Good luck to him. Big loss to Leigh, he's a good solid player who always gives 100%. Think he was the most improved player last year after going full time so will likely only continue to improve. If he wants to go try playing in Australia then he's probably at just the right stage in his career to go try it. All the best to him.

Dear oh Dear..

The thread and your actual responses are still easilly accesible if you care to re check.It differs somewhat to the above codswallop.

For your information I never post on a rumour, I would be writing every day. I only ever post 100% facts. As this thread has proven once again.

The timing couldn't be worse. Hock and Acton banned, and Hopkins picking up an injury, and Weston looked in need of a week off as well.

Also, whilst Fuifui had a really good game at the weekend, there is no way he is 100% back to normal so soon after dropping that much weight so quickly with his illness.

Does anybody know how Hoppy is by the way? Looked like a possible broken finger.

Lctv interview with jukes mentioned a fracture

Jukes said after the game he hoped to have him ready for the middle 8's(!)

Dear oh dear indeed. The thread is still there where you state the club sacked him after he was fighting in the dressing room. As is the interview in the Mirror where Rangi says he left by mutual consent after failing to fall back in love with the game to spend more time with his family, as is the tweet from the club plainly stating Rangi hasn't been sacked, as is the press release from the club saying he'd left by mutual consent over a week after you claim he'd been sacked, don't know if Jukes' interview on Radio Manchester is still anywhere to be found where he states he knew nothing about this fight you claim happened in the dressing room presumably right in front of him.

But that's in the past, Rangi has gone, can't say I blame him with people making up rumours about him all the time but still, we move on.

Not sure what you've proven in this thread.

But still young highly promising player coming to the peak of his career wants to go try his hand trying to get into the biggest RL competition in the world, believable.
Player many people seem to love to hate gets sacked for fighting in the dressing room but then the club cover it up & flatly deny it for ..................... I'm sure some sort of reasons, maybe. Bringing weeks of negative publicity on the club. Everyone supposedly involved seems to know nothing about it. Not very believable.

Oh bloody hell!



This season we just seem to stumble from one bit of bad news/luck to the next.

How on earth are we top of the league?!



Fair play to Jukes and Ando, it might not always be pretty but (since round 1) whatever side we have managed to throw together has gone out and got the job done, barring 1 draw away at Odsal.

Whilst I'm sure Jake is looking forward to his Australian venture, why does Jukes think he wasn't 100% committed to the cause? I guess, he means like a 'loan signing' will definitely be. But somebody who has played nearly a 100 games for the club, won't be. I can imagine the conversation: Jake: "Neil, I can't wait to get to Australia, and even though I can help us get into Super League, I'm not sure I will give 100% in every game" Neil Jukes: "Fair enough, you're fired !" WHAT A LOAD OF B*****s ! So out of the current squad, the ones who are speaking to Paul 'Toronto' Rowley, are they a 100% committed to the cause ? What's the difference between them & Jake.....the mind boggles !

Maybe he means with Jake not being 100% committed as he'll have to spend a lot of time organising & preparing to emigrate. Spending time looking for a club, a job and a house out there as well as sorting out all the other rigmarole meaning he won't be available for the training Jukes expects. Don't know if Jake has a child he wants to move during school holidays between terms which could limit his availability for us. I don't think Jukes would say Jake wouldn't give his all on the pitch for us, more likely Jake has said he won't be able to devote himself as much to training as Jukes would expect of our players.

Because Jake asked to leave? As in leave now, not at the end of the season.

If somebody wants to leave before the job is complete then that person clearly isn't 100% committed to the cause. It sounds as though we tried to persuade him to stay (we would be daft not to with Acton and Hock missing, Fuifui still recovering and Spencer out on loan) but if he was determined to leave then I guess we just had to let him go.

Whilst I am gutted that Jake is leaving now he has never given anything less than 100% on the field so good luck to him over in Aus.