Indeed, along with people back in the UK believing that you need to sell your wife and one of your kidneys to be able to afford food.

Who can forget Banana's at 13 bucks a kilo!

I live in Melbourne and I thought it would be hotter , however I love the summer here and Jan Feb was average 26c and we had 2 days at 40c only.
Melbourne is on the same lateral line as north hemisphere as Lisbon, Valencia but doesn't have the same Balearic hot endless sunny days summer !!! not at all , in fact Melbourne hasn't strung together 7 cloudless days in the 2 summers I have been here.
But it's mid winter here and 15c today and shorts for me when I take my daughter to tennis in 10 minutes time

G Widdup ??

How are you finding living in Newcastle?

Enjoying it so far, it's a big change from England that's for sure! Haven't really explored Newcastle that much as we're staying down in Nelson Bay (which is beautiful but is like a ghost town with it being winter). Hoping to go to the Knights game on Saturday, my first taste of NRL in the flesh.

Only name I have heard on NRL fullbacks is Locke at NZW but can't see that happening.

I expect the 6 to be young and british then 3/4 big names on top like the halves/NRL prop.

Johnson played well for Wakey the other night I thought....

He can come to Hull and enjoy the annual ballet festival, Monet exhibitions and performances at the North Humberside Opera House (sorry, East Yorkshire).

Hull abhors a vacuum.

Would be a brilliant signing, but agree I just can't see it. Unless NZW fancy this young fullback they have coming through I can't see them wanting to let him go, never mind him leaving the NRL.

I just don't see it with Johnson Paul, he just looks ordinary to me. A step up from O'Carroll but not what we want or need IMO. I'd rather have someone like Larne Patrick or Scott Taylor.

It's Paul Johnson actually

I have to agree, doesn't look big enough and apart from injuries not sure he is better than O Carroll.

However with a shortage of good props available we may have to sign a project like him. If we signed a big NRL prop then I could live with:

Lynch
Watts
NRL prop
Johnson
Bowden

Thats 3 big props and two young props.

I'm still hoping with make a move for Kopczak, if Taylor is out of our reach.

Nice run and offload which they should have scored from. Of corse I would rather sign Taylor/Patrick/Eorl, but we can't sign 10 internationals.

Some people's wishes maybe granted it appears. A first team player hinted to a friend about us signing Larne Patrick. He would not elaborate on if it was a done deal or we were just inquiring! I for one would be very happy.

Why can't we sign 10 internationals Wire do. . Wire have 20 players on 100k plus but still manage to get below the salary cap.