It seems to me likely that he'll go.
Hard to blame him if he's been offered substantially more money but is he likely to win anything with them?
Such a pity when it appeared that our pack was looking pretty strong.
I guess it all depends on who we get as his replacement.

Buderus was no Diskin.

this is last big contract he will possibly get and will go for who offers the most money and length of contract. would love to see him stay been great this season him and cuthbertson have linked up well together

You'd expect Michael Monoghan to recognise a good hooker when he sees one.
I guess that Ian Henderson is leaving.
Coming from PNG the heat in the south of France shouldn't bother Aiton.

Just hope our plan isn't Burrow to hooker.

If we lose Aiton without replacing him that must be the plan, with Robbie Ward getting more game time with a view to him becoming the principal hooker in 2017.
Unless someone else comes through from the U 19s.

Exactly, Diskin wasn't fit enough to lace his boots.

Hope the rumours about Houghton are true ,then . I would rather have him than Burrow at 9. Giving R Ward a chance from the bench is fair enough but we need a proper hooker.

Luckily he could lace his own boots on the many occasions that Buderus wasn't fit to lace his own. Like the title run in of 2009.

Lovely stuff..just what the world needs: another Buderus vs Diskin argument



It does seem the rumours about Houghton now have some foundation.....but I too would have liked Aiton to have been offered enough to encourage him to stay. He has proven his worth.
However, of course we don't know what the salary cap strait jacket might have imposed IF the oft speculated, yet to be announced, "marquee" signing manifests itself.

For gawd's sake - either way - let's please not revert back to Burrow as starting hooker. All the recent good stuff done with the new ever better looking future pack and then potentially negate a lot of it by once more reintroducing our square peg back into the round hole.

While aiton has been very good this season, he is hardly irreplaceable. Personally would prefer he stayed but if he doesn't want to stay good riddance.

I would agree with you.Thing that worries me is going back to Burrow as starting 9.Hopefully someone is going to replace him if he goes.

Why would Aiton wish to leave the Rhinos?
If it's money and long term security he's chasing, then as long as we haven't offered the same then good on him and i hope that it works out for him should he move

if les Catalans want him, we should take pelissier in exchange.

Agree with that I like the look of Pelissier. And with us looking to have a decent sized pack next season it doesn't matter as much that he's not imposing in defence.

Don't think we have any say in it do we ?.

We should do.He is under contract for next year

The 3rd year is at his option so he is free to talk to other clubs and exercise that option if he wishes to

fair enough

Presumably we are also free to offer him a new contract on better/different terms to his current one?

If we ended up with Houghton I could live with that.

Me too.

Hello Rhinos,the Catalan dragons fans think-and they usually get this right ,that Aiton is coming to Perpignan in 2016

Hello aain ,I had not ealised that the Aiton to Dragons rumours had already been aired.Pelissier is not as good as some fans think .He is very fast but nearly always takes the tackle.He gives away far to many penalties such as the one that led to your 3rd try yesterday.He is an average tackler and no more than that.he is allegedly saying hat he will leave Perpignon if aiton isst choice .Overall he is nowhere near as good as Henderson and the Club-though not the French fans know this.

Would people be happy with Lunt?