Caine is on incentive contract, as in Seu Seu later. Hughes is only on a one year deal, and given De Gois went for the money he did, what else could Ricky do, he needed some experience, and no other real quality hooker was available, Hughes is solid at best, but his days of being electric are gone. I think Ricky is doing his best with the roster that was available to add to, there are many factors in signing players, although money is a huge part, not always the only thing, so although we do not see everything that goes on, we only see the results with signings, I know we were VERY close to having Matt Cooper, but he elected to stay and Dragons, so although we might have signed a Hughes and lost (I won't say let go because we couldn't match Newcastle) De Gois, doesn't mean we haven't been trying to sign bigger and better players. Sometimes it is all luck too, Tupou was a great coup, you win some and you lose some, you just have to keep trying, and I think Ricky is, very hard.
