Wanted: Siosiua Taukeiaho
Got: Kyle Amor.
I don't think it was a choice between the two of them. I think the choice was one of Sironen and Taukeiaho. I doubt we'd have signed Sironen if it was looking likely we could sign Taukeiaho.
Amor was probably staying regardless. He's fine as a prop from the bench, he still does a very solid job and is good defensively. He's a good character to have around and will be the ideal player to help out with the young lads in the reserves next season too if he's made available for them from time to time.
Taukeiaho's mrs is quite heavily pregnant so I imagine that will have been a fairly big factor in not coming over at the moment.
on the coaching front , Marshall to be sacked by Salford apparently
Hurrell might only get 1 year which would open up a spot for 2023.
NEVER WRITE OFF THE SAINTS
Has Bell been officially announced yet?
Humans are more concerned with having than being.
Is it any wonder the game is in the state it is? I've argued for years that it should be a maximum of four (personally I'd have two or three) It's not an anti Saints thing I've had a go at Hull and Leeds in the past and Wigan are next on my moan at list.
These are some of our top teams, they shouldn't need to bring in so many from overseas.
Again maybe it's something for the "issues in the game" thread.
Who have our overseas signings stopped coming through the ranks at saints in the last 5 years?
We've gone on to promote more good young players than any other team in the league.
The clubs aren't required to use all their overseas spots, I just think saints generally make good decisions on how to fill them compared to some of our not so distant neighbours.
1. Welsby - 2024
2. Makinson - 2024
3. Hopoate* - 2023 (2024 option, unclear in whose favour)
4. Percival - 2024
5. Grace - 2022
6. Lomax - 2024
7. Dodd - 2023
8. Walmsley - 2024
9. Lussick* - 2025
10. Lees - 2022
11. Mata'utia* - 2022 (option for 2023, unclear in whose favour)
12. Sironen* - 2023
13. Knowles - 2022
14. Roby - 2022
15. Batchelor - 2023
16. Paasi* - 2022 (option for 2023, unclear in whose favour)
17. LMS - 2022
18. Amor - 2022
19. Smith - 2022
20. (Hurrell)* - 2023 (rumoured)
21. (Bell)* - ???? (not seen anything on length?)
22. Simm - 2022
23. Wingfield - 2023
24. Norman - 2022
25. (Hill) - ???? (not seen anything on length?)
26. Foster - 2022
27. Bennison - 2024
28. Baxter - 2023
29. Royle - 2022
30. Davies - ???? (cannot find anything on his contract situation)
*Non-Federation trained
() - still rumoured/ not confirmed
Feel free to correct anything, I have just gone from whats been reported