Pretty sure if we pay him off now his full salary comes off the cap so no point doing it now. Do it close season and it doesn't count on next season.

Might as well get him fit and see if he can get us through the middle 8s

The 2 options aren't mutually exclusive, it's entirely possible to not pay him off and still avoid getting relegated. He's pulled a hamstring, not contracted Ebola.

apart from when he kicked through and got taken out by cockayne, which due to Ta'ai scoring anyway was probably let go by the officials.

It happens to a lot of athletes who have been out 6 months + there hamstrings go when they comeback if had been his knee that's a different story

We went through the middle eights without campese or Kelly unbeaten I know you want rid and nothing will change your mind but let's see what happens

campese won't retire without a hefty payout surely? Do RL clubs insure against player injuries? I seem to remember reading something a while ago that it was too expensive so most don;t bother

Getting insurance for him against injury would be like trying to get a 17 yr old with a drink driving ban insurance for a Ferrari.

Let's keep Josh Bowden out of this eh? Besides he's got a Punto I'm lead to believe

Had a punto presumably?

Possibly, I haven't kept an eye on auto trader so may have missed this.

I expect when stopped, he told the old Bill he only had half a punto. Unluckily for him it was the right half of the punto he was in when caught apparently.