Oh yeah admittedly there's probably not a lot to choose from as far as young players ready to make the step up, just meant if there was (not really up on the academy scene to be honest).

Webster undoubtedly is a very dangerous player on his day, but lately I just wonder every time he takes a tackle whether he's going to be limping when he gets up. Not having a go at him, guess some players are just very unlucky through their careers compared to others.

Wonder what this means for Ratu by the way?

We're allowed up 5 quota/non-fed and 12 fed- (but not club-) trained in 2011, same as most other clubs. Some overseas [iplayers[/i have got dispensation and qualify as non-quota and fed-trained. We could go around hoovering up as many as possible and maybe get to 13 - but so could Hull or anybody else.

More by luck than judgement (the rules have changed too many times to claim we were clever), for the 2008 season we signed some decent players from the NRL, who still had a few good years ahead of them, so we maybe have a bit more choice for recruitment and retention. From our POV, bonus. We'll still be limited to 17 non-club-trained players though and given the infancy of our youth set-up, they mostly need to be quality senior players.

I'm happy Webster has re-signed. He'd have been difficult to replace with a similar standard of player and it shows continuing ambition from the board.

Would have been a perfect fit IMO.