So you are only having a dig at HKR because someone once had a dig at you.
Aww Bless

I see that even though England/GB international teams are rubbish, the dumbo's who run the clubs still won't do the HARD work and train their own but insist on signing overseas crocks , cos they can!!!

Cas sign another overseas player cos another overseas player retired and a brit went to another club. They ADMITTED they need a centre!!!

That's how to nurture future talent and improve them!!!

What a condemnation of their coaching abilities and development scheme!!! ( applies to other clubs as well!!!)

We have replaced a home grown centre with a home grown centre and an overseas centre with an overseas centre, and if shenton would have agreed to stay we would have had two home grown centres. We also only have 5 overseas players which is less than most teams in the league and is sticking to the guidlines the rfl has set, last year we played 11 home grown players, 2 have since left and one more home grown player has returned, and we have 4 or 5 young players on full time contracts that all have a good chance of making there debuts this year. But dont let facts get in the way of your argument.

Quote: Gazemous " highly rated young centre rather than a 30-something other SL clubs bring over for a pension. So next season, the first three choice Cas centres will be Joe Arundal, Jordan Thompson and Willie Isa. Average age: 19.6 years old. Yeah, we don't do anything to bring through young talent. If he is '21 and highly rated' why is he not still in the NRL? His Wikipedia page doesnt exactly describe him as the next Greg Inglis either.... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Isa

Quote: Gazemous " highly rated young centre rather than a 30-something other SL clubs bring over for a pension. So next season, the first three choice Cas centres will be Joe Arundal, Jordan Thompson and Willie Isa. Average age: 19.6 years old. Yeah, we don't do anything to bring through young talent. If he is '21 and highly rated' why is he not still in the NRL? His Wikipedia page doesnt exactly describe him as the next Greg Inglis either.... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Isa

Not at all

Jamie Lyon was superb.

And I think Joel Monaghan should go well too.


but as for the rest......



What so many people can't seem to realise is this.

AUSSIE PLAYERS DONT COME HERE UNLESS THEY HAVE TO.


I'm sorry...but thats a fact.

9 times out of 10 Aussie players come here from the NRL if they have been awarded the *DCM from their own clubs back home.

*Dont Come Monday.



This can be for a variety of reasons...age, quality and poor health top the list.


I can't see how anyone could disagree with that.



Its like owning a Porsche. Great cars. Look fantastic, drive even better. A real performance machine.

But like all things in this life they start to go wrong. They are expensive to repair. You fix it up because you love it. But bits break. That car ends up costing you a motza in repairs.

So what do you do with it?

You sell it to some bloke who is impressed by the name but ultimately doesnt know what he is looking for.


There we have it folks. Thats why you get so many of our players that cant cut life in the NRL any more.

Like orford, hicks, tandy, whatuira, walker, faoso(sp), riddell? to use your analogy it looks like we are selling the porsche back with a few more miles on the clock

The fact that someone like Tandy can walk straight back into an NRL first team line up tells you:

A) The NRL stocks are as low as ours
B) They are decent players who come to SL
C) The jnr development programs in Oz are struggling and the Toyota cup hasn't done what they hoped it would.

because Tandy can get a starting team position! If there were quality young props being developed then a plodder like Tandy would be at best in a NSW cup side.

There has been much discussion about wether the Toyota cup is succeding in producing 1st grade ready players , especially in the forwards.