I've never minded loan deals if I'm honest. With Hooley, it was something that was always going to happen as part of the deal when he moved from Bulldogs to Rhinos, otherwise he'd be on duel reg at Bulls, wouldn't he?
I've never been a fan of duel reg, though. In fact, i hate the idea of it, even when we used it. Although when we did, it was for players to come long term, rather than a run out for a Super League player who'll drop straight into a Championip squad ad hoc, and then they were usually young lads who weren't quite making the grade at that point.
Are Fax in a duel reg agreement with anyone?
The match got exciting at the end, through I think you'll agree. Losing a match and scoring the most trys is always annoying, though. Letting that one soft try in at the beginning and giving three penalties away in kicking distance are all errors that cost us.