Luke Burgess : Thu Jun 16, 2011 7:45 am  

Leeds have made Luke Burgess available for loan with immediate effect.

Do we need another forward?
Could we afford it?
Would he even come to us?

I reckon we could do a hell of a lot worse, and need to bulk out the pack. A very good player and it seems that quite a few Rhinos fans are disappointed at the news. I just don't think we'd be top of his list!

Re: Luke Burgess : Thu Jun 16, 2011 8:32 am  

Its a win win for all concerned we need a prop short term luke needs game time
We would be fools to let this chance slip

Re: Luke Burgess : Thu Jun 16, 2011 8:33 am  

If he's not heading down under until the end of the season then I can't see why he wouldn't consider us. I'd certainly have him here in an instant.

Re: Luke Burgess : Thu Jun 16, 2011 8:38 am  

With Huby and Walker set to be out for a while yet, then yes, I'd like to see him pull on a Cas shirt until the end of the season.

Re: Luke Burgess : Thu Jun 16, 2011 8:52 am  

it works for all concerned i think we need a prop, leeds arent going to play him and he gets a club and doesnt have far to travel.

Re: Luke Burgess : Thu Jun 16, 2011 8:59 am  

Get him here now!

Re: Luke Burgess : Thu Jun 16, 2011 9:07 am  

Is this the same Luke Burgess who posted about kids throwing stones and smashing the team bus window on Twitter? Hmmm.....

Re: Luke Burgess : Thu Jun 16, 2011 9:12 am  

the_grobs wrote:

With Huby and Walker set to be out for a while yet, then yes, I'd like to see him pull on a Cas shirt until the end of the season.

Absolutely.

Losing Huby and Walker means we're crying out for a prop - I'd have some serious reservations about our ambitions if we didn't capitalise on this opportunity.

Funny really, Rhinos recently announced about 9 players out of contract at the end of this season - Burgess and Kirke were the two I'd have liked to have seen us pursue.

Re: Luke Burgess : Thu Jun 16, 2011 10:21 am  

I was just about to come on here and post the same thing. I would definitely take him until the end of the season, we need fit players at the moment

Re: Luke Burgess : Thu Jun 16, 2011 10:31 am  

Even if he is going to Australia at the end of the season, it's mad for Leeds to let him go short-term to strengthen another top-8 club. Unless they do it as leverage for a future deal for Chase. If he goes to Cas, I'd imagine that's why it would be.