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Mrs. Barista will surely get an increase but can’t see it affecting major recruitment plans

Oh dear! Cries of angst from Letchworth. Radford and Pearson obviously think the investment in youth is paying off. If Windy’s right, Jones will be a good addition plus Bienek and Manu and Westerman, with what we have already, pack looks awsome again.

Aussie cap for 2018 is £5.2m, with a minimum wage of £55k.

NRL is bigger than SL, until the SL owners get control away from the RFL (which seems to be increasingly likely) we wont get the money the game is worth.

With Salford, Widnes, Huddersfield all attracting one man and his budgie attendances there simply isn't the money.

What’s Naughtons situation like over at Newcastle Knights at the minute. I know he doesn’t play, but is he in the first team squad? Or does he play for their feeder team? Can’t blame young kids going over their if their going to be earning at least £55k compared to nothing over here.

£55k for an average squad player is a LOT of money.

That’s what I’m getting at, but don’t know if Naughton is on their books or just for their feeder team?

No idea, doubt anyone actually knows.

Regarding Josh Jones, if he has actually signed. Does he fit the type of back rower we’ve been craving and need? The Murdoch-Masila, Bateman type who’ll run great lines and bust tackles? I don’t think he is (not to say he wouldn’t be good for us) but this is what we are missing in the pack. The closest we have to it is Mini, but he’s not done that for a couple of years imo and gets over played.