Perhaps it was arranged ages ago, perhaps the national French team are paying for his stay?
We don't know the facts just the fact he is there and hopefully it may benefit us in the long run.
Who in the UK will be tempted to join a club on the brink of admin, again after just 24 months. Would you work for a company with a record like Wakey? I wouldn't.

Well the players, for a start. Justin Poore stated he wanted to remain at Wakey because he's pleased with the way he's progressed under Richard Agar. And he was decent enough before he came to us. If it applies to him, maybe it'll apply to some of the other wannabes? It's not always about the instant cash, or shouldn't be. What players could get from the next 2 years may be worth many times that in the future.

Doesn't need to go to Oz to find a half to replace Tim, there is one a bit closer to home!!

Richard Agar has paid for the trip to Australia himself not the Club.

Does he not do this every off season, he gets involved with coaches and uses contacts in Aus.

I have never been Richards biggest fan but i will support him and he needs to cut some slack IMO.

He may just turn up another Henry Paul, its happened before.

One thing we consistently do is add value to players whose careers have stalled. Unwanted players we have taken on in recent years include Atkins, Ferres, Kirmond, Cockayne,George, T Smith, Amor,Tronc......some incentive there for players who need a second chance.

Always a gamble but lets face it we have had some cracking players that were not known names before they came.Yes we have had some right rubbish at the same time but when moneys tight I would be looking to secure Kay and Wildie at the very least.

Nothing was mentioned about Wilde last night but, Kay has been made an offer by the club but, his agent was demanding 3X the figure that we offered ????

Although we all have to put food on the table and nobody can blame anyone for taking up a better offer elsewhere, there should be some loyalty in the opposite direction and perhaps some of the players should be wanting to help the club go forward, not just looking for a fast buck elsewhere.

As I already mention, apparently the kid is on less than £10k, tripling his salary isn't exactly asking for a fortune.

Whilst I agree with you, I don't think we know what the club have offered (unless you're saying that is under £10k) to him to renew.
Assuming we have offered to increase that to, say £15k, which is still cheap as chips, would you say we should pay him £45k???

A compromise ought to be reached. Double with incentives perhaps. Still I believe if a contract had been forthcoming sooner the agent definitely wouldn't be asking for triple, but thats the gamble Trinity took.

Is there still the requirement that as soon as a youngster plays 25 games they automatically go onto a minimum of £25k?

it isn't quite that straightforward and it isn't that much! heard that there is a bit more plus a job offer which takes it to a larger amount!

Well I would say that depending on the job offer then it could be a good deal. Playing careers are not that long and if the job gives him some experience and trainign in something that he could do after Rugby I would think that would be good for a young player.

having said that, I don't know what the offer is, if it's cleaning the loos then obviously there's no future merit in that.

The lad himself was a bit upset that this was being discussed on Twitter last night - it's probably a bit unseemly to be taking about the small details, given his age and the issues involved.

When I negotiate my salary, I don't usually have an audience of anonymous people chipping in their thoughts!