poor attempt talentless

Rubbish! He has a valid point.

You just don't seem to do irony (or indeed humour) do you?

Presumably the fact that there are in excess of 33,000,000 vehicles currently travelling Britains role has escaped your attention, some are even owned and driven, by working class people too!

C'mon you can do better than that, what a silly and purile statement to make.

Anybody and everybody has a valid point, even you

OOOOh you are a bit tetchy. Sorry if you took it poorly, but sarcasm was unintended, criticism being more appropriate.
I thought that you were implying that he will be coming to a game far more robust than he will have witnessed ever before, the tone of your post struck ME that way. In what you seem to have taken umbridge at was not in any manner intended to be sarcasm, I simply thought that you were having a dig and, actually, being flippant.

Not "tetchy", just bored of people who skim (rather than actually read) posts, get the wrong end of the stick, then reply to something that was not there.

I simply said "if he does not come fully fit he might get a shock". Fairly honest statement and easy to understand.

I wasn't even suggesting he would do that but I could point to many NRL "names" who have come here either unfit, uninterested or both and found life hard.

The whole thrust of my post was to show how good he could be for your club if he wants to, I even used the example of Joe Grima for us.

If you think that's me being flippant or having a dig then you must live in a strange world



Just to emphasise it AGAIN and in case you miss it, I HOPE HE DOES WELL.

Yes, it's obviously much better to watch SL clubs squander money they don't have and go millions into debt reliant on a sugar daddy to constantly bail them out

Complete tripe.......

A succesful London, Bradford and Toulouse would make SL attractive, not the nomadic and bankrupt London and Bradford of the last 5 years adding no value to a stale and some what dying division.

The notion of big city teams needing to be in the top divisions of any sport are just nonsense...... other wise.... in the premier league surely ::::::: Leeds, Sheffield, Bradford, Carlisle, Bristol, Cardiff, Birmingham must all be in and kick out those little suburban clubs list C Palace, Bolton, Wigan, Barnsley, Blackburn, Middlesbrough to name just a few....

Just maybe if the RFL had a clear marketing strategy then just maybe irrelevant of who the teams and locations are in the best division in the northern hemisphere we might just get blue chip sponsors and not sign TV deals going in to the next decade.

Not to mention if numpty fans didnt put the game down at every opportunity we might just grow....

enjoy your RL where ever and who ever you support. Try a visit to the suburb of Wigan in 2016.... ill personally show you round the areas!!!

15 minute drive to LSV connects with over 500,000 people

JEAN must be getting close to 20 stone in weight now the amount some of you are feeding it.

Would that be the same franchise period that witnesses more top flight clubs go into administration than ever before?

Bizzare Topic.
even at 35 he's a top draw NRL ' Name '
And I guess most of the response is more engineered to taunt the Lobby's than a meaningful discussion over the guys merits.

I suspect a fair few SL sides would have been more than happy to acquire his signature for a season.
I bought RLWC tickets for Tonga at the LSV solely to see him in action and will probably do the same next season.
He's also not the first Moimoi to turn out for Leigh who have a long standing link with Tonga heritage players.

I suspect no matter how he plays next season he'll be a marketing dream for them.

It's so refreshing when you stumble upon an informed and intelligent post like this...

It makes you wonder what Leigh are hoping to achieve out of the signing. Are they hoping he will lead them to the top of the league and possible promotion (Do 20 min props have that sort of influence), bring in larger crowds, improve community engagement .......etc

I hope it all works out for them.

Spot on. I only wish he'd signed for London

In a word, Yes

Tonight Leigh have had decent slots on both Granada and BBC sports news adding to huge national print exposure yesterday, not bad and priceless for the brand

Whilst the bring back franchising comment was tongue in cheek, I am concerned how some of the clubs will afford the new £1m salary cap.

There does seem to be a renewed level of interest in the championship however, and I hope this results in increased crowd figures to cover the increase in outlay from many of the clubs. I'm not sure sales of Moi Moi wigs alone will be enough.

Average crowds in SL will rise in 2015 and average crowds in Championship will rise in 2015. First one due to London dropping down, second due to Bradford going with them.....888 is a WinWinWin all around

I'd agree, however it is how attendances stand up in the next 5/10 years is the important factor

If as some have predicted nobody moves up or down then they most likely will fall, if however we see real competition, then they might rise, only one way to find out

5/10 years? With the same structure? Are you new to this game of RL?

Excellent signing for the lobby gobblers. Will definitely pay a visit when us pie eaters are away on the dark side of the Pennines.

You will be better off spending your money to see the two dazzling talents joining Super League -- Todd Carney (Catalans) and Albert Kelly (Hull KR) -- rather than an ageing prop forward playing 30 minutes a game in the second division.

You would even be better off taking a trip to see Gateshead's bevy of Papua-New Guinea stars, especially PNG's equivalent of Billy Boston -- the muscular flying winger Garry Lo.

What a load of sheeeite.