Is that the same Clifford who was reported to be on $400k?

We'll be paying Trueman more than he was on at Cas.

Sutcliffe has missed out on his testimonial at Leeds to join us. He won't be taking a pay cut.

I’ve been told that we are not at the actual salary cap this season and the club have cleverly said we’re at cap meaning the internal cap that the club set for the season.

I understand that we have invested a fair amount of money on the infrastructure of the club. Facilities, coaching staff etc so have opted to not spend as much on playing staff this season and then can make some big moves next season with so many OOC.

Back ups at Newcastle will still be on mega money as their cap is much higher than ours and Clifford was also not signed as a back up pivot for Newcastle so I imagine was on a fair Whack.

Again it's all guesswork

But Houghton is on similar wage to sutcliffe and Trueman no doubt

Houghton is on good money and could end up our 3rd choice hooker very soon that's the point I'm trying to make

Not escaping the fact the huge gulf between the salary cap in SL and the NRL even fringe NRL players are often being paid the same if not more than SL players at the higher end of the pay scale. Whilst Clifford & Hoy won’t be on marquee money they’ll probably be a on a big wedge and be up there in terms of highest earners which in relation to NRL pay is probably only the average players salary.

But as I’ve said before, only £10,000 is on the cap.

Funny everyone else is quesswork whilst yours is fact. Your full of s hite

As a matter of intrest guys what sort of squad do you think you will be fielding on sunday?

Be as strong as we can field id imagine. 21 players:

Hoy
Swift
Scott
Sutcliffe
Mcintosh
McNamara
Clifford
Taylor
Lovodua
Satae
Griffin
Lane
Fash

Sao
Evans
Houghton
Dwyer
Litten
Barron
Brown
Laidlaw

(would be my guess)

Thank you for that means ill get a ticket

Yeah it will be as strong as we can go - still a number of injuries, but will be a good run out for the squad

Dont think we will be as strong as we can be as we played sunday just gone

all male

Then again in the crazy world we live in today who can be certain what anyone identifies as, hopefully this season they’ll identify as a decent RL team.

Easy to solve Chris you just look down their pants

My other half would volunteer for that job.

I was born male, but now identify as binary gender pink grapefruit. We are trying to organise a Fruit Pride Festival for the LGBT community , you know , lemon, grapefruit, banana and tomato, as we feel marginalised and discriminated against. I have no problem with anyone's self definition, but the world has gone a tad barmy of late, in that area.

If Houghton, or anybody in that position , has an option, in their favour, to take up an year extra, on the assumed figure £60k, that would be a foolish thing to turn down. That £60k, or possibly the dole? I know which I'd choose and there is little doubt he still can play well, so even if 3rd choice, quality back up for when injuries hit, and a shining example to the youth coming through of what hard work and professionalism can bring to their game.

Erm do we have to add another letter to LGBTQ+ or is it covered in there somewhere, genuine intrigued question.

As mentioned by Davy Litten after the Sheffield game Houghton’s experience helped the younger players through the later stages of that game.

They can add as many as they like but this madness has to stop

Good to see the club hit 7.5K pass sales, personally know people who still need to get theirs sorted. If they can get to 8k I think that would be a great effort taking our recent form and that money is tight for most at the moment.

Considering the mood of the fanbase towards the end of last season, I think it's an amazing achievement, getting in TS and a new back room team could be Pearson's best move since he took over in 2013.

If the club to have achieved somewhere close to 6K after the way last season ended in June and the awful performances following on from the previous season I'd have said that would have been an achievement.
However for the club to have reached over 7.5K all whilst fans still raw from the recent failures and the added cost of living increases both the club and fans should be applauded for their efforts.
Think it shows that by bringing in an experienced Head Coach with a proven track record and a new back room team it has re galvanised both the club internally and the fans. Its still early days and no guarantees but AP this time hasn't gambled on an assistant to learn as they go so fingers crossed the changes made this off season will bear fruit soon enough.

Balmforth loaned to Newcastle, doesn’t say how long for. Should help him playing at a higher level than academy

Should be good for him playing regularly at a higher level than reserves.

We've got plenty of cover at 9.