From the little I was told the club had been looking overseas at some player options before Moa started his run of good form. Nothing had been finalised but they were keeping their options open in case something came up.

I am hoping that as the weeks have gone by that Moa playing so well has now proved himself to be a real option for the quota spot. I guess the club just want to make sure they get the decision right and also the balance of the squad. They have Dowes, Cusack, Lauaki and O'Meley to play prop as it stands but having Moa would mean Lauaki could play backrow and be switched with Manu on the bench.

Moa is on peanuts this season so he would need a decent payrise for him to stay. That said he took the deal on the basis he had to prove himself, now he has done that he should be rewarded with a better contract with more incentives providing he keeps improving. The money is there, Agar just probably wants to make sure he uses it right.

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THIS!

The only way I'd look to bring a centre in is if yeaman leaves. Whilst it would be great to have a top class centre again it would stifle teh opportunities for hall and briscoe

we dont need any more backs for me. Sign sam up now fc. Gives us more go forward than we've had for years

Same for me, potentially we have 2 very creative centres in 2 different ways (halls skill and briscoes power). We don't want anything getting in the way of there development.

Interview with hall on the club website quoting him as saying he wants to be a 1st team regular and win another contract past 2010

Good to know, he must love the club to be thinking like that after the way he's been treated.

Interesting that his game improved more in a few weeks working with the fukwit cullen than it has done in a year and a half under our esteemed coach

its also interesting that he has played left centre and looked good rather than full back, wing or right centre

totally agree. Craig is our best strike back and needs to play left centre. Let yeamo and briscoe fight for the right centre shirt

I'd actually have Briscoe and Hall as the starting centres, with Hall paired with raynor, briscoe with calderwood. Yeaman would have to earn his spot back and learn to pass to his winger. As regards out esteemed coach, will be interesting to see the look of Fitzgibbons face as he tries to fathom the tactics devised by the mental midget.

I tend to agree, but then look back to 2006 when Yeamo would have finished top try scorer in SL if it hadn't been for injury as he had a creative half back to play outside of. If Long can create opportunities, hopefully Yeaman can rediscover that sort of form.

2011 do we see....

Tansey
Briscoe
Hall
Turner
Briscoe



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As do I.