2018 recruitment : Thu Sep 28, 2017 7:41 am  

First new signing announced - Adam Walne from Salford on a 3 year deal.

Re: 2018 recruitment : Thu Sep 28, 2017 12:05 pm  

yep one we knew about

good age for a prop, 26, still got his best years ahead of him and as a club hope we can make him progress.

rapiras replacement by the looks of it, big boots to fill !

expect roche next from bradford...

Re: 2018 recruitment : Thu Sep 28, 2017 4:53 pm  

do we have one over seas quota left? subject no one seems to know!!

are clubs allowed 5?

we have for 2018

rankin
ikahihifo
symonds
hinchcliffe

might be one space left... mamo, wakeman and taai dont count ?

Re: 2018 recruitment : Thu Sep 28, 2017 6:35 pm  

brearley84 wrote:

do we have one over seas quota left? subject no one seems to know!!

are clubs allowed 5?

we have for 2018

rankin
ikahihifo
symonds
hinchcliffe

might be one space left... mamo, wakeman and taai dont count ?

No we have no free spaces. We have 7 quota players: Ta'ai, Symonds, Ikahihifo, Rankin, Mamo, Wakeman and Hinchcliffe. That's the maximum now. You can have 7 players who aren't Federation Trained or academy players in your squad. The current rules make no differentiation between Quota and non-federation trained anymore. So Mamo, Wakeman and Ta'ai still count. The only way we'll open a quota spot is if Symonds is released through injury.

Re: 2018 recruitment : Thu Sep 28, 2017 6:53 pm  

Yeah I've heard different tales regarding Symonds recently. Heard he's in a similar position to Eorl where he isn't going to be 100% ever again and Stone would like him off the playing roster and maybe take up a coaching role.

Other hand someone told me he is fully recovered and waiting to rip into preseason so who knows??

Stone is interested in that Jack Stockwell who is a prop and we will only get him if a quota spot becomes available.

Maybe that a couple of good props become available if Catalan go down. Bousquet and Casty.... I'd take either of them.....do French players count on non fed?

Re: 2018 recruitment : Thu Sep 28, 2017 7:48 pm  

Walne will do well for you i reckon. He’s a strange one tbh mostly absolutely terrible for the 3 years prior to this one and then actually very good this one.

Re: 2018 recruitment : Fri Sep 29, 2017 7:27 am  

TwistTheMellonMan wrote:

Walne will do well for you i reckon. He’s a strange one tbh mostly absolutely terrible for the 3 years prior to this one and then actually very good this one.

Yup, this is my thought regarding Adam too.

Re: 2018 recruitment : Fri Sep 29, 2017 10:13 am  

As Wakeman has been selected for Italy in the World Cup - surely he shouldn't be on the quota?

Re: 2018 recruitment : Fri Sep 29, 2017 10:22 am  

it's all to do with federation trained or not and Wakeman deffo isn't

Re: 2018 recruitment : Fri Sep 29, 2017 12:03 pm  

ok no qouta spots available then.

dont see many coming and goings in the off season, not needed anyway, had enough of that last season...time to build on what we have with this group which is very capable of top 4 place.