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.

That's good thinking!


I got a text from my mate, asking me whther I had heard anything, as he heard this last week. I hadn't heard nothing up untill he text me. He said one of his Saints friends had told him.

i dont believe that

Don't believe it then?

no i mean i dont believe you have mates

We have signed him as a halfback, whether at 7 or 6 I don't know. But he will be a starting halfback for us. He will provide valuable experience to our young players but he also has utility value and so might cover fullback if Wello is injured or hooker, since he has also played both positions. But I'm happy with the signing because we need cover at halfback and given the dearth of experienced halfbacks available anywhere just at the moment, I think signing him has been an astute move by Saints. As a Kiwi he should settle well into our little Kiwi community here in St Helens.

I sincerely hope we do NOT let Puletua go. Flannery could be the more likely.

Incidentally, Meli doesn't count on the quota at all as he has been with us long enough not to be subject to the new rules.

Like I said, don't believe it then?

Hohaia has played in the halves more than he has at fullback over his NRL career. I think he's OK but not a world beater. He always struck me as the type of player who would come over to SL and play for someone like Castleford or Harlequins, I wouldn't have had him down as a Saints type of signing. But times have changed, I would have said the same about Royce Simmons a few years ago as well. I don't think Saints are in danger of meltdown but they are not as high up the food chain as they were.