A badly kept secret but good to hear it officially announced. Feel quite happy with it and hopfully he will develop as a player at Saints.

Shenton looked great in the quad nations final last year till he got injured.

Great signing for the saints!

I would say £135,000 is about the going rate for a good young internatinal centre.

Would gidley be on more than that?

I'd imangine so. Gidley was more of a marquee signing, to replace Lyon, than Shenton.

£135k was the going rate a) during the Long/Scully era and b) for an established international centre.

Shenton shouldn't be anywhere near this mark. He kind of got the GB slot by default and he has some way to go before he is one of the first names on the teamsheet.

That's not to say he hasn't got the potential to get close to (or even achieve) this level. He's got talent and the right attitude - and that stands for much.

If we've paid £135k we've paid over the odds. In an ideal world I wouldn't have gone above 85-90k. But we need a good centre (not to mention keeping such AWAY from our immediate competitors) and this is a seller's market.

Good signing. Had a great Quad Nations and is one of the premier British centres going. Good move for him too.