How do you know he couldn't get a look in at any NRL club...?

Yes if I had the pick of the cowboys forwards he wouldn't be in the first three picks. I'd pick Matt Scott over any prop forward in the NRL, then Id pick James Tamu then Tariq Simms before Ashton.

We know what we are getting, but he's what we need, great energy, great physical presence, and a great team player. But hes not coming to Wire to be our best forward either. He'll be behind Hill and Westwood. And hopefully he'll help the development of England, Evans, Laithwaite Glen Riley and Currie. I'm looking forward to him coming if you have him down as a Turkey then thats fair enough.

I saw Simms in the Ireland v Fiji game at last year's WC and was really impressed. A hard running, hard tackling forward who never stops grafting. Think he'd do a good job at any SL club and will probably become a Wire fan favourite if he plays like that over here.

I also saw him in Tesco at Horwich the weekend after and, not only is he a big bugger, but he's a nice bloke too!

To be fair, I'd look good vs Ireland (, Wales and Scotland sadly) so it's not really a good judge of quality!

With his ultra aggressive approach things will go one of two ways for Simms-

1- He'll settle quickly and will dominate games due to that approach. He'll be a fans favourite but may be at the RFL disciplinary more often then not.

2- He'll become a target and other superleague props will take it as a challenge to hammer him. I still remember the bashings Mark Carroll used to take each week when at London and Josh Perry was a similar target whilst at Saints. They were both aggressive players who's approach backfired on them.

Fair do's, but I should've added that's the only time I've seen him play in the flesh. Have also been impressed when watching him in the NRL too.

Not sure if it's already been mentioned, and it may just be a rumour, but if Clark joins Wire next year he will really improve them. I would have kept Ratchford at 1 and played O'Brien at 7 if i had been Smith, as O'Brien looks to me to be the one player who can organise a team. They could still be a threat in the play offs, but if we play as well as we can that should be good enough - a couple of years ago, that would not have been the case.

Don't think there is much 'if' about clark joining warrington next year.

its a done deal but apparently he wishes now it was not

whys that?...are Weller Hauraki, Craig Huby, Jamie ellis and Marc Sneyd, also Wishing they werent leaving Cas...?

or is it just because they aren't going to Wire? A side that recently has appeared in more finals than Salford, huddersfield, and Hull put together...........?


strange one....

From a playing point of view they probably are. It must have been the most enjoyable season of all their careers and they seem a really strong 'team' who are enjoying each other's success.

I wouldn't take it personally that somebody said he regrets his Wire deal. After this year he probably regrets signing any deal so early and would if it were Leeds, Wigan, Saints or any club.

Back to Coops, his game suits the NRL more than SL anyway.

Coops was always a tough no nonsense defender, he's a polite and articulate guy but he's alsona bit of a boxer too, not a guy I'd go toe to toe with.

Coops for me had his flaws in attack, I hated him being on the end of a crash ball or playing in the wet, iron hands.