Re: 2023 Out | Matt Prior - Retirement : Tue Nov 01, 2022 11:59 am  

Jack Burton wrote:

Overall, i think he's definitely been one of the better overseas singings we've made. He always gave everything, and his mobility and ability to offload late will be missed.

I don't think last seasons version of prior will be missed at all but in the first half of the season before he was very good before being flogged to death

Re: 2023 Out | Matt Prior - Retirement : Tue Nov 01, 2022 12:09 pm  

Seth wrote:

I don't think last seasons version of prior will be missed at all but in the first half of the season before he was very good before being flogged to death

Brilliant forward in 2020 and most of 21. Despite fading badly last year he still played 23 times and gave it his all. I'll remember him fondly.

Re: 2023 Out | Matt Prior - Retirement : Tue Nov 01, 2022 12:17 pm  

Very good in his first two seasons but in the end age got up with him.

Re: 2023 Out | Matt Prior - Retirement : Tue Nov 01, 2022 12:26 pm  

ArthurClues wrote:

Brilliant forward in 2020 and most of 21. Despite fading badly last year he still played 23 times and gave it his all. I'll remember him fondly.

Same here. All the best to him. A centre surely now incoming.

Re: 2023 Out | Matt Prior - Retirement : Tue Nov 01, 2022 12:30 pm  

This is probably best all round for club and player.
Agree with what most have said.
He was excellent for the first 18 months, then we flogged him to death at the end of 2021 season and he faded badly in 2022.
Shame how it ended cos he was class when he first came.
On reflection a very good overseas signing, but played a season too many.

Presumably a top quality OQ centre incoming now.
Lafai will do nicely.....
McDonald if not.

Re: 2023 Out | Matt Prior - Retirement : Tue Nov 01, 2022 1:53 pm  

I think he'd have been good enough off the bench next season, but we need a new centre, and can manage without him.

[Ex-Swarcliffe Rhino]

Re: 2023 Out | Matt Prior - Retirement : Tue Nov 01, 2022 4:14 pm  

Simmo71 wrote:

This is probably best all round for club and player.

He was excellent for the first 18 months, then we flogged him to death at the end of 2021 season and he faded badly in 2022.
Shame how it ended cos he was class when he first came.
On reflection a very good overseas signing, but played a season too many.

This.

I would just add that he has been a great addition to the team and we will miss his skills but we need to start revamping the squad so kudos to him for stepping aside rather than standing in the way.

Re: 2023 Out | Matt Prior - Retirement : Tue Nov 01, 2022 5:54 pm  

Good luck to Matt Prior had a great career apart from the last 9 months.
Hope he finds a role in retirement that suits him.

Re: 2023 Out | Matt Prior - Retirement : Tue Nov 01, 2022 11:27 pm  

Not sure he deserves 'kudos for stepping aside'? Its a lot more like Smith told him he was unlikely to feature much next year, and then the club negotiated an exit deal. He was always going to return to Australia, so now he can start his post-playing life a year earlier and with a lump sum to get him started. He's likely to be better off financially in the long-term, assuming he negotiated a decent package.

Re: 2023 Out | Matt Prior - Retirement : Wed Nov 02, 2022 8:33 am  

Once were Loiners wrote:

Not sure he deserves 'kudos for stepping aside'? Its a lot more like Smith told him he was unlikely to feature much next year, and then the club negotiated an exit deal. He was always going to return to Australia, so now he can start his post-playing life a year earlier and with a lump sum to get him started. He's likely to be better off financially in the long-term, assuming he negotiated a decent package.

I’m wondering if we will be a bit short of being able to use full cap next year ? If we are part paying for Walker say £30k, my understanding of the cap was that any Prior settlement say £50k would count as well. However, I could very well be wrong as cap rules seem quite opaque.