Bulls have signed Luke Gale and Catalan have signed Leon Pryce,all confirmed now

Source? Especially as its a first post?

Gale is contracted to Quins till the end of the 2012 season...?

i know them both, trust me,the deals are done

If this turns out to be true, I wonder if Briggs will be involved in the deal in some way.

How old is Luke Gale?

Season long loan?

To be honest, I've not been massively impressed with Gale from TV games I've seen of Quins. He blew hot in the first few weeks when Quins were doing well, but he's hardly looked like lifting them out of their slump ever since.

trust me guys this is true, luke gale was talking to bulls and hull and decided on the bulls
leon has signed for catalan for 2 years with an option of a 3rd

Wikiepedia says 23.

He's also a very decent goal kicker, which might possibly factor into the debate about whether we want / need to retain Ah Van

you would think ah van and herbert will be worrying about their places (unless already signed up) if this is true. when will we find out, Roger?

Would hope it's not any sort of permanent swap for Briggs. Gale would give extra options short term but Briggs is better prospect long term IMO. We would still be relying on Jeffries for organising role and he isn't god enough to be first choice.

dont know when it will be announced

interesting to read somewhere leeds are after rangi chase and getting rid of rob burrow,burrow and leon were both at the bulls training ground before this season started, leon was virtually a done deal before he got injured in his only game for saints this season and then catalan came in,and their 5% tax rate certainly played a big part instead of 40% here

Briggs is actually older than Gale

I was thinking in terms of ability rather than age.

I was wondering this morning what tax situation in France was. Given it's Leons last big deal you can see why he prefer catalans over is for financial reasons. We'd have to pay significantly over odds to give Leon same cash in his pocket assuming catalans are paying him similar to what's he's on now.

But you said it was "all confirmed now". Who confirmed it to whom? Just curious . . .

I agree about Briggs but disagree about Jeffries. IMO his best position is at Scrum Half where he was playing (very well) when he first came back into the team with Briggs at Stand Off..

Since moving to Stand Off to accomodate Herbert at Scrum Half Jeffries has gone backwards..

Briggs was mainly playing first receiver (ie scrum half) and Jeffries was mainly second (ie stand off)

im not to know when it will be announced but i know its all done and dusted

Yes i'm aware they switched during the games. Thanks

I am waiting for a comment from paul124897 or connor to validate this as those two seem to know what is going on at the club. Who knows maybe this lad is the next inside man

...most notably when in a footrace against the 37 year old Steve Menzies

As I pointed out elsewhere, Beaver didn't catch Jeffries from behind, he cut him off from midfield, so to say Ben was 'outpaced' is not really fair. He didn't make the best decision, that is undeniable but not the same.

The wrong decision maybe but I was pleased to see a Bulls player actually backing himself on the outside.

Look, I'm not having a go, it's not Jeffries' fault he can't even outpace 37 year old forwards, he was going as fast as he could, but as a first choice SL halfback, he should have been able to. Maybe normally he could. Maybe he was too knackered to sprint. I don't know, I just know it was embarrassing.

We should know what we're getting from Jeffries by now. He's better than what we had before but all that does is show how lacking in quality we are at halfback.

If this is indeed and that a big IF, what is Gale like? Is it again a case of sloppy seconds for us? We miss out on Pryce but sugar the pill by signing someone not quite as good which we can spin into being an exciting signing. It's getting a bit monotonous now.