Good luck Justin.
Work hard and enjoy your footy.

Agreed - that lad was virtually unstoppable for the short time he was here and had a lovely off-load game just to complete the package; a real shame he didn't work out.

Let's hope that Poore is here to graft - if he has a similar ethic to Southern but better luck, he could be a barnstormer. Fingers crossed.

Spoke great on radio Leeds says he hasn't come for money he had better money offers in NRL states he wants a new challenge and cannot wait to play boxing day. 1 more prop required then thats us sorted !

You really believe that, come on.

Quote: Theboyem "And apparently wants to play for England!'" www.wakefieldexpress.co.uk/sport ... -1-5195441 you wern't wrong!

Quote: Theboyem "And apparently wants to play for England!'" www.wakefieldexpress.co.uk/sport ... -1-5195441 you wern't wrong!

Some people do place experiencing new challenges before the purely monetary aspects of life.
If the financial side of things are not vastly inferior I can see why he would want to play over here.
Anyway, he does seem to have made a good impression.
If his on field performances match this he will do for me .
Welcome aboard Justin.

Westgate Run!

Not sure what to think when Aussies/Kiwis come over here and effectively declare themselves for England/other home nation before they have even played a game in SL.

To me it seems a bit pre-emptive - it could be considered confident but could also be seen as arrogance that playing for England is something that is quite easy to achieve.

If somebody has asked him the question directly and he has answered it then fair enough but i always feel a bit meh when players talk about international ambitions before they have proved themselves over here.

Obviously hope he lives up to his ambitions though.

I believe his mums English, not sure if he has a UK passport.

yeah i know this but was not my point.

True he wanted to see his family in Britain. I do believe it.

So you've signed for Wakefield Justin?Why's that?.....I wanna visit my relatives!
You can't be serious?

Haven't read anywhere else but the audio interview that's posted on the first page, the interviewer asks him, would he ever fancy playing for England because he's qualified and tbh he was pretty noncommittal saying he wouldn't rule it out but would consider it if he was asked, from the way he was speaking it didn't sound he had given it a right lot of thought.

His dad was born in Southampton mate.

Just goes to show how things can appear totally different if taken out of context.
As Shifty says he was asked the question, to which he responded in an open ended kind of way.