The Bateman deal with us was dead in the water a few weeks ago couldn’t come to an agreement with Tigers as Leeds didn’t want to pay his full salary and Tigers wanted him off their hands as much as possible hence why the deal with the Cowboys happened.

I’ve been told we have contacted Harvey Livett who has just been released by Huddersfield we were interested in him last year when Rohan Smith was still in charge I believe but nothing came of it. He’d add depth to our back row and would also add an option to play loose forward as well.

We dont have the quality for 12 teams,nevermind 14 lol

In summary. OQ increased by 3 for 2026, salary cap remains as it was? Move to 14 team SL unlikely to be accompanied by material (if any) increase in funding. Affordabilty issues for some clubs in currently spending up to cap remain? Correct? 

I assume 14 teams will get rid of the extra fixtures (except magic weekend) with 13 home, 13 away and Magic.

Well whatever they have been doing and are currently doing needs changing as it's not working. Need to expand the comp and get rid of ridiculous repeat fixtures which give a very unbalanced feel to the competition. Sal cap needs increasing otherwise we're all being dragged down continuously by the weakest clubs and that has gone on long enough. 

We need to get a good TV deal that takes a bit of a punt on the comp becoming more successful in the longer term... it's a vicious circle.. 

As long as we don't go back to the middle 8s etc...