A relation of his at work has said the same this moring, ....gutted

This makes the signing of Heremaia understandable.

Would be a huge blow to lose Houghton!

Would be a blow to lose him if it happens but good luck to him, can't blame him for wanting to try his hand over there its not as if we are going to be challanging for anything in the near or even distant future for a long while.

Do him good to be at a club with a decent coaching set up too as he will only improve.

Good luck to him if he goes. Will need to sharpen up his consistency in passing accuracy to make it over there. If he does go I hope he does well.

Dont agree. Ive not seen anything from him this season that makes me think he is good enough for a top four side which has to be where we are aiming. If anything i think he has stagnated and not stepped on from last season and doesnt have the distribution that someone like Robinson or Roby have. All he can do is skoot.

He is in the top 5 tacklers in SL!!!

He'll need to become a lot more creative to make it in the NRL.

Maybe so, but personally I believe Danny is more than average.

fairplay to him

can't blame him for wanting to play and progress under a decent coach and for a club with greater ambition. if i was briscoe i would be wanting away too

Not really a surprise when he's been forced to play the full 80 in the middle of the park quite a few times this year though is it

That never stopped Swain

His girlfriend is a friend of my wifes and apparently Shaun Berrigan advised him to try his hand in the NRL last year sometime. I can't see why he wouldn't at least give it a go, he would improve far more even if playing reserve grade there than he would first team here in my opinion.

Swain had far superior distribution than Houghton, imho.

He's been excellent this season. His yardage gains around the ruck are very good, his kicking is ok and his defence is excellent. He needs to work on his guile but he is getting better imo.