The Raiders won't touch Austin with a barge-pole.

Yeah but, no but.

Just been watching the Raiders, George kicking goals for fun.

His technique always looked great here I felt but it just seemed like a job he really didn’t want. If we did manage to get him back in, it’s nice to have that option alongside Harry Smith and then have Hardaker backing up as third choice.

I'd make Shorrocks third choice.

That goal from the right touch line was superb

Yeah, he's kicked well, and generally played well in a poor side. The Raiders get harder and harder to watch; You watch Melbourne and Penrith, and see how it should be done... but Sticky is a long way away from getting anywhere near that.

Been released with immediate effect from Canberra. Hope we’re getting him on that plane home ASAP

You’d have thought he’s already signed somewhere, hopefully for us but it does create a bit of an issue with regards to the backs. Surely someone has to go now to accommodate him?

We have the Burgess money and marquee slot. Maybe they will just take him early in order to have him on board for next year, when Hastings has gone.

A Williams Hastings combo would be nice for the rest of this season. Although it could set up Hastings leaving early.

Sign him and worry about how he fits in later. It’s not like we can’t shove Hastings and Leuluai around anyway.

He’d only cost £75k on the cap as a trained player, wouldn’t he?

Correct. We’ve got a fair bit of cap to play with as well

Impossible to know what’s going on but I could see this being an issue for Wigan. We don’t really need him yet, we need a forward and if there is a club with space now, who do need a halfback then the timing could really work against us. I’d imagine Leeds are really interested in this news. I did read somebody a few weeks ago saying Leigh were trying for him on a deal until the end of the season. Degsy has been fund raising with his £30 tickets and banning our league.

Can he play prop?