www.sportinglife.com/rugbyleague ... ml&BID=480 Its looking like Kyle Eastmond's move to union will be confirmed next week. It will be a great shame for rugby league and a major blow for England. If Eastmond goes, and with Tomkins given the 1 shirt playing full back at wigan, who will be the half backs for England? Will we have to bring Sean Long back? Or try and convince Brough to turn his back on Scotland?

www.sportinglife.com/rugbyleague ... ml&BID=480 Its looking like Kyle Eastmond's move to union will be confirmed next week. It will be a great shame for rugby league and a major blow for England. If Eastmond goes, and with Tomkins given the 1 shirt playing full back at wigan, who will be the half backs for England? Will we have to bring Sean Long back? Or try and convince Brough to turn his back on Scotland?

Someone moves jobs shocker!!!

Are the Wail aware?

TBH, given the injury history of Eastmond, even with his undoubted rugby ability, he may be more likely to take the larger pay packet of Union than a career in League.

Take the money! He's massively overrated!!!!!

My thoughts as well. I can see him really struggling in the Onion code though. Half backs in Union are closer to League's Hookers. Eastmond's game relies a lot more on improvisation, which I don't think he would be able to do in Union.

He's too small as well, he'd got rolled over in every tackle

Sooner he goes the better. Don't want someone hanging around who doesn't want t be here. Cash in Saints bank plus room under cap for a replacement

I cant beleive people cant wait to see the back of one of Englands best prospects. So refering back to the original post, with Eastmond going and Tomkins playing full back, what decent half backs are there for England?

Only want him to go because he clearly doesn't want to be here anymore. Prior to that I'd have been happy for him to stick around.


As for decent half backs.........hmmmmmm

Seeing Ashton basking in it at the moment may also tip the scales in Union's favour. What can we do? Suck it up - like Union had to do in the eighties and nineties when we raided them of their stars.

If he goes to union he'll most likely end up on the wing or similar - he hasn't the kicking game to play centrally. He's not too small to play fly half or scrum half in union. If so someone ought to tell the Wallabies, for whom the wafer thin Berrick Barnes and Matt 'quite short' Giteau seem to do OK.

FWIW I hope he stays. If he takes the money and runs to Union I hope he fails miserably.

Eastmond was superb yesterday, marvellous technique. He'll be fine, whichever form he plays.