Is Murphy still injured as he’s not been in the roosters pre season games which have had a lot of Flegg players in.

Yeah, I've been keeping my eyes on the Roosters team sheets to see if Lewis' name popped up, but as you say nothing so far. You'd have thought they'd have given him a run-out to see how he does in the pre-season, if he was gonna have a decent shot at it this season in the 1st team and not sent down to play in the Cup comp.

It's been a year since he did his ACL, so you'd think he'd be over that and back to full fitness but obviously with an injury like that sometimes everything runs smoothly in recovery, or conversely you can have problems that lead to other surgeries and it can lead to a bit of a nightmare. Lets hope he's all right and just hasn't been given a chance yet.

Being realistic Murphy isn't playing first team this year.
Roosters are loaded up with talent.

Did we retain his registration?

English outside backs really struggle in the NRL

Could it improve the refereeing standards

Could our new ownet maybe entice him back?

You’d have him back in a heart beat wouldn’t you. That would be nice. Can’t blame the lad for going out there and giving it a crack.

I don't think we should entice him back. He has a dream he needs to at least start.
By all means offer him a good deal when he's ready.

But equally, if we are getting TJ back he might not be needed for a while.

That is true, but I've just watched Monday's edition of NRL Tonight, and Steve "Blocker" Roach was talking about it, and his only view was on how it would enhance the NRL, not the Super League, and suggested that we would have to return to winter as our season clashed with theirs.

I know he's only a TV pundit, but a longstanding one, and perhaps indicative of Aussie views on it.

The NRL marketing would help us, but the view that we would be nothing more than a feeder league for the NRL may well be fairly widespread. What needs improving is our product over here. We shouldn't be used merely as a vehicle to improve their product over there.

I wouldn't take Roach as the general view but I get your point.
The two things that stand out to me are
1) why would they buy it when the litigation is still outstanding
2) their expertise is in an already sold market. They'll find it very hard to lift the profile over here like they have over there.

Personally I think we are better sticking with IMG for a couple of years and then looking at the value.

If they just want to invest money then that's fine.

I agree broadly. I would just be wary of them. They have no vested interest in improving super league. International rugby has never been a priority, and it wouldn’t help them to have something that would attract overseas stars away from the NRL. No, any ideas towards super league can only ever be designed to help them, not us.

Hhhmmmm, if & if the NRL, bought SL, would they not listen to IMG or, would they just say " Get Lost"
We know how to run Rugby League ????