Might not be a bad shout after Cronk signed for the Rorters.

Samisoni Langi signed. 2-year deal.

He was a reserve grade player at Sydney Roosters who might have played one NRL game.

This is the pool in which Super League clubs are shopping at the moment.

Fearful that he came from a relegated side of course, but I like to think that somewhere behind the scenes Trent Robinson is still pulling some strings with his Roosters connections.

Well McNamara obviously has his Roosters connections as well. I dunno - it's not a marquee name, but they just don't come to Super League any more.

Langi has played 12 club games in 5 years. He did look very good when playing for Leigh against us,but we were at that time the worst team in superleague.I do not think that Inu deserved his fate and the squad continues to look worse than at the beginning of last year.Does Anderson still class as an overseas player?

I am quite optimistic for next season having seen how well some of the younger players are developing. This World Cup is going to do wonders for Thibault Margaret, Nabil Djaout & Belmas.
A return to fitness for Simon & Maria will give the squad much more depth imo.

I fear that the world cup has exposed the dire state of French rugby league.

It's certainly exposed the lack of depth. And the flaws in a coach who hasn't had experience outside of LER - I mean, the defensive set-up is appalling and invites pressure on.
But, fundamentally, we need more players to pick from. Without that, you could have a wheel of camembert as coach and achieve the same results.

There are also of course some experienced players-Casty ,Bosc ,Gigot from last time who are missing.Nonetheless there is a presumption amongst too many of our supporters that we should immediately use more French players ,who play with passion and emotion-unlike L'etrangers who play with reasoned calculation-. We used a large number of French players during our darkest hours last summer and got slaughtered.In the longer term our u19 team may gradually begin to solve the problem.Meanwhile Pelissier has shown just why he should never be allowed back.

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