Well he must be planning on staying around a while as he's bought a house near flockton

As I said a couple of weeks ago - met him just after training and he was battered and bruised, carrying two head injuries, a busted finger and a nasty calf injury that meant he had trouble walking.

I'm sure there's nothing sinister going on.

I saw the interview with R.A. and his comments about Steve Southern were very interesting. He seems to acknowledge that there was a fitness issue with Southern and that its been worked on for the last 4 weeks whilst he's been recovering from a calf injury. He more or less stated that Southern will be like a new signing with his much improved fitness levels and has had almost a mini pre-season.

Hopefully Southern will now be used in the second row position within the 17 along with Kirmond and Lauititi against Warrington. Playing him at Prop made him ineffective I think.

I'm sure playing him at prop probably did cause him to be ineffective. That said, he's no line buster as a second row forward either, although if he does get full fitness and demostrates his reputation as a tackling machine then there is a place for him. He is probably the man to 'get in the oppositions faces' and lead by example. That is something we've been lacking this season.

I didn't take that as being unfit, just that he has fittness issues in relation to injuries.

Sorry Richard if i misquoted you.