Leilua's very good at his best but it's not too often and he can be a mistake machine. Can also win games and offload almost at will when he's fit and in form.
Would be a big risk but I think where there's smoke there's fire on this one. We don't seem to be after a proper dummy half and our forwards are pretty stacked with numbers (sorry JMK, you're gutsy, can tackle, have improved a lot, and are a popular player, but the DH service is just too slow for NRL). I guess we'll know for sure when the horse trading gets going.
Why would Pay's friendship with Stuart matter when it comes to Leilua? As if Leilua isn't gonna look after himself. He'll get the best deal he can like any 28 year old player.