You really are the gift that keeps giving

I hope that Welsby signs a new deal with Saints, we need all the good players in SL that we can get. Having said that if he doesn’t go to the NRL we will never know how good he is.

Welsby agrees new four year deal. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/67774245

Welsby agrees new four year deal. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/67774245

Good news for the comp. It’s not the five year plus the option of an extra years deal spoke about in the Aussie press but he’ll do at the very least three years of that (and likely all four as Saints won’t sell him). He’ll still be young enough at the end of this to go over if he wants to do so but he genuinely doesn’t seem that bothered and fair play to him for that.

Great work by Saints. Jealous that they seem to be better than us at retaining players

Not just saints and Welsby but Wigan and smith (who I rate as the best 7 in SL)

Still expect both him and Smith to be in the NRL in 2026.

The 4 year deals will just mean both clubs can command a fee.

I was told on Saturday that the deal has no NRL get out clause transfer fee or not.

There’s more chance of a SL club signing him than an NL club before 2027.

I guess we’ll find out how true this is over the next few years.

You were also told it was to 2028 as per your post on redvee.

Just saying

Yeah was a year out. You got me. Although technically the end of 2027 (which it is) is the start of 2028

Shall we look at the info you’ve told us all on here about transfers?

Just saying

Probably but the floodgates are still being held back which is a positive. The marquee player rule has turned out to be a very smart move.

Pure speculation on my part I must say, I’ve no basis for thinking it, it’s just the way things generally go.

I agree regarding the marquee rule, perversely though I would like to see both go to the NRL because I don’t think either have a chance of getting to achieve their potential playing in SL.

It’s a bit of a chicken and egg situation. I’d love them to play in a comp in SL that can compete with the standard of the NRL, and then leaving would weaken the competition but it’s at the moment the only way we will get to see how good they can be.

Not sure how we can resolve that certainly not in the short term anyway.

You must remember Luke Thompson won’t ever sign for Wigan

I don't think Welsby will ever go to the NRL. Hopefully some of ours follow suit. The Marquee rule allows this and I think there should be more leeway for players that come thru a club from a really young age to first team to help us keep our best players in our competition