Saints are supposedly signing Clark, though I did see a rumour the other day that we are looking to do a swap deal with Catalans, with us signing Tom Davies and Lussick going to Catalans, and then us signing Leeming as well as Clark, but not sure how much truth there is in that.

We are also looking to sign Sam Walters, to replace Dan Norman, who hasnt kicked on as expected. Hes a Widnes lad, and wants to return to this side of the Penines is my understanding.

I give up

would be a cracking round of recruitment for Saints

Its a big year for us recruitment wise, we have Roby and LMS retiring, and Makinson, Hurrell, Lomax, Walmsley and Paasi not likely far behind them, and the majority likely needing to be replaced in the next 2-5 years. Couple that with Lees, Knowles, Welsby and Dodd being a constant poaching threat from the NRL, our recruitment team have their work cut out.

We knew this going into this year though, which played a part into why we did so little recruitment last year. A lot is going to depend on the supposed 3rd marquee vote, as it will give us enough space to go after Luke Thompson, without hindering our ability to keep Dodd/ Welsby who are the most immediate threats. Since Thompson is a home grown marquee, and thus only 75k on the cap, that then frees up a lot of space for the rest of our recruitment. Were not likely to replace Mata'utia like for like as Wingfield deserves to be in the 17 every week, so then we have money to invest in other areas, preparing ourselves for the next tranche of retirees.

I don't understand why he does surley we can't be at cap.

If we are, it would make playing Shaul against Rovers even more baffling.

What will Balmforth be on?

Need to get him and Staverley some first team exposure or they will off, I'd have both of the before Lane and Dywer,. Staverly has alot more potential than Gardiner too.

Just have to look at Littens impact.

Dwyer to Saints? dont think so
You can see why Leeds let him go.
one season contract was the right move by the club for a change

Keeping Shaul and not letting him go to Wakefield because they messed us about a little is a stupid decision especially when you see what HKR did taking advantage by swapping an average player for Corey Hall who has everything to be a top S/L centre in the future years.
So now with Litten coming to the fore he will be paid for sitting in the stands most of the season

It was Applegarth who pulled the plug on Shaul

I dont disagree but this was the rumour why he only signed with us for a year, that he had a deal in place with Saints for 2024

Stavely, balmforth, brown and savelio going to rovers

It was Applegarth who pulled the plug initially when he’d been appointed after Wakey had agreed to take Shaul after his loan spell. Then I believe they then came back in for Shaul but the club knocked them back for messing about with the initial agreement.
As Bonaire says that was a poor decision as means we now paying for a player thats unlikely to see any game time when we could have shifted him off the wage bill and cap.

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