afaik Chase will have to apply for a new visa whenever his original tigers contract was due to run out, not when the extension runs out.

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Does this mean it's true?

Usually when it's Denied, it turns out to be in fact, true

I'm with Middleton Loiner!!

Whenever an "I'm staying put" story surfaces that's usually tantamount to "I'm leaving".

Let's for a second assume it's true....

If we sign Chase today can he play in the play offs?

Serious question.

I'd pick on form players, so Chase would miss out.

I think there's a Cut Off for Signing and the Loopholes were Closed when Bradford cheated with Morley in 2005.

I reckon there's a good chance Chase has denied rumours that he's leaving because he's not leaving.

Just a hunch.

I'm too young to have been in Barcelona. I did used to go to that arcade place with the Quasar and stuff in it that was down there. Can't remember what it was called.

Centre 4?

That's the badger.

Nothing more than a despicable attempt to unsettle wee Robbie before the play-offs.

Even if we signed Chase, I doubt we'd be losing Burrow.

Wouldn't bet against Burrow wearing the No. 9 Shirt next season if this is true

Burrow doesnt want to play 9 and ive been told he would rather leave than play the hooking role

It wasn't exactly within the spirit of the league, but it wasn't cheating.

what he would rather leave than play hooker and in his testimonial season too?
who told you this? are they mad? do you believe this person?
i'd have thought that if he was unhappy about his selection policy that he would at least wait until all the testimonial money was banked first before he jumped ship to another club


imo rob would settle for playing each week and at our club too irrespective of where he was picked rather than move to a club like cas?
surely he has endured his misfortune by simply being brought up there

Not "Officially" Cheating...

Yes, I walk my dogs on the playing fields there most days.

He's coming to leeds and he doesn't even know it yet. Come on chase you know you want to. You can get paiud an extra 15k, have the south stand sing ''theres only one rangi chase'' AND a better selection of cheerleaders.

It wouldn't feel right somehow.

Just don't tell Basil............

I agree. As good as he is. I'm not sure how I'd feel about him at Leeds.

Besides which... wasn't the last Super Star, The Future's Bright, All Hail the Mighty, Best Prospect in the League, player to play for Castleford a certain Joe Westerman?

I sure am glad he went on to reach the dizzy heights that he did. Otherwise Stevo would've look a right tw[ia[/it for giving him all that hype!

Chase is a little more proven than Westerman. I don't get Westerman. Sometimes he looks like a fantastic player. Sometimes he looks like a total amateur. Sometimes these two states are achieved in the same match.

How was it Alex Ferguson described Paul Ince's attitude - "Big Time Charlie"?

Fits Westerman pretty appropriately from what I've heard, both while he was at Cas and even more so since his move to Hull FC.

To Jonesy a Legend

it was one of the junior squad members that told me Rob doesnt want to play the hooking role full time i even questioned the fact that this is his testimonial season and he surely wouldnt leave over this but thats whast the lad said ofcourse this could just be his and not Robs stance but it must have been spoken about as i didnt ask him he volunteered the statement when he told me there was rumours regarding Chase being signed he also said that Chase had been seen at HQ

I'll believe Chase at Leeds if/when I see it.

But IF he does come, and Buderus doesn't go. There is no room at the club for McGuire, Burrow, Chase, Buderus AND McShane.

The most likely outcome IMO, based on McDermott this year is that Burrow would likely be used as the "impact" hooker, with McGuire/Chase at 6/7, and there'd be no spot for McShane.

Which would mean that we'd lose McShane. Now, as much as I've loved watching Bedsy at Leeds, and I really REALLY have, I'd rather he went this year than risk losing McShane for the next 10 years.

From what ive seen Hood looks a cracking prospect too