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A very good signing

not according to a NZ based Stains fan, on their board

jesus, is he still playing?

and has decided he wants a go back in the halves

he was at 6 for the warriors

he was at 7 for the warriors

he was at 9 for the warriors

he was about average for them at fullback when i was last watching the neral.

Plus he's one of the names that i always think about when gooners say

oh leuluai, players dont win WC's with NZ, they do.

I thought he was only about 27

4 year deal????

he'll be finished after 3, mark my words

Def not convinced this is a good signing at all

haha, he'll be 28 when he starts his contract, how old is your full back again?

hodgeson is a differant kettle of fish to lance....i honestly think t will be a bad siging for saints....

Think of the quota... Who's going? Saints 1 6 7 and 9 are all English! If rumours on this board about LAnderson are true, I'll take Puletua thanks!

At this point, it's probably worth pointing out that Saints are yet again above us in Super League.

do you want a cookie for knowing how old he is?

or something?

Signing players who think they're a halfback but being played 'out of position' in the NRL, this is something we know a bit about!

Saints recruitment is usually top notch so let's wait and see.

You know, I actually was told that we were after Puletua last week. That's another rumour doing the rounds.

He was dropped for round 4 because of his performances, he did come back this weekend (round 5) to play 53 minutes and scored a try though.

I think he's a very good fullback.

If he's coming to play scrum half that's a different thing altogether. That would be most odd.

Meli + Flannery i'd imagine well before Puletua.

That'd leave them with Puletua, Soliola, Perry + Hohaia.

EDIT: Or i've just read that Puletua and Flannery OOC, I can't imagine they wouldn't at least offer Puletua a contract so Flannery will be the odd one out i'd imagine.

Maybe
Here's my thinking... Royce hinted at the start of this year he's looking at moving Wellens to the back row, so Hohaia comes in there. You now need to lose a quota back row, Hohaia IMO will be on much more than Flannery. Yes they have Eastmonds wages, but this will tie their hands on any further 'big name' signings if it was Flannery out therefore I think Puletua will be the one to go. Well I'm hoping coz he's bloody good!
Chequebook Moran!

LTS - Where u heard this? Hope it's true!

I'd be amazed if Saints let Puletua go. If they did it would start a mad scramble for his autograph. Top quality forward.

Not sure where he will play, he's not quite up there as a half back (based on NRL form since he started) but compared to the quality of full backs in SL he's up there with the best, but Wellens is the player he will have to replace.

A bit like the Trindall signing in my opinion.

Imo this means pryce is off back to bradford, Lance will play 6 next to Lomax next year, and then switch to FB in 2013 when Wello probably retires

Is Lomax a 7? Doesn't seem creative enough for me.

well he's been ripping teams apart every week since he got his shot there, and thats all we can ask. Not much of a kicking game TBH but that could improve with time

Hohaia to 7 makes sense to me. Organising half with a decentish kicking game, is the perfect foil to Pryce's running game.