Fair enough RB, I hope the rumour comes to nothing myself

There is certainly some decent talent in the NSW Cup and Queensland Cup, and those guys are affordable as not on a lot of money down here with the 2nd tier cap. Couple of years in SL might give them a 2nd shot at the NRL. Likewise in the U20s if you could strike a deal with an NRL club to become a development pathway (get decent quality game time without taking up their cap space, given concerns here that good U20s are being brought into first grade too early / undercooked). An English club that took a progressive approach at partnership with the genuine global first tier comp, rather than saw the downside of all the extra TV money in the game now, could really gain some competitive advantage in the UK comp I reckon.

I'm sure that's the way Leneghan is looking at it for one (and what he's done with the Wales talent pipeline at Wigan is another example of seeing strategic opportunity where others only saw the negative of Crusaders top tier demise - if only we still had the benefit of that vision...)

Maybe that's why Gus tried to bin them?

Somebody earlier wrote that a former employee of Surrey CCC said that Gus wanted to do everything himself. So, is he Buck or Dusty?

Accuracy

First ive heard any mention of Clubb to Widnes?

Ignore wire quin, he lost the plot some time ago.