I have been moaning that we are light in the pack for a while, so I am not going to complain when we import Bateman to patch up one of the holes. Yes he is close to the end of his career, and no he is unlikely to light up the field of play with sparkling breaks. But he has a vast amount of experience and know-how and he should certainly give us a much better chance in the play-off's. As has been said, he could also pass on a lot of tips and advice to our upcoming Academy players, so all in all it's a thumbs up for me.
That leaves the possibility of him continuing his stay into 2025 dependant on form, and perhaps Wests coughing up some cash to seal the deal. That would certainly put up a barrier to our Academy prospects coming through, but there again, we will always have injuries and I certainly don't think Burgess can go into 2025 with the equivalent level of pack experience that we have seen this year. Tough decision, unless of course Burgess really only wants him for the play-offs.

Thanks for your continued support and understanding while we try to fix the ongoing issues with the forced early rollout of the new system.

Honestly i think i'm done with the website which i'm gutted about, i love the forum and chatting with everyone, but it just seems daft to have to follow the instructions just to use it.
Hopefully there is another forum somewhere i can find.
I'll proberbly check in once a week but i might not.
So if i don't get to speak to you lot again, all the best, it's been great over the years. COTW.

We sorry to lose you. We do appreciate how inconvenient it is to have to follow some instructions to get things working properly in the small number if cases where people are still experiencing problems.


We hope to release a big ‘fix’ release next week. Be assured we are working very hard behind the scenes to fix a number of general issues.


Thanks for your continued patience.

Lets not lose the sight of the fact that this forum is provided free of charge.  Yes, it's very slow and super clunky, but it's free and someone probably uses their spare time to administer it for nothing.