Kyle playing against all blacks today and up against sonny bill williams in the centre. Looking forward to seeing him.

That's a bit of a no contest.

I'm not so sure. I'm confident Kyle can do SBW with the ball.

I hope he gets mashed the sell out.

Even bigger sell out now that he has had his elocution lessons and is trying to talk like his new chums from darn sarf. Pan face is doing his best to sound educated too. Thick twonk

I'm with you on this one. The way he acted in his last season was a disgrace

big headed tosspot who got too big for his boots at saints...i was glad to see the back of him..full of himself!

He's gone get over it

I for one would want to see him do well and show how good some of the players we produce are on a global stage

Agreed

Neither Kyle or SBW really did that much, in a dour rain washed match NZ just ended up rolling the maul and scoring late points.

SBW almost scored a solo try, he would have in league but somehow filed to make the line.
Kyle was missing for much of the time he was on the pitch.

Pretty poor game in front of what sounded like a neutral crowd

I sky + it but think I'll give it a miss now

I would say it was a below average game or any code of rugby.

You mean like in the Four Nations?

Yes. However if our players dont wish to play for us anymore there's no point trying to force them to stay, and if they want to leave to play union I have no objections. I want them to show how successful our club is by producing players of that calibre e.g. Graham and Eastmond.

We don't need rugby union to showcase our talent. This four nations is of a quality that rugby union can only enviously look over the fence at.

I enjoyed the first half but the second half was boring as hell. One of the problems with union: the game can die at any point and it turned into a yawn fest.

Childish rancour. He has moved on get over it.

I am over it but thanks for your concern.

Kyle was young and naive and got caught up in it thru poor management on his side. They flashed the cash at him and he took it and from the what he got I don't blame him. It's his job and we all want the best pay.

He Defo handled his move wrong but yet again he was young and naive and looks to have grown up now.

Is James Graham a sell out? He went for the cash but he handled it better but to call Kyle a sell out is harsh

Pretty much this.
If he'd have come out and said I love Saints but its a short career and Bath have offered me gazillions, there'd be no animosity, but his management handled it terribly

I assume you're being sarcastic when you suggest Graham went for the money?! If you know the lad you'll know that really isn't the case.

I'm still in contact with him yes. He didn't go for the cash passé but let's just say he's very very well paid and earning more than he would here.

My point is - to the fan it's a game but to the player it's a job. If you was offered a £45k a year pay rise I'm pretty sure you'd take it ?

It's a job to the players in a short career and I don't blame any player going for better money but maybe Kyle should have had a little more class about it but I put that down to being young and naive.

I think we have had the conversation several times. In a nutshell Kyle was struggling to physically handle Rugby League and was especially getting injuried in one and one tackles to the legs. A career on a rugby player is short and the way Kyle was going it was going to be Shawn Maggenis length. Kyle needed to cash in as quick as possible so wanted to get as good a contract out of Saints as possible. The final bridges were burnt by Saints fans that booed their own player simply because they simply didn't like him. In the end talented people will want to get the most out their career. No one boos McManus for going to Hong Kong to be a banker rather than working for Pilks.