If we're looking to secure a centre for next year instead of giving Crookes first opportunity, this is the man we should be chasing. www.leaguehq.com.au/news/lhqnews ... 03652.html

If we're looking to secure a centre for next year instead of giving Crookes first opportunity, this is the man we should be chasing. www.leaguehq.com.au/news/lhqnews ... 03652.html

Canberra winger Adrian Purtell?

He's a centre, and a very good one.

Dont see why we don't see if Reardon's knees will still hold up to SL.

He can't expect to earn top dollar given his recent troubles off field as well as his injury record and he ticks the home grown box too

I agree, but not as the game breaker we crave. He's not that. Would offer good competition for the wing, and cover for all over the backline. And as you say, he would be able to command top dollar.

Is he decent? I never really watch Canberra much. Is he any better than the other possibles mentioned such as Millard?

I think he's a very good centre, he's bigger, stronger and faster than Millard. He's got a strike rate of more than a try every two games. He's about 6ft 5, and 15st, just what we are missing in the three quarters in my books.

Completely agree with all that, Reardon is a good call for mine, probably able to pick him up on a fairly short low wage contract given his circumstance. (if hes interested in coming back mind, didnt he leave under a bit of a cloud?) Bit of a gamble, but if our other first choices don't come off Reardon could be an option IMO, has he been linked with anybody since he flirted with Hull or is he out the game next year??

Not sure if he's out of the game, but Achilis injuries are difficult ones to come back from. Hopefully he hasn't lost interest, but given his time out from the game, Stu will probs want the best deal he can get.

True, hope he gets back on track next year. Thinking back, just how good was he during the end of 2003? especially his performance in the Grand Final that year. Shame he never seemed to quite reach his potential after that.

He was very good, but he took the dollar dollar bill ya'll, when he should have stayed and and improved as a player. That right wing was his for the taking.

reardon not signed for anybody yet .spoke to him a while ago and told me once his injury is sorted will have a deal with a club by end of year but couldnt say which club it was



did say though hed love to come back to bradford if the offer was there