IMO

Taking a big risk in saying this, I think he'll be a huge hit over there, he's proven over here in recent weeks what his defence is like, almost Nathan Hindmarsh like. His fitness is through the room, and a pre-season over there will turn him into a machine.

Think he'll be back in SL, every player wants both NRL medals and SL medals. Whether it be net year or in 4years time.

Didn't he cost 70k? Not bad money compared to the big fat, lazy Karl Pryce in the reserves! I think Flanagan, always had it in the back for his head, with a fully fit Locker's were would his place be?

Whats to say he'll be with his gf in 12months?

We'll see tho, I suppose

Or maybe they've seen the lad play and spotted the potential that many supporters have.

The key aspect for me here is that it is a 'Pommie' who hasn't even established himself in Super League trying to establish himself in the Australian NRL.

I wish him luck and hope he does well, I just think he faces an uphill struggle.

Why not? That's exactly what we did with him.

It's going to be a tough task for the lad to make it in the first team over there. He may have to rely on a couple of injuries like he had to here but if he ever does get the chance and plays aswell for their first team as he has done for ours he'll be hard to leave out.

Reading in the Observer this week Tim Sheens said they'd done alot of homework on him before he broke into our first team and were interested in him after being tipped off by Frank Endacott so that must be encouraging for the lad.

Hope it all goes well for him.

Tim Sheens signed him because of his pure talent and potential, I think he’ll struggle to play at the start of the season, but the odds of a second row/loose forward playing every single game in an NRL season, well it doesn’t happen a lot.

The main competition within the Tigers are Corey Payne, Heighington, Gareth Ellis, Galea. Young lad currently in the Tigers squad called Mataka, roughly same age as Flan, but IMO Flan is way above him already.

Half way through next year, he’ll be in that first team, coming off the bench, aslong as he stays injury free. Fighting it out with Mataka for the spot on the bench.