I thought his size may be an issue at prop. If he came I would guess he would play the looseforward role for us that Mika currently fills. A significant upgrade I would say, without being disrespectful to Mika. He could also take young George Griffin under his wing assuming he extends his stay with us.

Rovers have spoken to a few players who have taken up contracts elsewhere.
There are lots of things to factor.
Money is usually king.
Location
Meeting ambitions.
Stability of the club etc etc

Would of been nice to get Ferguson but the club had a valuation of what salary they felt he was worth.
Bradford bettered it.

There will be other options.

Without knowing figures involved it is difficult to comment but there is an argument that whoever has the final decision on putting values on players is not doing the Club any favours. Bradford obviously think that Ferguson is worth the salary they settled on. Who is right?

Francis Cummins stated that Ferguson joined the Bulls despite the fact other club's he was more familiar with werein for him so that sounds like we made him an offer. Obviously bettered i understand this tightening the belt stuff but we have lost Paea, Beaumont and Carille cos of financial restraints and now we have lost out on someone who is tailor made to replace Paterson.

Shame about Ferguson. We'll just have to accept that with the club chairman being honest about the finances we'll miss out on people.

I for one trust Sandercock. He has improved just about everyone. Our props improve immensly the more he coaches them. Look at Taylor. Had a great season last year now seems to have gone backwards at Wigan having had a real chance to claim a starting spot there. Paea has played his best rugby under Sandercock
When judas, Blake Green and Galea left last year you would have long odds of replacing them with better. Sandercock got Eden Burns and Paterson who have been an improvement on all of them. If he repeats this trick with Dobson, Paterson and Paea we will have a great team next year.
If we continue this improvement we may have a lot of clubs after our coach!
He seems to pick good athletes with a decent skill set and get the very best out of them. All this said it may depend on money, though Burns and Paterson were offered better financial packages but wanted to play for Sandercock. Money just gets mercenaries....look over the river. How's Ellis' retirement fund looking. Is he with the same pension company as Long, O'Meley, Fitzgibbon etc etc.

edit - MR.