Re: Peta Hiku : Sun Jul 19, 2020 8:55 pm  

St Helens Wolf wrote:

Has there been any word on how Catalan are going to approach the season? I assume that Toronto will continue to base themselves in Manchester but what about our French friends? The talk is that we'll not be playing in front of the public before October at the earliest which means 7 rounds plus potentially 2 Challenge Cup rounds (they've drawn Widnes in the 6th round) before then. Do they relocate to the uk for a minimum of 7 weeks (I'm sure that would go down well with the families), and have to stump up for accomodation and training facilities, or do they have to travel each week? I'm assuming that all the 'neutral' venues will be in the uk.

I haven't read anything to suggest they won't play their home games in France. Their fixtures in August are all scheduled to be away. Then three home fixtures on the bounce are pencilled in during September, before an away game to us on 24th September.
On the face of it, it looks like Catalans will be home and away in blocks of a few weeks. However, I've not read anything that suggests I have got this correct.

Re: Peta Hiku : Sun Jul 19, 2020 11:02 pm  

Wouldn’t go near Hiku now pre-Inglis signing maybe but we have plenty of cover now Inglis, Gelling, King, Brand and Mamo. We should be looking at the pack really, prop & second rower ideally..

Looks like Livett & J.Burgess have both signed for Salford expect something official to come out in the next few weeks.