Soward seemed to take a particular interest in him on the pitch, geeing him up and giving him support when he made errors. So, Penrith or a feeder club of theirs?

Ian Ramsdale confirms that at least another six from that list have left and will confirm today.

@ianramsdale: The 6 players I'm told Broncos are retaining; Dixon, Lovell, Krasniqi, Dolappi, McMeeken...and one more which I haven't been able to confirm

Re Dixon out for six months:- @ianramsdale: @theboyem Yes, possibly longer, from what I've heard. Also that a deal for (possibly Salford) him is close/done.

Right thanks. I'll try to update the status later. I'll need another colour for something like "unknown but believed to have been released". Seems that DH has paid off all the Aussies except for TR.

Updated including a bit of [iitalics[/i for clarity.

Joel Wicks confirms he's still at London.

Bishay moves on. A couple of tweets:

Mikey Bishay ‏@MikeyBishay 22h

Back to my union ways on Saturday!

and

Would like to thank everyone that has been involved with the London broncos over the last 7 years for all there help and support. It is time now for me to move on to a new challenge. Met the best people in my life there and will never forget them. Thanks for the memories!

Not as bad as that makes it seem. Apparently he's off to Sydney.

Shame. One of the youngsters we all had high hopes for.

So we're dumping our own kids and begging the RFL to allow us to bring in a dozen Australians? What an absolutely criminal waste of the last ten years. If that's what it comes to then they can stick it.

Agreed, always liked the look of him. Hope he does well in the future

Tough times i guess. The bottom line is the fans vote with their feet as we've seen at the Stoop the last few seasons. If the team is going to get thrashed constantly because the youngsters can't cut it yet the fans wont come and the ramifications are the club will fold. We still have a few lads who have proved they can play at this level but i guess the skilled players will have to be imported as always.

Update of where I think we are from tweets and rumours:
Probably here
21 Kieran Dixon(WG)
18 Olsi Krasniqi (PR)
24 Mike McMeeken (CE)
32 Joel Wicks (LF)
22 Will Lovell (SR)
27 Erjon Dollapi (PR)

Probably here but Dual registered so not 'our signing'
35 Harry Little (CE)
28 James Woodburn-Hall (SO)
31 Mason Caton-Brown (WG)

Probably not here, even though they had contracts
11 Shane Rodney (SR)
5 Michael Robertson (FB)
10 Michael Witt (SO)
17 Shane Grady (SR)

Hope to see some of you from this board on Saturday, and have you arranged your own gym facilities in case your team needs you?

The Alex Hurst (now unattached) story: www.heraldscotland.com/sport/rug ... s.22732324

The Alex Hurst (now unattached) story: www.heraldscotland.com/sport/rug ... s.22732324

Agree totally

London have been bailed out by the rl and aussies clubs for years why haven't they developed more home grown talent than the couple of decent sl players, I was with my son in a pub in earls court before a Chelsea match and asked the supporters if they actually knew anything about rugby league and they didn't have a clue, I'm afraid your time is up. We once had a sweepstake at the kc stadium before the match to guess how many London fans their was I won with a guess of 32 on that note I rest my case.

Nice balanced post from a citizen of the soon to be capital of culture! Bad Manners as your avatar - that's pretty appropriate! Now jog on!

Is that Louie Spence on the right?

Michael Witt to St George Illawarra. www1.skysports.com/rugby-league/ ... um=twitter

Michael Witt to St George Illawarra. www1.skysports.com/rugby-league/ ... um=twitter

Bishay was signed by Newtown. Penrith put in a late bid.

Well am waiting for my call up to start training with salford, I have a couple of pictures of me with brian noble and with mossa does that not mean I must have signed for em

Dixon having surgery today it seems. https://twitter.com/Kieran_22/status/40 ... 36/photo/1

Dixon having surgery today it seems. https://twitter.com/Kieran_22/status/40 ... 36/photo/1

Quote ="BroncOnIon"Dixon having surgery today it seems. https://twitter.com/Kieran_22/status/40 ... 36/photo/1'" Paid for by Dr Koolkash?

Quote ="BroncOnIon"Dixon having surgery today it seems. https://twitter.com/Kieran_22/status/40 ... 36/photo/1'" Paid for by Dr Koolkash?

That's rich coming from a Hull FC fan complaining London don't develop enough home grown players.
So how many home grown players were there in Hull FC's Cup Final team then?
By home grown btw do you mean Hull born, schooled and developed, or club trained, which means players from anywhere as long as they've been with your lot 3 years by the age of 21.
A good third of your Final team came from the Wakefield MBC area inclg Cas, Fev etc.
London don't have that facility as there aren't any other RL city clubs around them, unlike you having Wakefield MBC and Leeds.
That's why the club trained, federation trained and non federation trained rules need changing and improving so London can compete.
London need to be treated differently because they are different.

Impressive - you managed to count beyond 10. Funny, when the likes of Salford, Cas, Cats and Wakefield visit us each year it doesn't take long to count the number of fans they bring.

This is up there with the stupidest things I've ever read on RLFans. And that's saying something.