Re: Recruitment 2020 : Thu May 23, 2019 12:26 pm  

Ligi Sao has signed I've heard, but Samson prop currently at NZ Warriors.

26, but not played too many games, reckon Tony has some influence in this signing.

Re: Recruitment 2020 : Thu May 23, 2019 12:33 pm  

Good write up on Ligi Sao here.... https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/league/wa ... r-warriors

Good write up on Ligi Sao here.... https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/league/wa ... r-warriors

Re: Recruitment 2020 : Thu May 23, 2019 12:33 pm  

just fought his way into the Warriors 1st team - played really well against the Dragons at their Magic weekend

Re: Recruitment 2020 : Thu May 23, 2019 12:37 pm  

… apparently, he needs to play 19 NRL games this season to get a work permit in the UK.

Sounds a bit unlikely.

Re: Recruitment 2020 : Thu May 23, 2019 1:03 pm  

ccs wrote:

… apparently, he needs to play 19 NRL games this season to get a work permit in the UK.

Sounds a bit unlikely.

Can’t see NZW getting to the 2nd week of the finals.

Re: Recruitment 2020 : Thu May 23, 2019 1:25 pm  

ccs wrote:

… apparently, he needs to play 19 NRL games this season to get a work permit in the UK.

Sounds a bit unlikely.

I trust my source.usually spot on.

I'm not sure that's true either, both Leeds and Wakey recent signings only played around 11 games last season.

Even Hastings played about 12 games the season he signed before he signed for Salford

Re: Recruitment 2020 : Thu May 23, 2019 1:31 pm  

ccs wrote:

… apparently, he needs to play 19 NRL games this season to get a work permit in the UK.

Sounds a bit unlikely.

If that's the case what about Jackson Hastings last year and that chap Leeds have just signed.

Re: Recruitment 2020 : Thu May 23, 2019 1:42 pm  

… the ruling is (supposed to be) 50% of games over the last 2 seasons, and international matches also have a bearing on the outcome.

Hastings played 28 NRL games in 2016/17 and the start of 2018, but certainly didn't play 50% of games in the last 24 months of his contract (which was terminated in June 2018). Maybe they use a Duckworth Lewis Method to overcome any shortfall in games.

Re: Recruitment 2020 : Thu May 23, 2019 2:55 pm  

Wilde 3 wrote:

just fought his way into the Warriors 1st team - played really well against the Dragons at their Magic weekend

He should have played most of their games the last 18 months but Kearney was too stubborn to pick him as he wasn't one of his favourites. He'd be a very good signing imo, has a massive engine

Re: Recruitment 2020 : Thu May 23, 2019 2:56 pm  

Darrell wrote:

If that's the case what about Jackson Hastings last year and that chap Leeds have just signed.

Hastings has an English parent I believe in which case he probably has access to a British passport