We could add him to the round robin of our goal kicking roster.

Once Tomkins arrives, will Drinkwater want to stay with the Catalans?

Well I was actually thinking of Gigot,where does he play when Tompkins arrives.

Will anyone want to stay?

Not after he learns to say: "Vous êtes le rectum de Perpignan."

Vous et votre frère êtes le rectum de Wigan et Perpignan

I'd rather see Roberts wage divided between 2 high class props and Joe Mellor.

You can't divide the Marquee payment though.

£2m cap next season isn't it?
...but yes I get you. Doh

I hope we can make a halfback signing as profound and successful as our last winger signing. That's the level we need.

Farrell, Falau, Hogg and Davies... none of the other six

Indeed

and Itoje surely?

I could identify Owen Farrell and Isreal Folau in a line up ... and knew there was another Jonathan Davies playing union but dont know what he looks like.........I thought Stuart Hogg was a cricketer...!!

The last one sounds like a pornstar… "Summer Luvvin starring Brodie Retalliick" . The film name is made up so don't bother googling it!

The Mole on Twitter

https://wwos.nine.com.au/2018/07/06/10/ ... warrington "English club Warrington is close to signing classy Raiders five-eighth Blake Austin for next season." Does anyone know the accuracy rate of The Mole's rumours, is he the Aussie equivalent of rubber duckie?

https://wwos.nine.com.au/2018/07/06/10/ ... warrington "English club Warrington is close to signing classy Raiders five-eighth Blake Austin for next season." Does anyone know the accuracy rate of The Mole's rumours, is he the Aussie equivalent of rubber duckie?

"A versatile footballer who can play five-eighth, fullback, halfback, centre, hooker and lock, Austin has played Test football for Portugal and has also represented City Origin.

At 27, he still has plenty of good football in him and should be a good buy for Warrington, one of the glamour clubs of English football."







Does playing for Portugal affect the overseas quota??

https://www.rugbyprofiles.com/blakeaustin NATIONALITY: Australian / English PASSPORT: Australian I wonder how "English" he is. Would that be English enough to get a British passport? If so, he could get off the overseas quota. Although given the record of Australians finding it difficult to settle in the UK I wonder if it would even be worth applying, a year of paying extortionate fees and being messed about by the Home Office's "hostile environment" and he'd be telling us he'd had enough and wanted to go back to the NRL.

https://www.rugbyprofiles.com/blakeaustin NATIONALITY: Australian / English PASSPORT: Australian I wonder how "English" he is. Would that be English enough to get a British passport? If so, he could get off the overseas quota. Although given the record of Australians finding it difficult to settle in the UK I wonder if it would even be worth applying, a year of paying extortionate fees and being messed about by the Home Office's "hostile environment" and he'd be telling us he'd had enough and wanted to go back to the NRL.

Austin is an excellent replacement for Roberts and another player Leeds were heavily linked with just like Greenwood who went to Wigan.
One of the better halfbacks imo to come out of the NRL who i wish was coming to Leeds.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2SbAoDSpxE From 2015

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2SbAoDSpxE From 2015

Heard nothing here but Moley won't post unless it's a goer so I'd be sure we're in the mix.
It might come out later.

Very wary of highlights now, after getting excited about what Roberts could and should have been doing every week...

However, from those clips it looks like Austin would be a replacement for Brown - he’s got the step and the support play but there’s no clips showing his ability to create much for others. To be fair to Roberts, he does have a good all-round game even if we don’t see much of him attacking the line. His kicking and vision are superb.

I still think we need another classic half back even if we sign Austin.

That was his Dally M winning year. Strong runner with pace and step.

I agree with all of this