Sorry for the late reply!

I don't claim to know the ins and outs and all the details, but a replacement for Powell for next season is being hunted from the other hemisphere, and an interim Aussie may well be replacing Powell before the end of the season...



Well in terms of how many Australians we will have next season, the amount will still more higher than many other teams, but we are reducing the numbers more significantly now.
From this years team we wont have McDonnell, Galea or Webster next year, and Joel Clinton also seems to be on his way out. Corey Patterson is coming to Rovers, but he may well be the only overseas signing, and if he isnt it seems there will only be one more at most.

Therefore, next year our list of Australians will be:

Michael Dobson
Blake Green
Corey Patterson
Micky Paea
Con Mika
Ryan O'Hara- Crusaders Dispensation
Lincoln Withers- Crusaders Dispensation
Rhys Lovegrove- Classed as Homegrown

Don't think I've missed out any others from that list but I'm not certain!

ok DSWG sorry if I misunderstood but I suppose it was because your comment was immediatley under my post and to be honest I always click on lst post rather than trawl through them all

Apologies accepted...I do same as you most of the time.

Anyhoo, won't have so much angst and misery on these boards (until next season!).

Can I be the first to say `Tony Rea Out`..........just thought I would get the ball rolling DSWG

Thing about Tony, he can run the club single-handed....sack everyone else, give Tony a wide job description (Head Coach, Younguns Coach, Head of Pr, CEO, Tea Boy, Hooker) before you know where we are, we can afford Billy Slater.

I think we should give TR a standing ovation, coz he knows it will be all downhill from there, at least on Saturday!