Is he out of contract at the end of this season?

Yes and apparently going home as his wife is homesick

Homesick, is this a term created by the media???

nah they overuse it alot though. There were rumours at the beginning of th year he was having a few issues , maybe his missus just want to go home to be nearer family and friends?

With bit of luck we can get a good fast winger into replace him.

Aye - and not pay well over the odds. People may mock but I'd like to pinch Ainscough from the goons if we dont find a class act available in Aus. I can't see Ainscough getting a gig over the lump anytime soon so they may be willing to offload him off the cap and he I'm sure would love 1st team Rugby

Ainscough is a defensive liability. Why replace one defensive liability* with another?

*Ok, he can defend, but not against any kind of kick and not in Grand Finals!

Because Ainscough is young and we might be able to iron out his faults. He'd also be alot cheaper then Meli I imagine.

If I had to replace Meli, ideally I'd want Tony Williams from Manly. I doubt they'd let such a huge prospect go at such a young age. Realistically, we should look at Pelo from Catalans in my opinion.

Yes Ash, so can you please tell Tom Briscoe to get his stuff packed and move to St Helens please

For all the good things Meli brings to the team, his record in the big games is really poor - I don't think I could face another GF where Meli cocks up and concedes a try. I'd like to think we were looking at other options, and the lack of a contract at this stage would suggest that we are.

That try was world class, it was the kind of thing Inglis comes up with.