Sean Long is our clubs best buy for many a year not for what he does on the pitch but off it with the youth. Success breeds success!

Nope. Spoke to him at training on Tuesday. Had a face like a smacked and when I asked how he was he said he "wasn't bad". Looked gutted not to be fully training with everyone.

I expect there'll be another rumour next week.

Hobbled out apparently

I meant next season, what about Saints and the clubs that usually out bid us? The fact is that top class Aussie halves don't come over here as rule unless they are at the end of there careers, the only one in there prime in recent years is Monaghan, and he was playing hooker at the time and it was Wire for who money is no object, due to the tax laws changing it will be harder then ever, plus there isn't exactly a surplus of quality halves in the NRl at the moment, looking at it sensibly I'd say the chances of a 'top class' established Aussie 7 signing are slim to none, talk of Cronk is stupid.