What concerned me more was the club he (or his agent) originally wanted to go on loan to.

You can't criticise Drinkwater and Burns. They've been at the club a matter of weeks. It takes time. Our team looked disjointed yesterday, exactly how you look when you've hardly played a game for us.

Let's also remember we didn't have a recognised hooker on the field for most of the game after losing Hood. All disjointed again. Unfortunate, but it happens.

If Riddy wants to go and the club have offered him more money, then they've done all they can. Riddy is getting on in years, he needs to take what he can get whether it's Toronto or Wakefield - he'd be stupid not to.

For me. We play Burns and Drinkwater till the end of the season at 6&7. Let them settle till the 8s. Class will shine through.

Spot on and when we have Higham Hock Hopkins Acton and McNally back we'll see a different team than yesterday.

Btw I hope Riddy stays.

I do as well, but if he doesn't want to stay on the improved contract we've offered, then good luck to him.

At the end of May players are free to be approached therefore clubs generally act by offering contracts to players they want to keep so mid season is completely normal. I also doubt someone doesn't get picked just because they haven't yet signed a contract offer. It is simply down to our coach doing his job and trying to arrive at a side that best fits his plans for each particular game. I don't see why because a player isn't picked it is because of some issue (Cunningham and Burns excepted of course). With Saints half back shortage now let's hope they call Charnock back from Bradford.

I believe we had a great number of players who enjoyed being a big fish in a small pond, I believe that we will soon have a squad who only want to be in the Big Pond.

Cheers Demon (I mistakenly deleted my post before you replied - a constant cock up of my lack of IT skills )

Either cant have any ambition to play in SL or maybe he knows that he would be found wanting in SL

Or perhaps too good an opportunity to turn down either in financial terms or he (they) may consider it the experience of a life time.

I see Toronto Wolfpack twitter showed a picture of the League Weekly article on who they have already signed up. Would they do that if they hadn't already tied these players up.

Just had a look, Pownall, Kay, Beswick & *possibly* Ridyard !!!

Building something GREAT in Canada aren't they ? ....

A British Team in Canada playing 50% of their RL in England.

Oh, I forgot Togagae *not British* but NOT CANADIAN either.

Well done Toronto Wolfpack.

So that is Rowley and Finny confirmed with Pownall, Kay, Beswick, Riddy, Sarsfield and Emmitt all rumoured to be following.

They are basically just recreating the Leigh side of 2015 but in Toronto

Emmitt gone to pursue his dream in Oz..Noz.

Hear hear
Some people seem desperate to leap onto any conspiracy theory based on anything at all. Ridy has been playing all season sometimes with injuries, we've got a young lad in Reynolds playing excellently yet still learning the game & 2 new halfbacks in Drinkwater & Burns who need to get to know the team & our style of play. Dropping Ridy for a couple of weeks doesn't mean he's had some big fall our & is on his way out. It means this year we've got a coach who understands flogging some players all season while not giving others any game time at all until everyone is either dead on their feet or not at match fitness when you need them isn't the way to succeed.