Where's Con Mika going ? Thats a new one.

He's out of contract and non-federation trained so we have no choice. Its a shame as he seems to have found his niche at loose forward recently. Ive heard Widnes or Castleford FWIW.

i don't think you can really tell until they are here and had time to settle in. Players who have come over here expecting big things don't always perform and vice versa.