We did last year. Orford. Look how that worked out.



I agree with you on Pryce though. I'm not keen at all to be honest considering his age and recent injury issues.

fair point

Fully recovered from neck injury yes. The surgery last season fixed it.



He pulled his groin in our friendly with Hudds and was out for a month. He returned for our game against the Dragons and lasted three minutes - a fabulous long kick pulling the muscle from the bone in the groin, which was worse than the original injury. He was then scheduled to be out for two months, of which he has another month to go. If he comes back and the injury recurs, it is likely he will need surgery, in which case we wouldn't expect to see him back this season.

he's replacing eastmond not pryce......so don't get all excited again like last time this topic showed it's face...

I dont believe at this stage it is on the cards but will leon want to stay?

hohaia has played 7 but primarily 1 or 6. I think he is more of a 6 than a 7. wheeler, gaskell et al mainly 6's ?you would have to ask the logic of keeping another 6 above bringing in a 7 and potentially slowing youngsters development or encouraging them to go elsewhere like smith.

You think you will make a massive play for him when your current coach has only seen him play for 10 mins or so competitively by may?when he is gonna want a big deal and you have adequate players to replace?

We're bringing him in to replace Eastmond, at 7. He's played at 6 in the NRL but not 7 (just at youth level). No decision has been made with regard to Leon Pryce yet. There is mention in the press statement that the idea is for Hohaia to be starting 7 but also to provide experience for our young players. I hope that is true. Either way, we need another halfback as we wouldn't have enough of them to cover for injury without a replacement for Kyle.

Cheers, I'd missed his comeback and thought he was still suffering from the neck injury.

He would be a hell of a gamble for us to take, if he were available

Still not convinced he wont play at 6. big risk bringing a player accross to play in an unfamiliar position!!

Well, I'd hardly call 7 an unfamiliar position from 6! Jonny Lomax is a 6 but at present he's not doing too badly playing at 7. The two positions are pretty interchangeable these days IMO. He's also played at 1 and 9 so is handy to have around for injury cover.

Lance Hohaia is an awesome signing for St.Helens. This is why the Saints have remained one of the top teams since super league began in 1996. They have always signed quality, and replaced quality with quality.

According to Royce Simmons today, Pryce is six weeks away from a return. He's played less than 5 mins competitive rugby in our 1st team since last July.





Still a class act IMO, and I'd love him to sign another one or two year deal, but in Lomax and Gaskell we have two promising kids for the future so I wouldn't want to hamper their development too much by signing him long term.

Saints will probably offer Pryce a 1 year contract, but we'll probably offer him 3 years.