Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Wed Oct 25, 2023 6:33 am  

NSW wrote:

Wigan lad, relationship with Wane, we’ve got boat loads of cash.

Hahah not going to happen but funny that they are on strings at the minute

I'd love to see it, but there's no way it's going to happen. I suppose, just conceivably if the so-called Farrell deal turns out to be nothing, but if OF does come, then there'd be no room on the cap, not without further losses, and we don't want those ... everything's neatly balanced at the mo.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Wed Oct 25, 2023 7:29 am  

Personally, if the idea of the OF deal is true, I hope the club are treating that pot of money as a separate one to anything else.

On the playing side of things and outside of the marquee rule, it's a massive opportunity for Danson to not only flex his cash, but gain a massive advantage. Getting talent from outside of the sport is an avenue that no other club have either really explored, or have the funds to exploit properly. Make no mistake about it, there's some serious talent in RU and if we can leverage that, outside of the cap - then it's a win win.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Wed Oct 25, 2023 9:05 am  

[quote="sergeant pepper"]Personally, if the idea of the OF deal is true, I hope the club are treating that pot of money as a separate one to anything else.

On the playing side of things and outside of the marquee rule, it's a massive opportunity for Danson to not only flex his cash, but gain a massive advantage. Getting talent from outside of the sport is an avenue that no other club have either really explored, or have the funds to exploit properly. Make no mistake about it, there's some serious talent in RU and if we can leverage that, outside of the cap - then it's a win win.[/quote]

Absolutely, whether there is anything in the Owen Farrell deal or not the sport in this country should be looking to RU in Wales and England for talent. The big wages are just not going to be on offer as widely as before in the other code and for players who can see that their international ambitions are not going to be realised, jumping ship to RL should be a realistic back up option.

We should keep an eye on KPP's "little" brother at Saracens!

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Wed Oct 25, 2023 7:39 pm  

Thornley to Wakey confirmed

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Wed Oct 25, 2023 7:56 pm  

apollosghost wrote:

Thornley to Wakey confirmed

If he stays fit he will absolutely dominate the Championship.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Wed Oct 25, 2023 7:57 pm  

Good luck to him. It’s a shame his body has let him down in this second spell because I thought there were some really good signs there when he got on the field. He was an absolute handful in quite a few games. Fingers crossed he stays fit at Wakey and if so, he’ll go well for them.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Wed Oct 25, 2023 7:59 pm  

NickyKiss wrote:

Good luck to him. It’s a shame his body has let him down in this second spell because I thought there were some really good signs there when he got on the field. He was an absolute handful in quite a few games. Fingers crossed he stays fit at Wakey and if so, he’ll go well for them.

Isnt it his 3rd spell? I cant keep track

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Wed Oct 25, 2023 8:03 pm  

[Gareth] wrote:

Isnt it his 3rd spell? I cant keep track

That’s true, I think it is. Wigan, Union, Wigan, a few clubs and then Wigan again and now he gets to play in front of the Benidorm flats. He’s hit the jackpot!

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Wed Oct 25, 2023 8:15 pm  

NickyKiss wrote:

That’s true, I think it is. Wigan, Union, Wigan, a few clubs and then Wigan again and now he gets to play in front of the Benidorm flats. He’s hit the jackpot!

Hes certainly been around. Didnt he go to Catalans at some point?

Good luck to him though

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Wed Oct 25, 2023 8:29 pm  

[Gareth] wrote:

Hes certainly been around. Didnt he go to Catalans at some point?

Good luck to him though

Yeah and HKR. Shame he ever bothered with that Union move, as that probably set him back a bit.