heard that you have signed him for next year

Who told you?

Quote ="Dave Lister"Who told you?'" www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/leag ... 1hg5h.html Former Penrith skipper Craig Gower is set to return to league after a stint in France's Top 14 rugby competition - but he will not be playing in the NRL. SinBin hears that Gower, who has been ruled out of Italy's Rugby World Cup campaign due to a knee injury, has agreed to a deal with London-based Super League club, Harlequins.

Quote ="Dave Lister"Who told you?'" www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/leag ... 1hg5h.html Former Penrith skipper Craig Gower is set to return to league after a stint in France's Top 14 rugby competition - but he will not be playing in the NRL. SinBin hears that Gower, who has been ruled out of Italy's Rugby World Cup campaign due to a knee injury, has agreed to a deal with London-based Super League club, Harlequins.

Mmmm, interesting.... has he been behaving himself lately? Hs had a bit of a past back in Oz if his Wiki entry is anything to go by!

Aged 34 next April suppose it gives us some experience! hope the knee injury is nothing too serious.

Hope it's not true

Oh good lord.

Dodgy knee sounds he could only be here for his pension. Then again we could aim for the grey market and if the rumour with red bull is anything to go by, maybe it is some bizarre PR stunt.

Seen him play a bit of union, however it is hard to tell what he's like running about for Italy and in the 14...

I'll be honest with you, if he's is fit he'd still be the star player in a Quins shirt with the current squad.

I'd take a 14 cap Australian international at the Stoop any day of the week, especially one who can control a game from 7.

This season we have a 9 wearing the 7 jersey, a loanee from Bradford who looked a bag of nerves, a stand-off who is best described as enigmatic, a lock playing at five-eighth and a teenager who is one for the future (by that I mean you wouldn't want Sargy given the 6 jersey for the 2012 season). I would welcome him even if he is on big money, and surely this if it is true is a sign that we mean business for 2012.

Agreed. He looked pretty sharp last time I saw him playing for Italy (last year).

Like Londo06, an exciting sign that the club is prepared to throw a bit of cash about.

Chad Randall has no knowledge of this potential Gower signing!

Why would the players have any knowledge of who was being signed?

I hope this is true. Him on one leg is better than what we have had this season.

Building for the future



Randall at 30 and now gower at 34

New name Quins OAPs

Wonder if this has something to do with Team Randell??????????????????

Both being Aussies and all that

Even if he did know or not. he wont be allow to say. You should know by now the club dont say anything about signings until the player has sworn on the Bible..

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We not like othe clubs and give our supporters some good news to keep us going when the chips are down.

if true, let's hope he's on a play and pay contract.....we wasted a load of cash on Scotty Hill and got 1 seasons worth of games for the price of 2 IIRC.

Scott Hill played 21 & 22 SL games in the two seasons he came over to London. Second he had a dodgy neck and didn't look right at all, but came back and pitched in. Came on big money, for Harlequins, and was a lynchpin in a much better side than the one we have a few years down the line. That was when we had Lenagan and money, hopefully we can now look to spend money on players and we won't immediately be able to sign the best and the brightest, but those who are attracted to the challenge of moving the club forwards and the fact that we are aiming to spend towards cap.

Actually I wouldn't mind. In the limited time I've seen him, I've been impressed. And as they say, if you're good enough you're old enough.

Yeah, he is the 6 of the future, but you wouldn't want him to be relied on as an 18 year-old to play the whole 2012 season and take the heat when it all goes wrong. Have him there to play 10-15 games next year, 20+ and the 28 when he is just 20. I wouldn't want him as a starting fixture already for 2012, have an old head in Gower to teach him how to play in the halves and the benefits will be a potential player from London in the England halves for years to come, rush the young lad and he may become another John Duffy who started at Warrington at the age of 16 and went on to be okay. Sargy could be better than Sam Tomkins, but a measured approach to introducing him into the team is best in my opinion.

I agree, he needs to be handled carefully. I like the idea of him playing the odd game this year and the next, but he shouldn't be given the full-time 6 job IMO. We put too much on LMS's shoulders and by the age of 23 he was jaded and needed to move on.

If we are going to persist with bring through our own juniors, we are going to need experienced heads in key positions. I'd dare say that Chad wouldn't be on big money, and moving him back to 9 is the right move.

If and only if Gower comes (and is fit, still think he'll take a while to return to league fitness and the game) he is the kind of half you'd want. I'd rather have a 34 year old gower then a journey man who's only strength is broken field play and a single dimension kicking game that seem to be the norm for SL.

I'm sure Gower has only just turned 33 and after double checking he would only turn 34 at the very end of April 2012, so a 1 year deal would seem to be a good fit for club and player, maybe more if he warrants it and the club wants him around. 33 is not that old for rugby league players at the minute, the days of everyone having to retire at 32 seems to be a thing of the past.

Lets be honest, he's probably extended his career by a couple of years by moving to the Top 14 rather then having to be battered playing full seasons in the NRL