I can't say I'd ever seen the Mallet rumour before - as for Afoa and Kaino, everyone knows they're tight; Afoa wasn't available for Leicester as he was Kaino's best man. Don't know about Kirwan or Mallet, but I do know that Afoa has a cousin who's played over here.
This season our back-row depth has been too shallow. We need at least five high-class back-rows and next season, with the Wilson signing, we'll have that. Being a wee bit generous to Faloon there mind. However, Wannenberg's contract is expiring and he may well be off of his own free will, and even if he isn't Kaino would be an upgrade on him. His age counts against him by now, as we can no longer offer more than one year contracts. So... we need five, and we might as well make the fifth Kaino. Because Kaino and Ferris WILL FCUKING TERRIFY PEOPLE!
Seriously. Anyone who doesn't want to see Ferris and Kaino on the same team doesn't have a soul.