New Centre : Fri Mar 16, 2018 10:00 am  

Matthew Shaw (the Fax fan who works for League Express) reporting that Bulls are set to announce a new signing today, a centre.

Re: New Centre : Fri Mar 16, 2018 10:33 am  

From Toronto

Re: New Centre : Fri Mar 16, 2018 10:38 am  

On DR? if so I'd have a guess at Jake Butler-Fleming, not sure how much we need another Centre with Oakes still not having played a game.

[Bulliac]

Re: New Centre : Fri Mar 16, 2018 11:11 am  

Centre always seems to be centre/second row these days, but with Oakes the same applies. Funnily enough, I'd recently been wondering just what had become of our link-up with Toronto but I hope we look to our own best interests first and to me that means giving the likes of Ross the game time he needs.

Re: New Centre : Fri Mar 16, 2018 11:15 am  

josefw wrote:

if so I'd have a guess at Jake Butler-Fleming, not sure how much we need another Centre with Oakes still not having played a game.

I presume it's permnanent. D/R is week to week anyway. At the moment
We don't need a centre with Gibson and Smith plus Oakes waiting in the wings. But we've been injury free so far, and all it takes is a couple of injuries and we suddenly look short, especially with Brown leaving.

[Bullseye]

Re: New Centre : Fri Mar 16, 2018 11:37 am  

Butler Fleming can play wing and centre. If he's dual reg it will be for a month and then week to week or is that a loan deal?

IMO Smith has perhaps been the least impressive of the outside backs so far this season but as skipper I'm not sure if he's dropped as easily.

Re: New Centre : Fri Mar 16, 2018 11:46 am  

I've always been impressed by Tom Armstrong, he seems to be out of favour at Toronto, unless he's injured?

Re: New Centre : Fri Mar 16, 2018 12:12 pm  

Bullseye wrote:

Butler Fleming can play wing and centre. If he's dual reg it will be for a month and then week to week or is that a loan deal?

Dual Reg doesn't have the same rules as loan so don't have to have the minimum one month.

NorthumbriaBull wrote:

I've always been impressed by Tom Armstrong, he seems to be out of favour at Toronto, unless he's injured?

I'm sure I read he was injured shortly before we played them in the friendly.

Re: New Centre : Fri Mar 16, 2018 1:02 pm  

Bulls announced it. It's Butler-Fleming on a month loan, with week-to-week after that. So a loan rather than Dual Reg, from our Dual Reg partners. Makes sense.


Edit: Thinking about it, isn't their some rule about Aussies not being allowed to play on Dual Reg or something similar?

Re: New Centre : Fri Mar 16, 2018 1:08 pm  

Hmm, don't really see point of a loan. We've no injuries and if we do, i'd rather see Oakes get a crack.