This ^^^^^ 100%. #ScrapTheCap

From what i'm hearing, hes one of the players not being retained.

Wow.

I wasn`t expecting that.

Do you have any news about Riley Dean?

Poor if true, he's our best prop by a long way.

I'm praying you've heard wrong!! Ridiculous if we don't keep hold of Cooper.

I’ve heard that too.

Do you know if he was offered a contract or not?

Christ then we will need a Minimum of 3 Props if Cooper is released. To be fair it's odd we haven't re-signed him already so may be true. Daft if we do let him go though

Unless we've got a collection of world-class young props lined up, that would be a terrible decision.

maybe its not a case of not keeping him, maybe he wants out

I don't, sorry.

He is our most effective prop, but 34 in September, where did that time go, I'd have thought he's a year younger and was being offered two.

However, if it's true that he's going then I'd be disappointed, but expect us to have some quality lined up, rather than our recent make do and mend/project signings.

Our succession planning has been abysmal.

I agree, when you look back at the last dozen or so years we've seen a litany of what appears to be big spending but ad hoc recruitment that's ultimately affected the squad both in terms of balance and quality

Quite a feat considering the ambition and level of investment.