While very good for Ryan and I hope for his sake personally he does well.. top guy and family.. this is why I do not feel loan and dual reg moves work for halfbacks generally... there's a lot of chopping and changing and the player is seen as more of a luxury than what he should be, an essential part.

Probably the main reason Paul has been using Ryan off the bench

I still think that duals/loan players should only be relied on for places such as prop, second row, winger... positions that aren't generally relied upon for creative play.
Any of the crucial positions such as hooker or stand off need to be players that you can rely on week in, week out.

At the risk of using that oft heard phrase, that became synonymous with the build up to the last General Election........[i"I agree with Nik"[/i!!

For the sake of stability, and his own personal development, I reckon Ryan would be better served cutting his ties with Cas, and signing for us!! A couple of seasons of regular first team, building his reputation still further.....and if we don't get in next time round, then let him go and take his chances in SDL with our blessing!!

That said, if the groundswell of opinion concerning P&R/licences continues apace, then he might well be lining up, alongside Hilly, in our return to SDL in a couple of years anyway!!

Trained with Leigh this morning, so can't see him playing for Cas, can you?

Would agree with your assumption Myler.

i hope he does play for us, i really hate this dual and loan system, all the advantages are with the sl clubs, some may say well the sl club should have all the advantages as its their players, but that still does not help out clubs like us, i am sure ryan is as frusted as all of us, and just wants to play rl.

You mean foreign half back and club captain Danny Orr, right?

As for Brierley - has HAS to play this weekend, he's the only halfback in the squad and if he doesn't play it just shows how clueless Millward actually is.

It will be down to who holds Ryans registration with the RFL unlike a Dual reg Cas will have to re-register him to play in their team and Leigh will have had to be informed.

They don't need Ryan, can't get relegated, they won't make the play-offs.
Unless they want to give Ryan some SL experience, in the remaining games of theirs, in which it doesn't matter if they win/lose.

How dare you speak to Rangi like that Alan He's English through & through

I know you were referring to McGoldrick, but he isn't one of the first choice halfbacks.