yeah right....Uncle Kath will be joining him on a club freebie as well !

Agar funds these trips himself - he's looking at new coaching developments in Aus as well as trying to unearth a few hidden gems; the goodwill of players like Collis, Aiton, Smith & Poore won't do him any harm in that endeavour.

If he comes back with another of the same quality of any of the above, I take my hat off.

Well if you had the decency to tell us when your pay review was, I'm sure we'd all chip in with our view

It's not a mistake by the club then.

Anyone got any ideas which two players Agar as put offers in for?

In hindsight it would have been better to say that we had made an offer and we were waiting to hear back from the lad.
Having said that, pro players will always have things said about them and at least the guy is in demand.

A couple of people on Twitter went way too far - Ben Cockayne, never shy, jumped in to shut them up and it escalated from there.

He's a young lad and I'm sure if he fulfils his potential, he'll get used to this sort of nonsense; seemed a bit OTT for me though and probably a bit of a shock to him. Amazing what a local derby hat-trick can for your profile though!

Fully agree with this.

I think the harsh reality is - The lower leagues in Aus are better than the lower leagues over here.

I'm confident that there will be a number of players rotting away at a feeder club who could come into our team and make an impact. I think the onus is on Ager to make sure they can adapt and settle down - unlike John, Southern etc etc who struggled.

I think we've probably done just as well with our home recruitment from the lower leagues as we have from Aussie lower leagues, when you look over the last 10 years or so.

RA may just be there to learn more from other coaches and to improve himself. He does take his job seriously, thank god. A model to many, I'd say.

I actually agree with you when I take a step back and think about it.

However, currently I still think the standard of rugby in the Aus reserves is better than the Championship over here (although I'm not certain I made this point very well). I get a feeling Agar could be eager to unearth a gem.

With regards to the purpose of Agars trip, I agree. He clearly wants to expand his knowledge of the game and is putting in extra work. I actually really rate him

With a bit of luck during the RL, we'll unearth the next Stanley Gene or Semi Tadulala or even Willie Poaching!

Obviously dependent on our financial situation that is

Quote: HeathCat "Anyone got any ideas which two players Agar as put offers in for?'" I think one of the Aussie targets is this young fellow :- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Drinkwater

Quote: HeathCat "Anyone got any ideas which two players Agar as put offers in for?'" I think one of the Aussie targets is this young fellow :- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Drinkwater