Exactly what I said..

I think you're right there about the Wales RU coach. Wasn't it Graham Henry, who's now in charge of New Zealand rugby union?
I don't think Noble is daft so if it obviously isn't going to work he'll ditch the idea.
And you don't know if a certain question was out to him by a Welsh journalist. 'Would you entertain union players Mr Noble?' Easiest thing is to just say 'Yes, lad'.

In principle, I respect the notion of raiding RU. We got great talent from it in the past, though that was at a time when top Welsh players needed the money. That doesn't tend to happen now, so I suspect that, as you say, Nobby was probably thinking aloud rather than announcing a genuine campaign.

Noble explains some of his motivation in this video.
rlhttps://www.rugbyleague.com/video-player/52rl

Matt Utai