Never stood out at Leeds, dont think thier fans were upset to see him leave. Yes he is young, not injury prone as such yet and has some SL experience but certainly not a certainty that he will come back from the NRL as a better player(see C.Thorman

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Tansey
Calderwood
Briscoe/Whiting
Yeaman
Raynor
Horne
Long
Dowes
Berrigan
Cuack/New prop
Fitzgibbon
Tickle
Washbrook

Manu
Thackray
Laukai
Houghton

How good is that looking for 2010??

is that why thorman is getting worse then???

kath is tiring him out

'Now you signed lads, would you mind getting the fans off my back a bit by telling them how good you think I am?"

Something like that perhaps?

If you have watched him play for the Roosters this season you will see already that he is a better player than when he was at Leeds.

Actually quite a lot of Leeds fans were sad to see him leave when he went to Sydney. He always did a really good job for them when he covered either Webb at fb, McGuire/Burrow in the halves or even Diskin at hooker. His problem was that due to having top players in all those positions he did not get regular enough rugby. Many times he came on and helped them to win a game, I used to watch them most weeks home and away and he was pretty highly rated. The problem was his best positions were 1, 6 & 7 and with Webb extending his deal and the two halves signing 5 year contracts he was left with a decision to make.

Thats fair enough, similar situation to us signing Murrell from Leeds(not as many first team apps as Tansey though) I actually think its a decent signing, not one to raise the roof but one that will add cover in key positions.

what grounds(of his game) are you basing that on?

Christ, some people. he is a young British player that showed som epromise, we've got 2 years to turn him into a top level player, I am very pleased with the signing.

Very pleased with this signing as he is exactly the type of player we struggle to develop from within. If he is our first choice fullback thats fine by me as he has been playing some good stuff for the Roosters from fullback from what i have seen. That said i think he will be used as cover and Motu will sign a 1 year deal and Tansey will be our insurance policy.

Interesting signing this one. Can cover most of the back line as well as hooker and is British and should be relatively cheap. If he has been brought in to replace Motu we will be weaker at FB IMO but if it allows us to spend more money on a better quality prop and Centre the trade off will be worth it.

All in all this is basically what I was hoping for this year, we are still in the hunt to make the play-offs and we are re-structuring the squad in the areas I think we all wanted to see, ready for next season.

so kid getting regular first team action in the NRL, comes back to the uk on the cheap?

But you are not taking any notice of the circumstances of his selection in the NRL.

most young kids (granted he's not that young, so maybe 'new player' would be better description) break into the first team on the back of an injury to star. the good one's then make the position there own, get good reviews, etc.

how you get into the team doesn't really matter, its what you do once you're in it that counts

Fantastic signing, really pleased with the recruitment for next season. As already said he will offer us a lot next season with the positions he can cover.

Again tho he, like Long, made of point of saying they loved hearing what Agar has said to him and he wants to be apart of it. Wonder what he is telling these people?

Take the points off Saints tomorrow and it will finish off an excellent week.

Oh my god, a transfer fee!!!

I think I wet myself a little!!


Good signing methinks!

Didn't he come through your academy and isn't he only on loan at Roosters.
so I cant see him being on a fortune.

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yes he did come through leeds academy, he won't have been on big bucks at leeds but it won't have been cheap either. the kid has 50+ super league games under his belt.

what he is on this year, is totally down to syndey (as i can't see leeds would have been willing to top his wage up)

so you have a kid from the NRL with 8 games under his belt at the time of signing, likely to be around 20 when he comes to you. his past club, were he has 50+ games in 2/3 years, were super league champions at his time there.

granted he won't be on mega bucks, as he hasn't played for england, but i can't see him being cheap.

Must admit I'm coming around to this also, it will probably depend on how Motu holds up physically between now and the end of the season.

You may have to change a couple in that 17 the way it is going.

If that is the case then we have been very shrewd, he will give excellent cover to Motu, Horne and Long.

Have a gut feeling Motu may be off unfortunately.

Unless he has an extended injury free run in the team I dont think we can afford to keep him unfortunately. We need to be getting value for money when we only have a finite amount we can spend on players wages.

Not seen any of the NRL games he has played this year then no doubt too busy being positive on here!

Corrrrr!!! those grapes are sour!!!