Does anyone have a clue when Richard Beaumont will be fit again? And is he a starting prop or an impact prop?

I don't rate our back rows this year. They offered nothing with the ball at all. Wilkin is to slow and small, same with Flash, Manu is a until but been very sluggish and looked unfit and sia isn't being used correctly.

We don't really have a back row that can punch a hole in the defence.

We've put no time scale on it, he's fit when he fit.


Not seen much if him but I'd guess he will be another impact prop that needs a rest after 10 mins.

He's apparently quite close. Was interviewed in hospitality lounge after Wigan game. More in the Amor mould & what we need. Runs hard & straight & is a very big bloke. Will do the hard yards off our own line. He impressed me at Hull KR back end of the season, Wigan away springs to mind.

Huby & Burns for Laffranchi & Hohaia would do us just fine. Gettable too. Albeit Powell at Cas has them looking a real force again, maybe Huby would remain loyal?

We are looking at a halfback and Travis Burns is a player we like but might not be for Hohaia.

He's rejected 3 contracts from cas already (they started negotiations same time as Justin carney reading their forum) and rumoured to be off (Leeds and Huddersfield were mentioned on their forum, but nothing more than conjecture from what I've heard)

Wheeler?

No.

I really can't say anymore now.

He's not the right type of player for what we would need to replace IMO.

Yup, but there are precious few around who would.

I think you've said it already. If it isn't Wheeler or Hohaia then it has to be Walsh.

all of your holier than thou fans will have to stop supporting you or they will have nobody to moan about after playing against Wigan.

Seen this on Facebook as well. Bad, bad news if true. Bubble = well and truly burst.

i think there is too many teams in the NRL who don't have a quality half back pairing for him to stay here.

That's not the situation and Walsh is happy here but other issues are the problem.


I'm sure it will all come out in the next month or so no matter if good news or bad.

Saints are very good at pastoral care from what I'm told, I have no doubt they'll get to the bottom of it.

Can someone tell me what's going on please? PM would be appreciated if it can't be said in public.

If we lost Walsh we might as well pack up and forget another season. If he goes for whatever reason we'll then need 2 halfbacks with at least one of them being a goal kicker.

I hope Walsh stays at Saints for a number of years. He's great to watch and can teach all young superleague halves a thing or two about how to control a game. He looks the difference to me between Saints being a top 4 side challenging for trophies or falling in to that 5-8th place bracket of team that will struggle to win the major honours. He's the best NRL halfback I've seen come to superleague since Trent Barrett.

There lies the problem though I suppose. It seems strange in times like these to see a player of that class and age come over and that probably means you'll always have NRL teams sniffing about.

Brett Seymour as a replacement possibly?

No thanks

Haha, I know it's a mad suggestion, but if we wrap him in cotton wool...and his car, we might get a bit of quality out of him.

I could name 5 better replacements for 2016, or 3 (rumours) for 2015! I sincerely hope not!