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I take it your talking about the Rangi Chase to Dragons if so, thank god! However do you think he will still represent England?

If he goes I would imagine we would be unlikely to see him back representing his "adoptive homeland"!!

Not good enough for his home country and not worthy of his new country.
Between a rock and a hard place, at least Cas will get some cash out of the deal ??

Would he be allowed back in the country?

Loan deal I heard

That would be a ridiculous decision. Surely Cas need to get some money for him if letting him go.

I think they need shut of his wages more than a fee.

Rangi.

A sensational player - would hope that he can gain more professionalism in the NRL and maybe just maybe become a more complete player and individual

One thing is for sure - we will enver beat the aussies with players in the team with his attitude.

Maybe if that can be rectified and his play became more structured than 'off the cuff he will be universally welcomed in an England shirt..... maybe.

Has this been comfirmed Al, no more Rangi in Cas

This scenario reminds me an awful lot of Danny Brough's eventual move to Huddersfield. We were all in uproar, but if he had stayed his wages would have crushed the club and been detrimental. It seems Rangi's salary of £180k has handicapped Castleford's recruitment and led to last and probably this seasons poor form.

They can't sell him because either no one is interested or know Cas are desperate to offload him. It'll be interesting to see if and how teu invest his salary once he's gone.

That said, getting rid of him will significantly benefit Castleford in the long run, it might just take a while like losing Brough did to us.

NO its not official yet

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bad times when you cant even sell your prize asset #PRAYFORCAS

Feel for Cas fans on this one which is a rarity. They made this lad and they got the club to offer him a great deal and he also managed to become a somewhat dubious international mainly on their support. I don't know the full story but it seems a real slap in the face, and as Trinity fans we know how that feels.

Im not convinced that this is what their board would have wanted to happen. I like seeing Rangi Chase in Superleague but not sure if Cas can afford to keep him. A massive overhead and I think I read that if he went the money wouldn't be re-invested into the team it would just improve running costs.

Good news for Cas? I'm not sure.

An embarassing debacle for all concerned - it's ever nice to see someone's dirty laundry aired in public.

I feel a bit sorry for Cas, lumbered with a player they can't afford and who's off-field behaviour put the mockers on a lucrative move to Hull FC; this could have bigger implications for the club than might be immediately obvious.

I believe the damage caused over the last couple of seasons will have truly tainted the relationship between the player, the club & the fans.

His god-like perception of quite a few Cas fans coupled with his inclusion to the England setup has created a monster.

Also, with the club struggling financially to try and hang on to the coat tails of clubs chasing a top eight place, the lure of reducing their wages bill was too great, especially with the added sweetener of a transfer fee from Hull. However, due to his visa problems, the only way Cas could offload him was back to Oz, even that’s failed.

So whilst many Cas fans are ecstatic the messiah will have his second coming, the seeds of doubt have been sown.

The thing with Chase is he creates these issues. The visa problem was brought about due to his issues in Oz. The going back to Oz issue were created by him using two different agents. I seems it would have been sorted but for this fact. I think they lost patience because of it been unclear which agent represented him. Although that is speculation.

I think that keeping him will cause money issues at Cas and stop any money for ground developement taking place. I take no joy out of this it is very sad that when a smaller club at least try to keep hold of there prize assets it blows up in their face. I think Richard Wright has left Steve Ferres holding a player contract that is beyond the means of the club.

He's a quality player, but deep down both parties must be resigned to the fact they're stuck with each other. There will be a lot more to run with the Rangi Chase saga that's for sure.

smaller club? Just because you finished 8th in ONE season doesn't make you a big club so get off your high horse

Read it again - he never said Wakefield were a big club !

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I think you'll find that the 'smaller club' comment was inclusive of WTW.

Wazzock.