Payne Haas

Broncos, Xavier Willison.

Are we locking him in? Yeah, got to, right? Payne Haas going.

So you want me to do this as if I'm a part of the recruitment team? Just what do you

think? They've got to, right? They've got to lock him down.

Yeah.

Wouldn't you think? Wouldn't you say so, Brooks?

Have to be with Payne Haas.

Raiders saw Hudson Young contract pretty much terminated, or not terminated, but pulled.

So KP is set to return for that finals game.

The other one that's going to be very interesting as far as this World Cup goes is Payne Haas.

Rumours getting around that Samoa are considering bringing him in.

He is recovering from finger surgery as it stands right now.

I've seen a lot of people sort of say, oh...

He shouldn't be able to parachute Payne Haas into the squad when he wasn't in it if he's available for finals.

I've got to tell you, I don't really see why.

Obviously, I'm going for Tonga.

Reece Walsh, you got another question mark over Reece Walsh after a bit of an indifferent season from Reece Walsh, sort of where he lands.

But you know that the upside that he has, you also, without Payne Haas at the Broncos, I have my question marks around them and just them in general.

Payne Haas was the fourth pick in my competition.

He's another one that I'm a little bit iffy on.

Going to South Sydney, you don't know his minutes.

They haven't dealt with a front roller with footwork like that that can run as fast as a back.

Payne Haas.

Speaking of Payne Haas, I saw a big Payne Haas down at the Wellness Centre.

Oh, did you? So there's no hope that he's playing for Samoa anyway.

Okay.

Halal.

Halal.

They'll make it halal for Payne Haas, massive South supporter.

good.

As we sit here in 2022, how's the body? How's the mind? You look like you could tackle Payne Haas and run through Junior Paula.

You look

fabulous.

No, not at the top of my head.

I know Payne Haas would be on some pretty big money.

It's big for the club.

You know, one, you could clearly see that How much they love him, how much they see him as a future captain.

Yeah, a great...

One of my favourite players of the last however many years, what's it been, seven or eight years since he's been playing? Because, like, I've always loved the players like him and Alan Tung who, you know...

aren't Payne Haas.

They aren't David Favita.

Yes.

Is there any truth that Payne Haas could be back for the finals?

They are looking at him.

They are monitoring the situation, Charlie.

And it would only be, I imagine, for the final, right? Because, as I said, he's still recovering from that finger surgery.

So my understanding was Souths aren't overly keen on him playing.

And also, to get this over the line, you need to get it approved by the tournament host, which is the NRL, right? And you can't just bring a bloke in for the final like Payne Haas.

So I'd be surprised if actually the tournament organiser allowed it to happen.

I love rugby league because the new cycle is never ending.

I don't know if you saw it today, but these are just rumours and whispers that journalists are kind of dropping and sprinkling everywhere about Payne Haas possibly coming back before the finals.

I did see this.

Because he was in the initial preliminary World Cup squad of 40, there's no...

It's looking likely, but there's no guarantee.

You know, South Sydney might swoop in and say, do you want to play with Payne Haas, play under Bennett? then you're going to have to take a pay cut to fit you in the salary cap.

So it's going to be interesting to see what happens there.

For me, congratulations to the Sydney Roosters for saying, you know what, fuck it.