Whilst I'd love a top / A+ prop, I'd still be more than happy for us to sign someone who fly's under the radar a little & might become that level of player.

Like others have said the prop we all want probably isn't available. Maybe we need to then look at the next level down?

Someone like Corey Jensen at the Cowboys. We got linked with him 18 months ago (around the same time as we signed Clark), but nothing came of it. He's not the gun prop we'd all want, but he'd improve us.

Wakefield set to announce Andrew Fifita imminently according to the Yorkshire Post. If this is true, and given he’s not played NRL this season yet so it likely is, my question is why aren’t we after a prop of his calibre? He’s an absolute wrecking ball and would be exactly what we’re after.

He is shot.

He has major issues with his knee. He was offered to all SL clubs in the offseason and only Leeds bit but they soon withdrew when the extent of the injury was revealed.

Wakefield are in a desperate situation and by all accounts will only be paying a small % of his salary.

We need someone who is more than a panic signing like him.

I think you could offer him the world but from what we know playing along side David means more to him, its a hell of a risk but I hope its true we need him more than you do

The last I’ve read is that he’s lost 20kg, is getting over his knee injury and is looking good. I’ll try and find where I read it but I think it was a tweet rather than an article.

If what you say is true then fair enough, I’ll happily stand corrected, but if not or he does get back his form (or form good enough to dominate in SL) we’ve lost out on a huge signing

Do we have the cap room anyway? If Jukesays is right about a fair portion of the Burgess money going on upgrades for French and Hastings then we might not have much choice for this year.

After the George Burgess signing I think we can understand the club being extremely cautious about signing players with injury doubts.

After watching his late hit on a kicker in the NSW Cup (that I believe he unbelievably got away with a ban for), I await his bleating about how dirty Wigan players are with baited breath. That’s presuming he’s a big moaning girls blouse like his twin.

I don’t know, I’d assume we do given French & Hastings were given wage increases months before Burgess left.

Months before IT WAS ANNOUNCED that Burgess had left.

We got burned on Burgess and Tomkins.

I’m more than comfortable to take a pass on Fafita and play the waiting game, better quality long term options will come on the market.

We don’t need a short term, and forgive the terminology, knee jerk signing.

2 from 2 and in the quarter finals of the cup with nearly a full backline missing.

Wakefield need a spark and a lift short term, I think he will have that affect. If his contract goes into next season though it’s a car crash waiting to happen.

we signed the best prop in the championship

I'm talking about for our next prop, if we can't get a top SL player.

I know but we need an experienced classy player | feel, Burgess was perfect in theory just the injuries were terrible.

What about the best prop in the Aussie reserve grades? Not sure how it works from a visa POV, but worth a try imo.

Guys like Lachlan Timms had a huge rep as the "next big thing" in 2019, but he's not made the NRL yet. rlhttps://www.nswrl.com.au/news/2020/05/25/lachlan-timm-st-george-illawarra-dragons-canterbury-cup-nsw-stats/rl

Some of these guys just need an opportunity to show what they can do. Kind of like what Field is looking for with us, or like Blake Green did.

Yeah I have a theory that props tend to come over from the NRL with that kind of rep, but then we quickly find that the NRL has taken too much of a toll on their bodies, like they age quicker than SL or Championship props because of the intensity of the game there. Just my opinion, but I'd primarily be looking at this hemisphere if we want someone in their prime.