It is becoming increasingly certain that Rangi Chase has played his last Leigh match. A skirmish with Lee Smith in the dressing room last week becoming the latest in a long list of disciplinary and other issues with this fella and the club has had enough and got shut.

Its a shame as from a supporter perspective i was hoping just 8 outstanding matches from him in September, could have unlocked the SL door. I amongst others was at Salford last year to witness Rangi Chase single handedly rip Leigh's defence to shreds all afternoon in a one of the most ridiculously brilliant individual petformances I have witnessed.

So what now? Positives ? Well it frees up substantial amount from the Salary Cap with £100k + to play with and bring in re inforcements.

From that end I hear Leigh and St.Helens are currently locked in talks and a more than adequate replacement will be at LSV sooner than later.

It also re enforces what an absolutely splendid job Neil Jukes has done as head coach, operating with just one assistant coach as opposed to Paul Rowley , who operated with 3 FT assistant coaches for 2 full seasons..

Travis Burns is more than adequate replacement. Bit injury prone though.

Shame if true about Rangi, but if he is causing disruption then I am glad we have acted - and probably freed up money to boost the squad at the business end.

Not sure Travis Burns is the answer, couldn't get a game at saints even when they had no other half backs.

Yes Travis Burns would be a great replacement for me. He is not currently injured either. I am told a minor digreement with Cunningham has resulted in him falling out of favour. Could be a win win situation here.

If it`s true about Chase don`t forget we`ve got a fantastic talent in Ben Reynolds.

Harold has he left by mutual agreement or been sacked ?

Can he still claim contract money ?

Sacked.

Message board rumour Harold....for now !

I would be extremely tempted to throw young Ben Reynolds in at the deep end now.
Rangi was obviously a huge risk given his past 'issues' & has gone on to be more trouble than he is worth.

Ben has been 'blooded' a few times now, admittedly often as a substitute 6/7 but he has the raw talent to go far in RL.

The King is dead .... Long live the King.

He's a great player undoubtedly, but since he has arrived it's been one thing after another. Ben Reynolds has been outstanding and deserves his chance , IF it is true let's move on !

As you say Ben is a fantastic talent ,but if Chase has gone we need half back cover.Unless when McNally is fit he is going to cover.Smith has been outstanding since joining us but McNally last year made lots of and scored lot of tries from fullback

Play Greg there when he returns

So he was sacked a week ago then what? Everyone at the club went on holiday & forgot to tell anyone? This forum doesn't have a great track record on rumour accuracy. If it's not from the club it's not true.

I hope Rangi recovers from his injury, played well against Fev and was doing well against Batley before he had to come off. One he's back fully fit he could be just what we need to bring back the attacking flair we've been missing a bit of.

Much as I would have liked it to be different I thought he was having a poor game against Batley.

Time to move on. If true, bad signing and you cannot have poor behaviour within a team environment.

Stability in the half's needed.

Please don't let this drag on like the Kez debacle.

Unfortunately, wherever Rangi plays there is always a pantomime surrounding him.
He needs to go back to Cas where the culture of the club suited his temperament and needs.

I bet you are still hoping Michael Platt returns next week on the same basis ?

That is a fair comment you make in all seriousness . Until the club announce it there is nothing official.

In all my posts on this forum it can be noted I have never once started a new thread on a rumour but as I started this thread off I would just like to add for me to do that then I personally am as certain as I can be that it is correct.

However as Budgie states which is also important. I accept for now it can only be viewed as another message board rumour.

So there's nothing official then? I guess it's more important to you to be the first with the news rather than waiting for an official announcement.

I think there is nothing wrong with Harold's post.

On balance I think what he has posted is likely to be correct'but having given that opinion that is all it is ie my opinion.

No there is nothing official and your post could be misconstrued as substantiating my post so I will say no more. What I have learned here is I am not speaking to just a few of our loyal fans by posting on this forum.

I have just taken a call to say Dick Jones has copied my post on RL Fans all over interweb so whilst I stand by it, obviously that was the last thing i wanted.

Please feel free to delete it. No offence was intended. Lesson learnt.

Frank you are right, there is nowt wrong with Harold post,and you are entitled to your valued opinion, BUT it has become Leigh's policy to announce all Official News on this Forum,and for me it's just rumours till the Club officially announce otherwise.

I don't think anyone has (or will) take offence HRJ, it's just that people do take gossip/hearsay/rumour/speculation as fact and the next time they're up Leigh they will be telling all their mates, who will then get the story confused whilst passing it on to their mates or, as you have just learned, someone will read this forum then go and post about it on FB.

Also, I didn't word my post very well as I probably should have added 'if indeed there is to be one' at the end of my sentence.

I agree Brian.

When he has played he has simply been OK, but he has been MIA most of the season & I believe him to have a disruptive & negative influence on the Club & the Team which can only go to undermine the efforts of all around him.

So far I have seen nothing 'special' from Rangi & feel that there are better players with much better attitudes at LCRLFC.

I am sick of the Rangi circus already, time he got his caravan & shipped out AFAIAC.

We were warned.

I have the same opinion but I think Rowley used him as an excuse to take the Canadian job,without giving him a chance