Heard 3rd hand info yesterday regarding May and Pole so please take with a big bag of salt but thought it was worth posting now with the rumour we might be in the box seat for May.
Most around the game believed May would walk into the Dogs, still might imo, but May and his manager decided to take meetings with Flanagan then Benji after Luai speaking to him in Samoa camp. As we all know from reports May was happy after meeting Benji. Apparently May felt comfortable with Benji and connects with him better than the other coaches. Possibly why we’re a good chance now.
Re. Pole there’s a thought around he’s waiting for the Papenhuyzen situation to play out as this will directly affect his best mate Sua Faalongo and indirectly effect how much money the Storm have. Pole would like to go to Melbourne for similar reasons as Stefano but if Faalongo stays he’ll have plenty of mates at the Storm along with his younger brother (who has big wraps on him) but theyll also have the cap space to sign him. If Faalongo leaves Storm there’s a good chance Pole stays but he’ll be in demand if not already.
