Go after McMeeken at cas

If he played for us the same way he plays for Tonga, I'd be gutted. But he doesn't. Get him and Currie off the salary cap at the end of the season.

of the same opinion.... as brilliant and destructive as he can be.. its never really felt like he was happy and loved his RL at Warrington.

I'm sure we will look back at him fondly... But the move is probably best for all concerned.

Looks on paper to be about to have his most successful season...but I think he was content with making Wembley and winning last season, his form collapsed afterwards.
Hope to see his recent, free agent-to-be, super form continue until November.

Thanks BMM.

Some big spending required for a BMM replacement and 2 other props.

So disappointed that we didn’t make good decisions for 2019 and 2020 which leaves us needing to make multiple signings. That assumes that non of the current group of second tier props we have step up into becoming top performing first team players which seems unlikely.

I’m afraid (like many of our players) that McMeeken’s last good season was 2017. He’s done nothing for the last two years.
If you only see highlights of our games you might see him scoring tries late in games on the right edge, but they are usually made by Trueman who puts him through a gap without getting a finger laid on him. He can go through repeated sets without touching the ball and can often be found ‘recovering’ on the wing when we are bringing the ball out of our own half.
McMeeken is a decent player, but he’s not been worth the big money contract we gave him back in 2017. He’ll be lucky to find any club who will match his current deal.

How old is he now?

He’ll be 26 in May, so he’s not a young player with massive potential. I’m sure he has it in him to improve, but if he’s not doing it under Powell then I wonder who can get more out of him.
He’s certainly not earned a pay rise, and if he’s asking for one I think Cas will be happy to see him leave and spend that cap space on someone else. To be honest, he’s probably not worth the money he is on now, given his current deal was signed in 2017 when he looked like a world-beater.
He’s one of those players that I’d be okay with re-signing, but okay with him leaving too.

Can't say I'm proper upset by this but he will be a big miss, his defense especially. We never saw the best of his attacking form but he's always stood up to be counted in D.

There's going to be ALOT of money free'd up on the cap and we now have a chance to bring a couple of known performers from SL rather than a big money splash in the NRL.

Ben Currie is posting some impressive stats but for me just isn't doing enough to warrant the money he's on, I'd get shut of him an all.

BMM is a 13 all day long for me so I'd look to replace him with someone like Adam Milner and Currie replaced with someone like Matty Ashurst or Oliver Holmes

How much is Ben currie on???

More than Holmes or Ashurst I'd wager.

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.