: Thu May 14, 2009 10:51 am  

bettyswallocks wrote:

carl webb ????????


wire legend.


thought hed retired?

Not bad for you that betty.

Re: Cashed up St Helens : Thu May 14, 2009 10:57 am  

Les Boyd wrote:

http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/sport/nrl/story/0,26799,25476421-5006066,00.html?from=public_rss

have you seen the little forum at the bottom, seems like the aussies are more than happy for the super league to take their so called 'stars'.

The english rugby league will never be as good as the NRL if this is allowed to continue to happen in the future. Reducing the amount of imports is only going to good for our game in the long run.

Re: Cashed up St Helens : Thu May 14, 2009 8:45 pm  

FireWire wrote:

What's wrong with signing Australian players? You're like a broken record.

Everything

: Fri May 15, 2009 7:18 am  

The aussies obviously dont know that the merseysiders are commonly known as Skint Helens - they didn't get the name for nothing.

: Fri May 15, 2009 7:30 am  

Mr Potatoe Head wrote:

The aussies obviously dont know that the merseysiders are commonly known as Skint Helens - they didn't get the name for nothing.

and in these parts warrington are known as 'dire' they did'nt get that name for nothing either...

: Fri May 15, 2009 7:32 am  

chris_joynt's_barber wrote:

and in these parts warrington are known as 'dire' they did'nt get that name for nothing either...

Very true Mr Barber

Any chance of a hair cut today please?

Re: Cashed up St Helens : Fri May 15, 2009 8:25 am  

Latchford Wolvesfan wrote:

The whole point of the franchise system was to promote the youth players and increase our pool of English talent, by signing these Australians we as a League are not doing much to help the cause.

Don't throw stones in glass houses, We sign Aussies and Kiwi's the same as everyone else ,I am surprised we are not out there as well unless we have already signed our quota for next season !!!!I do however think that the RFL should close the loop holes that allow teams to sign non British players and not have them count on the overseas register ALA Wigan have 10 non British players imo.if they don't qualify to play for GB they should count on the Quota .

: Fri May 15, 2009 9:05 am  

Surely its good that Saints are signing these Kiwis.

If Saints have these young upcoming British players who are going to be the next superstars, and they aren't going to get any opportunities at Saints, we can get them at Wire?