Does anyone know how long he is going to be out of action ??
I see there is a picture circulating of him with his wrist heavily bandaged up and Powell has stated that we will be without him for " a while"

I saw 4 months on social media somewhere.

Broken wrist I presume then.

Nobody has said four months, it was three. So expect to see him back by two.

Pretty sure I saw 4 months posted on Facebook initially by a poster.

Regardless, I hope you are right and he’s back soon to get some games under his belt.

Apparently he’s telling everyone he meets it’s 3 months, so I’m already dubious as I doubt he’d be that precise. However he’s already been out a month so even if it’s true that leaves only 2 months. He needs to get back ASAP as I think he’s only on a season deal, and I reckon there is only one place left for SL unless we take a marquee signing.

Vagana signed for two years, which leaves us with one quota player too many already signed up for next season. Either someone is leaving or we've found a loophole. Even a marquee signing would count as part of the seven.

Atoni
Uele
Vagana
Rodwell
Lino
Walmsley
Bain

Signed up for 2025. That’s 7. Who’s the extra putting us over?

Boothroyd, or is he only on a 1 year deal.

Boothroyd

I have been told that Vagana will come off quota because he played jnr rugby in Bradford & has proof so under RL rules, we will be level or up to full quota, the club is aware !!!

I think he must be on a 1 year deal. I’m sure I’ve seen posted on forums he is.

If he isn’t then I’m sure the decision will be made to cut one after we get closer to end of season if necessary. Absolutely nothing to bother about.

We certainly do need to find quality in our domestic signings.

Hopefully that is the case. I like the look of Boothroyd if he is to stay. If not then it could give scope to recruit.

If Vagana is off quota then I think its between Bain or Boothroyd as I suspect we might want at least one big name Aussie signing.

However I think it’s always in the pack where promoted clubs suffer, so there is a huge logic on concentrating most of your quota on forwards, especially when they have had a season together.

I don’t care what anyone says, it’s still forwards who win games.

I certainly think they are a big part in winning games.

Bain is on a 2 year deal so that’s pretty much it for our quota unless Vagana comes off then it may allow one spot if Boothroyd is on a 1 year or we nagotiate a release.

If we had a big player to come in it would be a quality second row or centre for me who could do some damage on the edges. Though I absolutely would take a quality halfback.

Think we already have the makings of a good SL pack in Rodwell, Atoni v2, Uele and Vagana who are all except Atoni hitting mid 20s. We could do with finding another quality English prop unless Bowden is doing another year.

It’s a bit hard to guage what we need atm with so many gaps and needs to fill but ultimately we need a handful of quality SL players to add to what we have (from the top half of SL) and a couple of promising younger lads to develop.