Chris wanted to sign for Saints. Had his agent approach the club, but we didn't show any interest. Warrington came in in early this week and the rest as they say is history.

From a personal view, we have lost out on a good British front rower, with good ball handling skills (started his playing career as Stand Off) Warringtons gain our loss.

You made the point about Saints of old (When we were good) seeming to have a squad too good to be under the cap. That was because they were always top and winning trophies.

Warrington are doing similar now, because they are well coached and performing well. But, if they had a bad season and dropped down a few positions people wouldn't allege they were cheating the cap. Performance on the field warps how people see the cap issue.

If Wire were top after 20 games of next season and unbeaten, everyone would be moaning about them being over the cap. If they weren't doing so well, had a few injuries and were running third or fourth, people wouldn't be saying their over the cap.

agree with this.

The same applies to Referees and the RFL...a team performs well and fans from other clubs think the refs are in their back pocket along with the RFL.

fair play. i know what your saying.

I think you maybe getting a bit confused, Gary Hetherington wasnt at Leeds in the days of Laughton, Hanley, Gregory etc and Saints were run pretty poorly pre McManus , sure we had a brief boost just pre Superleague when Howes was at the club but that from what I gather was a bit of a 'wigan' i.e unsustainable. Some of the great players we've had have either come through the ranks or been picked up cheap, Longy for instance wasnt a bank buster.

His agent spoke to a few clubs! Saints had another target and didnt push for him! Wire didnt hang around!