Quote ="leicester_rhino"It does surprise me that after 3 titles in 5 years based on a team of homegrown players who have all come through the ranks, that as soon as a squad place becomes available for whatever reason, people are desperate to fill it with an expensive and risky antipodean'"
Bath would probably pay us to take Hape and then pay us to make sure he didn't come back. You would have thought they would have learned the lesson from the last RL centre they signed.
I would personaly like to see Donald back outside Senior, if Donald is on the right to improve defence then I think it's a waste. If a top class centre was available and affordable I suspect the club would/would have signed him - obviously this is not the case (I suspect that wisely we have refused to pay silly money) . We are a back row forward down at the moment and Ablett would be my man to fill that slot rather than replaceing Eastwood (or in reality Ellis). We have two young guys (although Gibson is young in experience rather than years now) who are centres - one looks like he is broken and the other is only 17 and not ready for full time 1st team footy. Some would say that a quality middle back signed for 18 months would be a good idea. Is Hape "quality"? He was, but now I couldn't say.
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when he plays!!!!
