So you don't know and assume??

He has been very good this year and probably playing above his pay scale. I think many would be supridmsed at what he is on and also how much if it counts on cap. Ben crmurrie going will not free up loads of money to bring in a replacment

What is it with chasing average Cas players? First McMeeken, now Milner (penalty machine) and Holmes (nothing more than average when he plays, and that isn’t often).
At least show some ambition and chase the likes of Liam Watts. Grant Millington and Jesse Sene-Lefao are out of contract too and both are far better than McMeeken, Milner or Holmes.

What does it matter how much he earns and if it's less that what most people would think. The question here is:

Would our cap be better off if we brought in (for argument sake) Holmes and Milner, compared to our cap with BMM and Currie.

I'd be willing to bet that the wages demands of the former would be much less than the latter.

i think we keep currie, but we cut his money, he's been a lot better this year so far, again as i've mentioned elsewhere, if the props were punishing in the middle, the edges would be getting pulled in a bit more and the gaps that he exploits and thrives on would be there.

honestly, i can't see us releasing him

I said Currie isn't doing enough to warrant the money he's on. He could be on a grand a year, the simple fact is he's not doing enough.

And I respectfully have to disagree. Ashurst is doing a brilliant job and posts team carrying performances regularly.

Currie is improving, admittedly it’s not quick enough but then the rest of the squad aren’t exactly pulling up trees

Thought Currie looked good on Friday. Played a key role in setting up our only try and broke through a couple of times in the second half, I feel he's growing in to the season, where as last year he never really got started.

He's head and shoulders above where he was last year and I'm confident he'll be offered a new deal. His last contract was announced 6 weeks or so after his first ACL, whether it was signed before or after his injury I don't know. If it was signed after you would think the risk associated with such an injury would have been reflected in the contract offer - there wouldn't have been anyone else at that stage looking to sign him up.

It's a shame but I'm not surprised, the rumours have been there since the world cup. My biggest fear is we carry on with our recent form of recruitment, we have plenty of time to scout and broker a deal with a decent replacement and don't leave it last minute to sign a player that can't get a look in as he isn't fit.

As for Currie, his form is picking up, I think he'll get another contract.

I was talking to a friend about a lot of the current SL players who aim to play international rugby and with Tonga being expelled from the international game I said that Konrad Hurrell, Tuimoala Lolohea, Ben Murdoch-Masila would all be looking elsewhere should they aim to make the NZ side.

Or Wales?

I’d move Currie to loose and invest in 2 big class forwards.

Tonga haven't been expelled at all. It's their governing body that has. They will just operate as an Invitational XIII as they did against Australia?

Seconded.

That’s a good call

Coops and Hill are closing in on retirement and Philbin is the only top notch prop. There’s quite a list of ‘maybes’, ‘promising’, ‘released by other clubs’, ‘fitness issues’ etc