Clogiron

Once Covid took hold (March 20) they were never going to take part, it was their ideal excuse, that a vaccine was developed so quickly was unexpected, but their countries handling of the pandemic has left them in the mire internally and their own comp is all that they are concerned about, the fact that this is going to wreak havoc on the game over here isn't their problem end of. What a so called sport.

He's also a fairly good goalkicker which would be useful to Saint's as their first choice kicker is leaving, but I still find it hard to believe he won't stay in the NRL somewhere.

The NRL are in a tricky situation with the indigenous players especially Addo-Carr, Walker and Mitchell, who seem to be the most strident in their views, if they deny them and the other Pacific player's the opportunity to choose wether to play all the clubs and the governing bodies efforts to encompass inclusiveness and be seen to be doing so will go right out the window, I don't know if they get funding from regional or national government for that work but that would be a difficult sell too and a valuable source of player recruitment might be lost to them especially if Rah Rah was to step in and spread the disquiet. Fortunately the Aussie ru seem as incompetent as our leaders nor may they have the cash or providence to do so.

Buzz Rothfield saying that the Rooster's Siosiua Taukeiaho likely to be released early to move to SL. I would be astonished if that came about, ok he's had a poor season this year but the last couple of years he's been about the best prop in the NRL including a standout performance captaining Tonga to a win over the Aussies, I would have thought there would be plenty of clubs lining up to sign him over there and I wouldn't think he would come in the price range of our impoverished clubs as at 29 he will be looking for a good, long payday. If he did come he would improve any team immesureably .

See, once people get away from Pieopolis their vision opens up and they start talking a lot of sense.

David Sampson former Trinity & Bramley player, Castleford coach and father of Dean.

Gould is so full of s hit that occasionally like a geyser it bubbles up and froths out of him, his lack of knowledge about NH RL has surfaced before. On this subject the more he talks the more harm he does to their case.

You will have a job on getting it's name across the back of the shirt

Is that Dapto Rabbitohs and Maitland Titans?

I'm not surprised at all by this, I said last year, bearing in mind the Aussies insular attitude, that the World Cup would be in jeopardy and take no pleasure in being right. Covoid was always going to be a long term thing the suprise was in how quick vaccines were developed to move along the path to a return to a type of normality. That like many other countries we are seeing a increase in cases and will continue to see it wax and wane for years to come until a majority of the world's population is vaccinated. Will that ever happen? I doubt it but at least our most at at risk people have some protection. The Aussies however just see the increasing numbers and won't put their valuable cattle at risk for something that they have little regard for. All the talk about banning or shaming them is futile. When I first went there 40+ years ago I came up with the expression 'World famous, in Australia' they failed to grasp the meaning of it but it's still true, to their mind the World revolves around them and a famous entertainer, writer, artist, sportsman there must be the best in the world and its a failing on everyone else's part not to recognise it. Bad publicity from this won't effect their competition, and it's not their duty to help the the game in the Northern hemisphere, let it help itself. Their belated efforts in the Pacific is only to strengthen their own competition. Internationals against Northern hemisphere countries over there create zero interest and dollars now because they are a foregone conclusion, so with the improving Pacific teams why bother traveling to the other side of the World with all that entails especially when there's a convenient excuse to hand.

It's in the realms of Adrian Morley playing out a season with the Bulls when his Roosters commitments had ended or James Graham last season. I don't get your Asprilla reference, if you had said Aprilla he could be on his bike! Getting out of Walters Bronco's fiasco seems to be his prime aim and who could blame him.

True, but I never imagined he would become a trendsetter.

If he's a replacement for Kevin Niquama he's a poor choice, I know they have been crying wolf over keeping player's but that's taking the p iss. Trying to do it on the cheap won't sit well with their fans who remember the likes of Meninga, Gidley, Lyon as centers signed from overseas or why not look to someone like Wardle who could do for them what Newlove did, they have plenty of players that the Giants would like who could be makeweights in a deal I should think.

His first task should be to get rid of the clown they have as head coach except they were both part of the Fox sports glee club, it's like the Mason's except it does less good work!

Fox sports reporting dressing room unrest with Walters man management and coaching abilities at the Bronco's, suprise, suprise. The real suprise is it's taken them this long to find out.