To top it all off we'll probably end up saving on the cap swapping Brough for Seymour!

Just need to sort out a couple of props now!

So would a lot of others I feel - recession or not

Don't know the situation but have never heard of that for anyone ("senior staff approval"icon_wink.gif. Fast track doesn't have to be done online and in theory could be done this week. Berrigan did his visa in Sheffield, as did Nathan Brown, so no reason why Rangi can't (unless there's a lot more to this - in 20 years of immigration work I've never come across it) and get his decision on the same day.

Don't know why McGoldrick allegedly had to go to London either.

We're in advanced discussions to swap him for billy slater

I'd hazard a guess that the combined salaries of chase and brough would be similar to mckinnon and seymour

Manu was gonna be one of our top payed players before he left as well, that was after the Gareth Ellis signing wasn't it?

CAn't wait to hear gollum's spin if/when we sign chase

Can Slater play prop ?

This is the only negative thing I can think of on a fantastic day for rumours, Chase, Brough and Ellis would be fantastic signings...but even they can't play well behind a beaten pack.

He thought Lynch was a dodgy signing.

gollum will say hes s.hite

Bad upbringing
Likes a drink
Poor trainer
not a team player
poor discipline record

Any more?

feck - that means we'll have 5 injuries before each season starts. I predict Brough, Chase, Ellis, Whiting and Briscoe

If you sign Chase and Brough Jake might buy one of your passes.

Rumour is O'Meley may now be staying.

Seymour and McKinnon must be on some SERIOUS money!

If half the stuff about him and his wife stirring up trouble is true, surely that ship has sailed now?

No, but I might renew my 2

The outgoing board dished out vastly inflated contracts to our 3 overseas signings this year. Rumoured to be not far off 1/3 of our salary cap

I'd be amazed. He's hardly played and is the size of a zeppelin

I was thinking the same thing myself today , think he's still got another year in him if he can get a bit of luck with injurys . Still looks a great player when he has played this year

Chase and Brough will demand wages of at least 300k a year between them i would have thought. But at least you're spending the money on players who are worth it, Unlike this year.

the club let him go on 'Airlie Night' on the radio a week or two back, something they woulden't want him to do if he was out of favour.

If he can come back and stay fit and make an impact for the rest of the season, I'd have no issue giving him a 1 year extension (on reduced terms) as I doubt we will find anyone better at this stage.

I think people need to calm down. Smailes got it wrong about Paea, who's to say the Chase story is any more accurate? As for Brough, pure conjecture. I'd be amazed if we got both.

well hopefully you will be amazed