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On a related note, sales of factor 50 suncream are set to go through the roof.

No suprise but what a loss for Saints. He was immense on Friday and when you talk of trying to replace that type of player you have to think it's pretty much impossible.

Good luck to him but from the superleagues viewpoint we could do with the player drain to the NRL slowing up now. It naturally should as they've now got our 3 best forwards over there and others guys(Tomkins, Roby etc) are tied to long term deals.

These contracts mean nothing anymore.

Balls to Super League. It's good news for England if our best are being tested by theirs week in week out.

We've got our 3 best forwards playing in the NRL next year. We've got a great young talent in eastmond playing in union.

I don't think it's good for super league. Whos next to go?

That one is bad for RL let alone SL. The fact our 3 best forwards are playing in the NRL is good news in my book.

Of course i have not read all your posts, but i would be interested to know if you were bleating before Eastmond and Graham jumped ship... Oh and you forgot Ashton who has been sucessfull in union whereas Eastmond, for me, has yet to prove himself consistantly anywhere...

The more of our players going over there means more will follow. That makes our comp a lot worse.

It might not be bad thing for england but super league will be the biggest loser. As all our best players go over to the NRL means that clubs are under pressure to fill the gap left by them and will no doubt go for over the hill Aussies.

We could find more and more old Aussies coming for pay days and a holiday.

Look mate, I'm not talking as saints fan. I'm talking as super league fan. If all our best players go to union and NRL makes for a worse product of super league.

Don't forget over last year we've lost Lee smith, Karl Pryce, Ashton, eastmond, gaz Ellis, Sam burgess, burgess brother, Flanagan, Graham all to union and the NRL.

For what it's worth mate, I wish Graham and eastmond all the best in union and NRL and I don't blame them for one min for going. It's a short career but wouldn't it be great if these players stayed in super league while making their money.

The worst thing is most is/was young when they switched.

I'm not your "mate". The point is, were you bleating before it started to affect you?...

We could. We could also find that quality youngsters get more game time than they would being stuck behind the likes of Graham in the pecking order. The more youngsters getting first team experience the better. Look how much Liam Farrell has come on in the last 8 months or so.