Ratchford looks a decent player to me.

Because Shaun McRae is a coaching genius.

Heard him on RL extra saying he's not enjoying playing centre and sees stand off as his position. As has been said before he's got great feet, good hands, good kicking game and a fair turn of speed. I'd sign him whether we see him as a long term replacement for Briers or not. We're light in the halves anyway imo.

yeah, Not sure he's like for like with Briers.

The player most similar to Briers in Superleague, would be Brough, imo.

It's worth signing him for a laugh, just to see the reaction.

Now here's a man who clearly knows his stuff, he wouldn't get in the top ten ow make that 20, now I hope your listening Smith/Moran.

Leave well alone he's gash

I agree He is gash. Shouldn't sign. Or if we do should be getting a small contract

















might work.

To quote Peter Kay, "How dare you!" :lol

On a serious note, he probably does have attributes to replace Briers, including an excellent kicking game. At 22, Briers wasn't the class act he went on to become. Regarding Ratchford playing centre:

1) Simms moved him there, this time.
2) We need all our best players on the pitch, allowing us to accommodate, Ratch, Smith and Holdsworth.
3) He looks pretty damn good at centre.

However I'm just lying about all that, you don't really want him, he wouldn't male the first team.

Apparently Stef Ratchford and Tony P of Saints are both Wire bound for next season.

The Puletua bit is complete speculation. Warrington have made him an offer but he's either going home because of family reasons or staying at Saints for 2 more years. He's undecided as of yet depending on if he can get the off the field situation sorted.

So he is definitely NOT signing for Warrington? Thanks for confirming.

Yes I can say he definitely isn't. Announcement to be made within the next couple of months once the off field issues are sorted.

Source?
Maybe he does fancy joining Wire just to get his hands on some silverware

From the club.


fair play. Hopefully we'll be getting some of our own soon though!

Same club that said they hoped Eastmond was going to stay after he had signed with Bath?

Same club who are still saying they hope Graham will stay months after he told the club and full squad that he is off to Aus at the end of the season?

You keep believing.

Just because a club says something in the press, doesn't mean it's what they know.

Graham is off without a doubt, agreed a deal at Canterbury. And everybody could clearly see Eastmond was going to union.

Brilliant. I love the confidence of some people. It's blinding. What a shame, Tony P would have looked grand in the P & B... Do please come back on here when Tony P's future is resolved and let us know what the outcome is, Mr BackrowSaint.

Okay will do, as I said, it will either be off back to Oz or a 2 year deal with Saints.

On a scale of 1-10 though, how sad would it make you if we signed him ?

IF it happened, 9 or 10. Big loss for us and a big gain for you. Luckily it's not going to though

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I think he is the big sight for next year. We need a reliable young halfback. Doesn't have to be Benji, look at saints buying a fullback to play halfback (maniacs). We also need big Tony P. Watching him at Millennium I knew we needed to sign him up. Got Saints a point almost single handedly.

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quality player,but lets see how copes against the big boys. On Friday.

In fact if we include Roby's no try that was clearly a try, they should have won

But I concede your point.

We should sign Roby too. WE need a new hooker that is a step down for monas when he is rested.