The hold up has been concluding the deal to get shut of Tupou. We can't register Allgood until it is official and the quota spot come free.

I heard a rumour but I'm not 100% how true they are. It seems like a couple of players need to go and this is proving tricky, then we can make signings. It came from either Carter or Chester apparently. Not reporting it as fact as I really don't know but seems to fit current situation.

I'd have thought that having just lost Simon with a bit of a fee coming in, especially as it wasn't expected that would be a straight one out, one in. Add that to Tupou looking to be not coming back, as well as the impending Moore situation, it would free up a fair bit of our Cap.

It will but most of it is not free yet and also Moore and Simon were not quota players so will have to be replaced by non quota players.

Aye yes I get that. It was more a point of we won't need to lose more players to bring more in, we're already lost a fair few.

More. Or less confirmed that allgood signed in today's Yorkshire Post plus maybe a couple more additions before February....

From the footage I've seen he runs straigh and hard but nothing fancy. Likes to tackle and niggle, he certainly likes the rough stuff. At 6'4' and over 17.5 stone he's the fourth big unit, with both England more or less identical in size whils Fifita is over 18 stone. Hirst is a tad smaller, from what I can gather around 6'2' and 17 stone but still pretty big.

Size alone won't create a dominant pack but it's a start and a far cry from playing people like Anakin in that position. If the attitudes right that front row should now be able to compete with the bigger and better packs in SL, with only Hirst as a bit of an unknown.

Before my mate Belly starts, I like Anakin but he ain't a prop and I also think Huby is probably better than Allgood but none the less he looks a good signing fingers crossed.

I haven't seen much of Allgood, but that was the impression I got when I did; big, hard and likes to impose himself - not bad qualities to add to a pack that has proved pretty easy to dominate.

Also with a season under his belt in the UK I am sure we will see a better player next season, usually takes a lot of Aussies etc a season to settle, this could be a great signing

Yep it certainly does, hoping for the same from Fifita.

Andrew ??

seen Hirst a lot and I think he will make the step up and do a good job very strong and hard to knock down should be a decent signing