Re: Rumours 2 : Sat Nov 17, 2018 12:08 am  

It's Brown and Austin next year end of, we're full on the Quota now anyway so couldn't sign Drinkwater even if we wanted to.
7 spots and they're all taken.
1. BMM
2. Sitaleki
3. Goodwin
4. Austin
5. J.Clark
6. Mamo
7. Tasi

We're not getting Drinkwater as Price even said he's not on our radar. It'll be Brown next year with a new one in 2020 i'd say.

Re: Rumours 2 : Sat Nov 17, 2018 12:24 am  

Or thane wrote:

It's Brown and Austin next year end of, we're full on the Quota now anyway so couldn't sign Drinkwater even if we wanted to.
7 spots and they're all taken.
1. BMM
2. Sitaleki
3. Goodwin
4. Austin
5. J.Clark
6. Mamo
7. Tasi

We're not getting Drinkwater as Price even said he's not on our radar. It'll be Brown next year with a new one in 2020 i'd say.

That's the biggest back line I've ever seen.
Wow.

Re: Rumours 2 : Sat Nov 17, 2018 12:27 am  

Or thane wrote:

It's Brown and Austin next year end of, we're full on the Quota now anyway so couldn't sign Drinkwater even if we wanted to.
7 spots and they're all taken.
1. BMM
2. Sitaleki
3. Goodwin
4. Austin
5. J.Clark
6. Mamo
7. Tasi

We're not getting Drinkwater as Price even said he's not on our radar. It'll be Brown next year with a new one in 2020 i'd say.

I'm not well up with quota rules but if Austin is eligible to play for England, shouldn't that take him off quota?

Re: Rumours 2 : Sat Nov 17, 2018 1:16 am  

No, he’d be non fed trained at best. So would count as one of the 7 ‘overseas’ players.

Gareth Widdop I believe would count in the same category, as he ‘trained’ in a different comp (I.e. the NRL) before the age of 20.

Unless the RFL have changed the rules again...

Re: Rumours 2 : Sat Nov 17, 2018 3:21 am  

Alffi_7 wrote:

No, he’d be non fed trained at best. So would count as one of the 7 ‘overseas’ players.

Gareth Widdop I believe would count in the same category, as he ‘trained’ in a different comp (I.e. the NRL) before the age of 20.

Unless the RFL have changed the rules again...

You'd have thought Widdop would have a British passport....wasn't he born in Halifax?

[Uncle Rico]

Re: Rumours 2 : Sat Nov 17, 2018 8:18 am  

MorePlaymakersNeeded wrote:

There will be opportunities for most of the squad at one point or another during a season, and it should depend on performance as to whether a shirt is kept or not. That goes for our starting 17 too.

I agree, but, that doesn't follow a squad filler narrative IMO, come in for a couple of games then revert to the stand, the bench, or another position when the first choice' is available, or you are needed to fill in elsewhere

Re: Rumours 2 : Sat Nov 17, 2018 10:08 am  

“Squad filler” definitely has a pejorative ring to it.

Re: Rumours 2 : Sat Nov 17, 2018 10:19 am  

London to have a press release at 12pm today.
Heard that Austin has the no6 jersey and 7 is currently unsigned.

Re: Rumours 2 : Sat Nov 17, 2018 11:20 am  

Thought the press release was Monday?

Re: Rumours 2 : Sat Nov 17, 2018 11:42 am  

Shazbaz wrote:

Thought the press release was Monday?

Yes....bad rumour from me.
Monday