They wouldnt let us loan him back because they say he's at a pivotal learning pointand the next month will distinguish how he will turn out, or some crap like that


Either way theyll be laughing if they get 60k for him. Played 1 game and they make a pretty penny off him.

He's a good player, and would add a bit of skill to our backline.

He comes across as a bit of a backchatter (not in a good way) and is constantly moaning to the referee. Would take him, but not sure whether we could afford the 60k plus his wages.

I believe he is very good friends with Nick Scruton though, so that could sway it.


We should be interested, but as said above, nobody will match Wire's spending power, but how on earth could they fit him under an already surely close to the limit salary cap?

Dont worry about the cap. Its live now so the RFL wouldnt let anyone sign a player they couldnt afford.

Image rights, players wives etc. etc.

If Warrington manage to get Smith aswell then i'd be wondering why plenty of internationals are playing for peanuts. King & Monaghan will be on a shedload, as will Morley, Carvell, Myler, Atkins & Westwood.

You would think so but maybe we over-estimate their actual worth. Look at Leeds, we have 14 internationals or ex internationals and we are under the cap by a little bit. If a team brings in a wage structure like we do it makes it easier. IIRC Ellis came for a chunk less than he wanted because Hetherington wouldnt budge. Maybe its the same over there.

Perhaps. But King must be near the top of the SL wage list, with Orford & Buderus. Plenty of their players could have had the pick of SL teams, so something must have swayed them towards Warrington (and with their under-achievers status it can't just have been silverware (I know they won the CC last year)).

I think atm they must be right bang on the limit, I fail to see how a squad as good as Warringtons can fit another England international under the cap.

But, what we really need to remember is: It's the Sun!! It's probably not got much truth to it anyway.

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Couple of other interesting ones there.

Shenton is one we should definitely look to get on board, Can't see us going for Westerman with the back-rowers we've got coming through. Same with Owen.


Not just the Sun spouting the 60k fee though.

A couple of years ago when Shenton signed his extension at Cas I was gutted we didn't get him. But since then he's been nothing more than average imo, and was totally shown up in the four nations.

Saying that, he's probably still one of the best young British centres around, so if we need a homegrown centre then I suppose we could do worse.

you have no idea what players are on but I would suggest sinfield, peacock, and Webb are the highest paid at Leeds but I would be just guessing like you.

Yeah its just guessing ATEOTD, its just that an ex Australia captain won't come cheap

Ex would be the first clue to suggest he isn't on as much as people think. Put that along side gh been tight with wages and he would be out of the top earners in sl. in the nrl it doesn't take long before you lose top earner status at a club, I would think at Newcastle gidley would be top earner, then jarrad mullen. realise how i left senior out of the top earners at Leeds as his contract will have peaked a few years ago in my humble opion(guessing).

Brillant player.

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can Leeds afford him under the salary cap? I can't see how

Hetherington is having talks with him later today. We have a bit of room but it just depends on what he's willing to take for the rest of the year until we free up a player next year.

Oh really do you have the wage bill? can I have a look please?

GH has made it policy to have a space in the cap year after year incase Leeds need to bring a player in! 60k is what has been rumoured to have been offered to smith, the papers got the story wrong, it wasnt a transfer fee.

well I'm guessing we will know pretty soon

Warrington Wolves coach Tony Smith has play down speculation linking the club with outgoing London Wasps star Lee Smith.

Just been announced that he's leaving for personal reasons.

Get him signed. Now.

he's the type of player we need and i hope we have atleast enquired about signing him, however being a leeds lad i can only see him returning to headingley

Smith is a quality player and is the type of player that we need. I hope we a least make an inquiry. I would feel a whole lot better if we had a backline of ..

1. Brett Kearney
2. Rikki Sheriffe
3. Lee Smith
4. Chris Nero
5. Stuart Reardon
6. Paul Sykes
7. Matt Orford

I'm not saying he won't sign for the bulls, but he never wanted to leave Leeds by the end of the season, he has just made a big mistake and done something about it, I doubt he would want to make another mistake by signing for a club he has grown up hating?

he might just want to go with the safe bet and play with his mates, but you never know? stranger things have happend!

i agree i dont think he will come to the bulls but like i said i just hope we have approached him we are short of quality backs and smith would be a great addition