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

From Toronto

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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




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

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?

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.

Is there a reason that we haven't seen young Oakes this season?

I really like him, makes a lot of space for Ethan Ryan.

Seemed to get dropped after having a defensive nightmare in the friendly at Dewsbury (and deservedly so on that display). Presumably has to do something to win his place back.