Quote ="Smalls"Sounds like Finchy is going to be playing for the best in the world next year. www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/leag ... 26vi7.html'" Hoffman only played one season over here didn't he!

Quote ="Smalls"Sounds like Finchy is going to be playing for the best in the world next year. www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/leag ... 26vi7.html'" Hoffman only played one season over here didn't he!

Heard a rumour Justin Poore could be a player we are looking at. Very risky signing if it came to anything.

Improved form this year but still a major injury cloud over him, and I am also not sure he is the natural leader that I think we need to complement our your set of front row forwards.

With Lima gone and Mossop maybe going then we'll need more than Scott Taylor added to our front row next year.
Interesting to see how Finch will fit into the Melbourne line up. He aint going to replace Widdop and certainly not Cronk so he must be a squad player.
Best of luck to him. The guys a class act and Storm have a very good reserve on their hands.

Was very good a couple of seasons back, but I agree, he's be plagued with injuries so much so I'm sure there was a report on how he applied to be a plumber or something as he thought his career was over.

Defo not a leader IMO. One day, as unrealistic as it might be, I'd love to see Sam Burgess if he was ever to come back to the UK. Already a natural leader at Souths, offers so much at still a relatively young age. Good enforcer to boot.

Sadly, I think Burgess will be finished in 5 years time with the way he plays. Hope im wrong as he is an exceptional player

I think he is very similar player to Morley and he has lasted a fair duration.

All depends how his shoulders hold up i suppose

I wonder if we'll see Harrison Hansen move up to front row on the next couple of years. He's only 27 and IMO would make a superb prop forward with another stone in weight. He's tough, durable and quick enough, plus a brilliant defender.

We have Hughes, Farrell, Tuson and Lloyd for the back row spot.

If it this case that Mossop is leaving, aswell as the others. Then I really do fear the worst. The massive optimism for the near future that I had in 2010 is rapidly disappearing.

Possibly. I expect Hughes to play a lot more games next year and become a fixture in our strting 17. Lloyd will get more game time in 2013 and then become a fixture thereafter. I think both these lads are extremely talented and I fully expect them to play at the highest level.

Hughes and Lloyd may be very talented but it is a big gap to bridge between U20s and SL. Lloyd has little SL experience and Hughes quite a bit now.
What I noticed though in the play off game v Catalans was when Matty Smith came on Hughes was spelled. He looked exhausted and could hardly put one foot in front of the other. That was after about 20 mins.
They could well be bench players next year but are a couple of seasons away from going 80 minutes however talented they are.

I have no info about mossop going to the NRL.
The info i have is about another player.

Who? Any hints?

Now i am intreged can you send me a PM please

Yea, me too.

As someone else asked, why does a rumour need to be sent as a PM on a board called Rumours and signings!? If you know/think you know/have heard something/made something up/got a text from your uncle's neighbour's dog/rooted through Ian Lenegan's bins then JUST POST IT!

Tomkins?

I have heard a rumbling about big offers from Australia.

Commercial suicide from Wigan if they were to accept an offer for Tomkins at this point in time with ST renewals around the corner.

Sam will still be at Wigan for the 2013 season.

Not entirely sure. 'Supposedly' Sam is in a 'water tight' contract whereas he isn't allowed to speak to any of clubs in the NRL or Union.
From what I gather none of us has actually seen this contract have we? We are all willing to accept what we are told as it's what we want to believe.
At the end of the day a contract thesedays is merely for the player and club to understand what pay etc they will be on whilst on the contract. Money talks, contracts can be dissolved if both parties agree to it. If the Wigan club and Sam both agree to part ways it can happen before the 3 years are up.

Personally, with no information to back this up, I would suspect Sam would stay at Wigan, play in the RLWC, then sign for Sarries, linking up with Joel with aim to be the England RU FB ready for the RUWC, something which is doable.

With his many trips to London to see Joel, it would be a smooth transition for Sam to join Sarries.

Mossop deffo going NRL probably not next year but year after, Sydney Roosters apparently offered Hock terms to go over there next year but im not sure whether believe that or not is the rumours im getting.

though not a criminal conviction i wonder if Hocks 2 year ban for cocaine use would stop him from gaining a work permit/visa over there

Should not as it was not a criminal offence.

It would be monumentally stupid for the club to rip up a "watertight" contract. No one would trust a word the club says again and season ticket sales would fall through the floor.

They are going to have a hard time selling them as it is given the squad for next year compered to this. Sell Sam and they may as well apply to join NL1 !!

Year on year IL gives contracts out to people pays them well and then once they get another offer they are off. Lima, Joel Tomkins, Maguire etc. If Sam does the same thing then i agree with Dave the club will struggle to even make top 5 soon. Same for Mossop or Hock or whoever is the player linked with the NRL if you sign a 5 year deal you stay for the 5. Its time IL started playing hardball with some. Especially with Maguire in Sydney.

although it'd be bad for Wigan i'd love to see Gareth Hock go rip it up in the NRL, he'd be an absolute star out there