But we need ANOTHER forward?

If we have Snitch and Turner already signed, then release Tickle (he wants to go anyway), sign up big Sam FINALLY and then keep our gunpowder dry with the rest to be used if and when a decent British player becomes available as the season progresses.

I wouldn't call Tate a utility player at all. If Tate came over here he would arguably be the best centre in the league if you keep him fit. But doing that is a different story.

We don't need him or any other Aussies !!! Sam Moa has proved to be exactly what we have been missing in a prop and he will only get better. We won't find anyone like him in Britain but we could see a decent British back become available during the season.

I agree about Sam Moa and want us to keep him just as much as the next guy, I was just clearly stating that Tate would rip it up over here, if kept fit.

Who will be no where near as good as Brent Tate. Hame and O'Meley are here to provide the impact next year and you need balance, no team has 3 impact props in their starting line up. Moa has looked good this year but Thackray did last year, lets face it, it wouldn't take much to look good in our pack.

I would have thought that if we was intending to keep Moa we would have signed him up by now, think the club are actively looking overseas to fill the final spot, guess we won`t have too long to wait to find out who that may be.

The article mentions us being in the market for Tate or a utility back, hence my comment.

No argument about Tate's ability but his injury record is horrendous.

How many games do you reckon we'd get out of Tate? Two or three per season?

Moa has done more this season than Thacks has done in the whole time he's been back.

How many games do you reckon Moa will be starting prop for?

Not many given he's an impact prop. I'd have him in my 17 though.

How much more money do you reckon Tate will cost?

Hame and O'Meley are both more than just "impact props". Hame will spend a lot of time in the SR and O'Meley is more of an enforcing/pack leading prop.

There is plenty of room for big Sam in our pack. Half a dozen games from Brent Tate will certainly not represent the same value for money.