There's no smoke without fire... Folau on the verge of Dragons exit

Despite the club issuing strong denials about a pending exit for Israel Folau this always felt like a case of when not if. 

Steve McNamara was playing the right game by saying there were no issues with his controversial centre coming back to Europe for pre-season the fact the club are clearly in the market for centres was a red flag. 

They are looking to replace David Mead was the response and whilst that is true the rumblings about Folau from the Australian media was enough to keep the alarm bells ringing in my head. 

This isn't the time to judge whether he has been a success at the club or what his legacy will be. This is the time to get this resolved one way or the other and for us to move on if that is what we need to do. 

The wife and I discussed it as we made our coffee this morning and her response was more direct that mine... "Yet another overpaid NRL player using us to get back in the sport and get their profile up". 

If he is bound for St Geroge then being back in an area close to where he grew up might be enough of an explanation.