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Thanks, Dally.

Just read it on Sporting Life. Hope it doesn't happen for the sake of the sport

Would be gutted to see him move to the dark side and England RL desperately need to keep hold of a player of his quality.

Think it would be a mistake if he went to Bath - would be like a fish out of water trying to mix in with a bunch of rah rah's.

Sale would be a much easier transition.

Massive risk though - to play scrum halve is extremely technical and although he has an abundance of talent there is no gaurantee that he would make it in Union.

+ if he was to return to League after a couple of years he would may never get back to his peak, just like Henry Paul, Chev Walker and Iestyn Harris were when they came back.

He could stay in League and ok may not be a millionaire over night but is top of his game and will be the No.1 scrum halve for Saints and England for the next 10 years playing in Grand Finals, Challenge Cup Finals and Internationals.

If he went to onion he would probably play wing i think. To be fair i think Eastmond would be better suited to wing in league and could make a genuine world class winger too in the mould of J Robinson. He can play 7 in SL because of the lack of proper halves in the league as i think he is an out and out ball runner rather than a scrum half.

Paul & Harris were both 30+ when they came back to League, well past their best. He will go to Union and maybe, just maybe, we might reform our sport to make it easier to keep our young talented players in the game. As i'm sure he isn't the only talented young English Rugby League player being targeted by RU.

Eastmond plays at 7 in League because he has all the skills required... his running game is a bonus. He would be wasted on the wing in League (I really don't understand the constant comparisons to Robinson... is because they have a similar running style or look similar?)

Anyway, I agree he would not be a scrum half in Union, the modern day RL 9 is more suited to that role with strong distribution from the ruck and a dynamic running game scooting for gaps. I'm glad that the England RU people have no idea what they are doing because they would have targetted a player like Roby

If Eastmond went to Union I think full back would be his best bet

Really hope it doesn't happen though, the lad could be a superstar

The only similarities with Robinson I can see are that they both have the same skin colour and are fast.

For England's sake, hopefully saints can get him signed up on a long term deal asap. He's there best half back by a long way and was missed in last years four nations.

I'm interested to know in what way you think the sport needs to be "reformed" to stop Union clubs coming in and offering young players silly money to go play their sport instead?

big loss to rugby league if he goes, which looks likely seeing as they have already held talks

I was thinking the same AG-So we lose a player. What should we do raise the SC and bust the clubs?

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