Interesting contrast between our two PNG internationals against Fev. I thought Emmanuel ran his blood to water and for a big bloke he certainly got battered around. Came up with some errors, but mostly from trying hard to impact the game, so I can accept that. Came off injured at the end so fingers crossed nothing serious, as we need his presence.

Wellington on the other hand, I'm not sure we have really seen the best of so far this season. For somebody whose strength is supposed to be his offloading, he's making some really poor decisions. I wouldn't say he is even our most impactful forward at the minute either, Marcus, Jordan and Lewis are all playing more consistently.

A bit unfair to single him out perhaps and there were plenty who made errors yesterday, but as one of our overseas signings and I assume one of our bigger earners, he needs to have more impact. Not sure I would look to extend him and he seems to have maybe mentally ticked the 'heading back down under' box.

Find this an odd signing to be linked with tbh. Whilst I don't think we are in a position to turn anyone down and he'd bring some good experience, hooker isn't exactly a position we currently have a depth issue with. Unless Dean is heading out the door, which would be a massive loss.

I hope not, he's been one of our best, and most consistent performers.
However he may have been spotted by an SL club..........

Agreed, he's been fantastic for us.

Would probably suit that back-up/interchange hooker at SL level quite well. Not sure how much SL interest there has been in him previously, but he's certainly coming off the back of two very strong seasons for us. He's 31 now so maybe that ship has sailed and he has other priorities.

Dean's been playing loose forward this season.
He's a property developer outside of RL, probably making more money doing that than he could make in SL.

Has alternated between both positions this season, but yeah I get your point. I thought I'd read somewhere he was a PT, but either way I hope he's the next one we sign up.