Very disappointing Abe Froman contribution to this recruitment thread - I got very excited seeing his name pop up only to see him asking about a positional change for an opposition player. Don't ruddy post on this thread Abe unless it's juicy for the love of god.

Interesting. Warrington wanted him as a Centre. We pulled out of negotiations with his agent because he was insisting on a clause that guaranteed him the full back position.

Well, I could tell you that if Tom Burgess doesn't get an offer in the NRL that beats what we've offered him (definite marquee wage) he's as good as nailed on. But I'd be guilty of over-sharing.

That's more like it - over-share away.

I can see why we didn`t sign him now.

We don`t need a fullback and I wouldn`t be offering Dufty a new deal after this season either, with Josh Thewlis destined to play there, and Cai Taylor-Wray emerging too. We can use the quota spot on a position where we have less talent.

For 2025 if Sam is still in place then?

Must resist......... M U S T .......... R E S I S T...............

Yes

Yeah Hiku was FB mainly but slotted into Centre and caused equal havoc! He's a class apart and I'm in danger of going overboard after 1 friendly.
And apologies to Ratticus and in keeping with Wire rumours, erm yeah, Burgess is nailed on, honest.

Mmmm... on the fence over Tom Burgess. Excellent marquee prop, but good props in super league are easier to come by than good backs. I guess we have some excellent backs coming through our own ranks anyway, and a good organising half coming through to partner Williams. If it's a two year deal only for Tom, then I'm in. Just hope he has a better spell than his twin did at Wigan.

Ahh agreed, I do read this forum quite a bit cos it's one of the more active boards and he puts other "in the knows" to shame! We had one on the KR proper forum but he was silenced!

General consensus im feeling is that us, Wire and Leeds are definitely at least a forward away from challenging Wigan and Saints and I reckon HKR and Wire will be fairly close in the table.

Who saw Tom Burgess to Huddersfield coming then?

Maybe, finally, we weren't prepared to outbid another club just because we can. Whilst he's a great acquisition for any club, maybe we have our marquee money earmarked for someone who'll make a difference to our back division, or somebody a bit younger. Or maybe neither he or Burgess Snr. wanted the pressure it would create.

Certainly not me, very surprised.