This is dreadful news, especially for Bryan and his family. It is not connected with football in any way. It is an internal problem and our only concern is that Bryan recovers as quickly as possible.

This is dreadful news for both Kris and the club and indeed for the whole of the Rugby League. Kris has been battling against one injury after another since the time he was injured against Australia in Sydney in 2002. The final straw arrived when he could not make sufficient recovery from his long standing knee injury. We fully understand his right to give up the struggle particularly as he has been such a great servant to the club and the game itself.

My house is definitely flooded. I saw it on the news. I've lost my car, my Cadillac, lost over $50,000 worth of instruments, lot of other priceless things like pictures, articles, press clippings, things like that.

We watched so much on the news and it looked like everything down there was pretty badly botched up.

We've got our fingers crossed. He is the right man for the job and it's a matter for him to discuss with his family now, consider today and hopefully make a decision tomorrow.

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