Is this really true in our current plight or just a media ploy to counter balance all the negativity surrounding our well publicised financial woes?
He's probably in France checking out his French World Cup Squad.


Good news about Poore staying (or at least wanting to if the coaching staff remain).

Hope he flew economy

Dont worry?
He's forgot his spending money!
He's at Sydney Roosters working with Trent Robinson!!
I'm hoping Sonny Bill Williams will fit in his suitcase!

Heard it on Ridings FM,whilst stuck on the M62 that he was in Aus looking to recruit.

And we will pay them with what? Seems very odd to me. We are scratching around to find the remains of the 400k we still owe but we have paid for RA to go to Australia and scout for players.

What about keeping Liam Kay? Priorities Mr Agar!

A couple of hours with JD might be beneficial

Agree. Think Wildie, Trout, Walshaw and Goulding also need to be kept first if they are cheap and we can afford it.

Keeping your young talented players and raiding the championship would be more beneficial than a trip to aus,unless he his looking at his world cup squad

Are there enough Frenchmen playing in the NRL to justify a trip to Aus? or are the French team training there?

fair point unless hes doing a mcbanana and trying to 'convert' a few lol

If he's doing a fatnamara, we'll end up with Sinfield at stand off half next year when we could of had cooper cronk!

Think it's a mistake if the club has financed him to go to Aus when we haven't secured our own young players here and we don't have money to put a squad of 26 together for next season.

Tend to agree, he's been told to find a half to replace Smith, I dont think what Trinity can offer will secure anyone of note, they may as well put the funding into what we have.

It's holiday time for our guys, he has a lot of contacts down there, it's a great place to go, so maybe he's just combining work with leisure (at his own expense)?

Perhaps it was arranged ages ago, perhaps the national French team are paying for his stay?
We don't know the facts just the fact he is there and hopefully it may benefit us in the long run.
Who in the UK will be tempted to join a club on the brink of admin, again after just 24 months. Would you work for a company with a record like Wakey? I wouldn't.

Well the players, for a start. Justin Poore stated he wanted to remain at Wakey because he's pleased with the way he's progressed under Richard Agar.

And he was decent enough before he came to us. If it applies to him, maybe it'll apply to some of the other wannabes? It's not always about the instant cash, or shouldn't be. What players could get from the next 2 years may be worth many times that in the future.

Doesn't need to go to Oz to find a half to replace Tim, there is one a bit closer to home!!

Richard Agar has paid for the trip to Australia himself not the Club.

Does he not do this every off season, he gets involved with coaches and uses contacts in Aus.

I have never been Richards biggest fan but i will support him and he needs to cut some slack IMO.

He may just turn up another Henry Paul, its happened before.

One thing we consistently do is add value to players whose careers have stalled. Unwanted players we have taken on in recent years include Atkins, Ferres, Kirmond, Cockayne,George, T Smith, Amor,Tronc......some incentive there for players who need a second chance.

Always a gamble but lets face it we have had some cracking players that were not known names before they came.Yes we have had some right rubbish at the same time but when moneys tight I would be looking to secure Kay and Wildie at the very least.

Nothing was mentioned about Wilde last night but, Kay has been made an offer by the club but, his agent was demanding 3X the figure that we offered ????

Although we all have to put food on the table and nobody can blame anyone for taking up a better offer elsewhere, there should be some loyalty in the opposite direction and perhaps some of the players should be wanting to help the club go forward, not just looking for a fast buck elsewhere.

As I already mention, apparently the kid is on less than £10k, tripling his salary isn't exactly asking for a fortune.