The date Clubs are allowed to approach Out of Contract Players has been moved from 1st Sept to the 1st May .

Presumably we will have a coach (s) in place and will be primed to recruit .

There has been afew similar posts listing fanciful names from Uk & overseas , most on high salaries & long contracts . most we've heard mentioned before Morley Tomkins Chase etc

I thought it would be worth a look at the more probable , possibly left-field targets and names we've not come up with :-

3 names :-
1 - outright marquee signing
1 - Leftfield / unexpected
1 - one for the future

I'll Start with :-

Marquee 1. Israel Folau- 23yr 16 St powerhouse winger - ex Melbourne/Brisbane - & international , He's tried his luck at AFL Aussie Rules , Now he's on a 1 yr union Contract. already linked with a move back to Rugby League .
- he's described as a cash hungry mercenary
+ Pay him enough money and he'll come ..

Leftfield 2. Andy Powell 31 yr RU Lock Forward - Sale , His Wales & Lions days are behind him , when fit & ' focused ' an battering ram in the mould of Sebastian Chabal. has made no secret of his ambition to try his luck in SL, and played RL as a teenager , Brian Noble made a Bid for him when Coach of Crusaders . Wigan also rumoured to be interested .
- Keep him away from Golf Buggies & Pubs
+ restore Salford traditional tie's with signing men from the Valleys + he already knows where the home ground is ..

one for the future 3. Andre Savelio - backrower - St Helens U20's - Lokeni Savelio's kid , lives in Warrington, signed up by St Helens , His nickname is Andre the Giant. a prospect .

If you are thinking players from the valleys and from rugby union,maybe Clive Griffiths should be appointed coach.

Folau would definitely be a marquee signing and make people sit up and take notice but....I don't think signing a winger as a marquee/extremely expensive signing is very practicle. I think we should strengthen in the middle of the park and then when when we've got quality there, then we should be looking at adding 'icing on the cake' players such as wingers. I think we'll do alright with Broughton and Williams for the next few seasons anyway, both very good SL wingers IMO.

Has anyone got a list of OOC players both in SL & NRL for 2014??

I'd have a word with Doctor Koukash at the game on Friday, I think he will have one.

[url=http://www.zerotackle.com/super-league/rugby-league/players/off-contract-2013/by-position-2013/Zero Tackle has one[/url

Don't know how up-to-date it is, Liam Foran is on there?

Marquee - Widdop. OOC for 2014 but with an option to extend.
Leftfield - Dave Taylor (Gold Coast) still only 24, 6' 2" 19 Stone 3lb. None of it fat. 'The Coal Train' would be awesome in SL.
Future - Glen Fiisiahi just 22 yrs old.

These are the first ones to pop in my head. After thinking about it, I could list quite a few players that would fit in that list.

[url=http://www.zerotackle.com/nrl/rugby-league/players/off-contract-2014/NRL[/url

Assuming the list is up to date we have about 9-10 players who potentially we could replace with better quality.

Elliot Whitehead, Darrell Goulding, Tom Briscoe, Chris Tuson, Chris Riley and Harrison Hansen would be good signings, perhaps Paul Wood. Rob Burrow and Gareth Carvell could be interesting one's. Logan Tomkins could be worth a punt, despite Wigan being well on top against Widnes last week I thought he was very impressive when he came on.

Why is Foran and Mauro on the list I thought they had signed 3 year contracts? Also we need to get Sneyd, Owen and Evalds signed up on new deals fast.

Gaz Owen signed a 3 yr contract last season, McGoldrick signed for us on a 2 yr deal & Foran a 3 yr deal so not very up to date that one.

[url=http://www.zerotackle.com/nrl/rugby-league/players/off-contract-2013/by-position-2013/by position NRL zero tackle[/url


the ones I could see , info could be dodgy ..
No info on Cas Catalans HKR, Huddersfield - Wakefield , Wigan . sure there's plenty

Bradford
1. Brett Kearney Quota 2013 -*with option for 2014
3. Keith Lulia Quota 2013
4. Matty Blythe 2013 - loan Warrington
13. Jamie Langley 2013
14. Matt Diskin (c) 2013
15. Chev Walker 2013
17. Jamie Foster 2013
18. Michael Platt2013
19. Danny Addy 2013
21. James Donaldson 2013
22. Jobe MurphyHOME 2013

Hull Fc
5. Tom Briscoe 2013
8. Mark O’Meley Quota 2013
12. Danny Tickle 2013
15. Ben Galea 2013
16. Richard Horne 2013
26. Danny Nicklas 2013
30. Dean Hadley 2013
31. Alex Starling 2013
33. Aaron Heremaia Quota2013 (3rd year option)


London
Kieran DIXON 2014
Dan SARGINSON 2013
David HOWELL 2013
Liam COLBON 2013
Luke DORN 2013
Chad RANDALL 2013
Chris BAILEY 2013
Matt COOK 2013
Tony CLUBB 2013
14 Chris MELLING 2013

St. Helens
Paul Wellens 2013
Ade Gardner 2013
Francis Meli 2013
Josh Perry 2013 - quota
Tony Puletua 2013 quota
Anthony Laffranchi - 2013
Mark Flanagan - 2013

Warrington
2. Chris Riley 2013
6. Lee Briers 2013
8. Adrian Morley 2013
9. Michael Monaghan Quota 2013
10. Gareth Carvell 2013
14. Micky Higham 2013
16. Paul Wood 2013
21. Tyrone McCarthy 2013

Wouldn't trust the NRL one either as James Graham signed at least a 3 yr deal last season.