That's ridiculous, a lot of Union players and especially Welsh Union players would be better suited to RL, Powell is essentially an RL player who happens to play Union. There's massive potential in Union players, they just can't shine because their sport is so stupid and stifles their talent.

He dropped out of the game at a young age after not really making it so I doubt you'd have heard of him, he was a bit small in reality but great rugby talent.

Ash, he was an outside centre and probably didnt develop as his coaches were hoping. I lost touch with him a couple of years ago actually when I moved back up here

Isnt this guy the bloke who carries the ball like an 8 year old?

Quote port64="port64"well he can certainly put in the big hits - frowned upon in Union y'know chaps www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_rZvzDtDHw '" Rugby League fans would love him putting hits in like this. Hope they can pull it of and get him signed up. It would be massive for the Crusaders and Welsh rugby league, who are hopeful of making the 2011 four nations.

Quote port64="port64"well he can certainly put in the big hits - frowned upon in Union y'know chaps www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_rZvzDtDHw '" Rugby League fans would love him putting hits in like this. Hope they can pull it of and get him signed up. It would be massive for the Crusaders and Welsh rugby league, who are hopeful of making the 2011 four nations.

Yup! Or to quote any given Sunday " like a loaf of bread!"

Its looks like its just a matter of time.

Never mind Powell, i see they signed a yonug Welsh winger from SW. Scorpions paying off already!

Couldn't agree more with this post.

I quite enjoy watching the 15 man code (as I imagine do a lot of people on here despite their protests they don't) and personally I don't think Andy Powells form has been that special over the past few years...certainly at international level. I cant comment on what he was like for Cardiff Blues as I've never watched one of their games.



Having said that he is a big bloke and if Gareth Thomas can score a try in superleague then I'm sure Andy Powell will cross the line a few times too....despite looking a bit like Aussie music icon Billy 'its almost summer' Thorpe did in about 1995



His style will be well suited to league and Barry McKenzie thinks he will make a big impact... literally.

Leave the buggers in their own game,we don't need them we have to keep producing our own talent not yawnion players FFS.

Mmmmm....Mark Jones........

I really think the money could be used elsewhere to greater effect.



Can we afford to have another player on a learning curve? Can we afford such an expensive gamble? I don't think so.



I say we either sign an established player with the money we would have spent on Powell, and we're not talking peanuts here, or use it to blood some youngsters that want to play the game for the love of it. Powell would be switching codes for money and nothing else.