I'll be glad if he's not joining at that price. If he came here on a low wage to prove himself and earn a big contract, I'd have absolutely no problem with that at all. No bitterness from me over his decision to leave.

Been reaffirmed to me...he's already a Wire. Signed but not released I'm told.

IF he does come, it's exciting and he'll come with something to prove. However, as Jimathay stated, Eastmond is an "expensive punt" and I'm in the we should go shopping elsewhere 'camp'

Hope it's untrue

Crumbs RD that's a quicker retreat than Napoleon from Russia.

Don't see the logic in it. If it's because Roberts is off at the end of the season, then I'm extremely worried that this is how we are looking to build. That cap money could be spent so wisely somewhere else. I hope I'm wrong but I feel another 'laughing stock of Super League' moment heading our way

Which would be a shame after all the hard work done over the last 12 months to transform the club. As I say, I really hope I'm proved to be wrong and eat my words.

Be real. If Eastmond is earning 300k plus in Union he's not going to sign at a low wage for anyone. He can get a contract with a low-grade Union team for the same money and have an easy if boring last 3-4 years of his playing career.

Why should anyone be a 'laughing stock' for trying to acquire top talent? It doesn't always pay off, but where in the UK are our directors going to find anyone as good as (even the 2018 to date disappointing ) Roberts? Eastmond would be a bold move, but it shows just how genuinely committed to this club are Simon Moran and Stuart Middleton. It's not long ago that I recall many posters on this board convinced that these two were simply Tony Smith's mates who were happy to accept mediocrity. Personally I think it's exciting that they back their advice to 'gamble' on Sandow, Roberts, Hiku ( remember him?) and maybe now Eastmond.

He's already been Bath and Wasps so there's only Leicester of the English rich clubs left so I doubt very much he'd be able to command the same money, he'd have to sign for a French RU club outside of the big 3 English.
The alternative is to look to league to the big clubs to match it.

Whatever, still wouldn't sign for low wages.

What would he do then?

Lot of negativity on here about the possible signing of Eastmond. Can anyone come up with someone with more potential should either Brown or Roberts leave us next year ? Very few options in current market. It could be a risk but brave and ambitious from the Board and statement of intent.

Of course he wouldn’t. I was just saying that’s the only scenario which would make me happy.

Just my *opinion* that he’s not the same talent that he was when he started out at Saints, and a bigger risk on that sort of salary (if the figures quoted are true) than a decent current RL player.

Whilst Sandow was a risk based on history (and one that ultimately didn’t pay off) I don’t think you could class Hiku and Roberts in that category. Hiku is a current NZ international and Roberts was a regular starter at a NRL club.

The best comparison you can make is Charnley but he’d only been out a year and playing on the wing and not on nearly as much money. I guess we’ll see how Eastmond fares and I’ll be the first to come back on here and eat humble pie if he lives up to his wage packet...

Fully agree. I'm extremely excited if it turns out to be true. The only concern I would have is that his fitness record hasn't been great over the past 2 years. That said, if he was to regain full fitness, he would be without doubt one the most dynamic runners in SL and a huge asset.

Yes, Jake Trueman looks the part at 18 and would command a infinitely lower salary. Or even a big money transfer for Gale. He’s two years younger than Eastmond too, even though I don’t rate him (Gale) as highly as some do.

Kevin Penny showed so much potential with some freak tries that first season or two... if he’d gone to Union and scored 4 tries in the last couple of years would we be as excited as we seem to be over Eastmond?

But the difference there is availability and Eastmond would be without fee. In the unlikely event that Cas would allow either Gale or Trueman to leave, they would want £100-200k and that is not without some risk.

To me a right side with Eastmond and Charnley shouts peaches and cream.
The best right side since Bridge and Hicks and potentially much better.

Does this signing if true tell us how much influence Mr Price has on incoming players?

Well Sam GW and Barba slipped the net under TS when offered more money making me look like I'd just made the stuff up.
Let's hope your right Snag.

Yeah that bridge monaghan right edge sucked big time.

That was pretty awesome too. In hindsight that would have been the correct statement. Just got a soft spot for the 1st combo being the one that worked like I've never seen since Jiffy played right side.
....our current right side isn't a patch on the Bridge partnerships.
Eastmond could fit the bill.

Rather have Hiku / Charnley to be honest!

I'd be happy with that.
However our owners think bigger than us...profile of our club is massive for them.

pretty sure bateman was right and davies was left.

This.

There's proven RL talent out there if we pursue it hard enough. I don't want to be sat here next year wishing we had cap space to bring in a half or three-quarter to rescue a season. Sure, I know Hiku went home for other reasons, but it's clear that proven 'average' back line players from the NRL can look very good in SL. Im just not quite so sure that an older RU player can do the same on such a high salary. As I said earlier though, I'd love to be made to eat my words.