Two and a half year deal, should arrive after the weekend.

Just got a email off the club.

Linky
[urlhttp://www.superleaguefans.com/rugby-league/2011/06/21/luke-burgess-signs-for-south-sydney-rabbitohs.html[/url

well I was thrown right off the scent wasn't I!!!

Not coming to Souths I was told. LOL

Interesting to note that I first posted about a Burgess (I quoted the wrong one admittedly) coming here around 6 weeks ago, so it was on the cards before then.

If souths struggled to get Inglis on how have they managed to get Luke in?

Can you apply for dispensation if you get injures?

Nope

I doubt we'd be giving him much

more likely to play with the Bears

Ben Ross should be retained & in the top 25 way before this bloke

Souths have one fit prop! Of course he'll play.

I dont see him taking anyones spot who played against the titans

Mcpherson is proving to be a very able, agile frontrower, as is pettybourne

Lang rarely changes a team unless there are injuries or absolute terrible form & we lose about three in a row

He may get a run at some stage this year, depending on injuries & who comes back from injury, he'll be usefull depth next year

Lang will always play his best team, irrelevant of how someone is filling in for a better player. His words to me a couple of years ago at pre-season training.

Anyway, Geddes is hoping to be back by August also.

Geddes, Stuart, Burgess are gone for the season, Asotasi till round 24.

Lowe and Luke Burgess will probably be back for the week after next and I'd be amazed if they don't come straight in, for Peats and McQueen I'd guess.

Geddes, Stuart, Burgess & Asotasi have been gone for weeks & in some cases months, the pack at the moment is actually playing better than when they were all fit

The narrow loss to the Warriors, Penrith & Melbourne were all quite encouraging & a very good display last week from the pigs

I see L Burgess starting for Norths before he gets a start with Souths & if they keep playing well & winning a few, he may have to bide his time until injury forces Langs hand

Pettybourne in for Taylor, Burgess to the bench.

Welcome fellow pom.

In before George Burgess, mcpherson the next to rumoured to be cut at souths?? And Matt king in??

Isn't George injured at the mo. I know he missed last weekend's game and Norths have a bye this week.

Though he is being geared up to play first grade in the future. He was too good for Toyota Cup and killed it in the trials, so they didn't want to waste him in that kids comp. So the intention was to play him in reserves for at least a year and see how he goes. But he would be reliant on injuries to get a game.

It's a good job their addressing the half back problem.

They need to reshape the way they play in both attack and defence. Losing Sandow may actually not do them too much harm. He wins a few games a year for them, but his kicking game is generally sh*te and he's a dreadful organiser. They need a Dobson sort of halfback. They could even move Inglis back to stand off to get him more involved as well if they had an organiser at halfback, as the view is that Sutton (aka the invisible stand off) is moving to loose forward next year.

The biggest change they need is simply structure. Both in attack and defence they are one of the poorest sides in the NRL in that regard, and have been for years. They can sign as many stars as they like but until they get the structure right they'll win nothing. Maguire may make a much bigger difference than a lot of people think.

Top 4 team next year....

Matt Mundine is back from injury and played well for Norths at the weekend.

Looks like Souths may play a couple of young halves with maybe Sutton being creative at lock. Open to all sorts of as Maguire has yet to arrive.

I have always thought John Sutton was a Lock he has considerable size and stregnth matched with creativity would make for an ideal lock as you have stated, be interesting to see were Maguire plays him.

Tbh I'd play him at lock just so he isn't at 5/8th.

John PASS TO INGLIS YOU IDIOT!!

Maybe Inglis should go looking for it a bit more also?

He's always available outside Sutton.

What is the potential South Sydney halves for next year?

Maybe

6. Matt Mundine
7. Malcolm Webster

Justin Hunt as back up.



Pure guesswork but these are 3 halves they have at present or coming in their squad.