Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[AmericanHistoryX]

Our three main targets since losing Brooks have been Sezer, Croft and Cogger. What do you think?

To name a few....

 

[jrtiger]

I like Karnib as well from that side. Any talk re his progression?
Good to hear Laulili’i is on development contract.
Has good ball skills to.

Karnib will play fullback for the HM side now that Luke's moved into SG Ball and higher honours. he had some good moments for his first year and should improve on his showing in 2024.

 

[Buttface]

Any news yet - something is brewing , reports we are after Matt Moylan too - God please no

Does the lawn need mowing?

 

[AmericanHistoryX]

Regardless, if he continued to play at his ceiling then, easily a top shelf centre.

Or a Lionel Ritchie clone.... he was dancing on the ceiling.

 

[Bula]

You visited Fiji....

Did not.

 

[Dennisspicer1]

Any news yet - something is brewing , reports we are after Matt Moylan too - God please no

Moylan definately is done, he has nothing left, that would be a waste of money & time.

No he wasn't
- Was more of a Winger that played in the Centres for us...

A splash of Lawrence for a couple years did well there, Before that it was Whatuira....
The last NRL quality centre we signed.

 

[AmericanHistoryX]

Did not.

Well. Consider it. Heaven on Earth. Bucket List?

 

[BlackWhiteGold]

Karnib will play fullback for the HM side now that Luke's moved into SG Ball and higher honours. he had some good moments for his first year and should improve on his showing in 2024.

Two other players who could turn out to be anything are Riley Oitmann (fullback/wing) - Junior Blues & Tino Tavana (fullback/wing) who can take a speccy on the wing. Tino will be Flegg next season (turning 20) & Riley bottom age SG Ball (18).

 

[Nounny]

Rothfield apparantly said on a podcast who knows

 

[AmericanHistoryX]

Two other players who could turn out to be anything are Riley Oitmann (fullback/wing) - Junior Blues & Tino Tavana (fullback/wing) who can take a speccy on the wing. Tino will be Flegg next season (turning 20) & Riley bottom age SG Ball (18).

By then interest rates could be going down. No crystall ball here.

 

[AmericanHistoryX]

Rothfield apparantly said on a podcast who knows

Then its gospel.

 

[jrtiger]

Yep I have high hopes for Luke. He and Heath Mason I think will be special and make NRL before some of the others.

Heath has a job ahead of him given he is typically a spine player. has always played in the halves before moving to fullback for SG Ball and has become a revelation. he also played at lock at the Schoolboys carnival interestingly enough and I think he additionally did some time at hooker.

the rise of Jahream plus the stockpile of young halves has made it difficult for him, but he is talented enough to break into grade within the next 12 months. I see him as a 14 in the mould of a Ben Hampton, where you bring him on and play two fullbacks either side of the ruck in attack and have him defend in the middle. all of that said, he might manage to unseat someone in the spine and never look back.

 

[Merlot]

Did not.

big fan of the brands ice cream ?

 

[AmericanHistoryX]

Rothfield gets paid to blow hot air. But Nounny not taking anything away from you. Thanks for sharing.

 

[AmericanHistoryX]

Heath has a job ahead of him given he is typically a spine player. has always played in the halves before moving to fullback for SG Ball and has become a revelation. he also played at lock at the Schoolboys carnival interestingly enough and I think he additionally did some time at hooker.

the rise of Jahream plus the stockpile of young halves has made it difficult for him, but he is talented enough to break into grade within the next 12 months. I see him as a 14 in the mould of a Ben Hampton, where you bring him on and play two fullbacks either side of the ruck in attack and have him defend in the middle. all of that said, he might manage to unseat someone in the spine and never look back.

Hope Fulton reads this stuff. This is good. You guys do this for free! Kudos to you both!

 

[Bula]

big fan of the brands ice cream ?

Merlot, You may have OD'ed on Bulla Pops. Should have gone to Specsavers.

 

[Nounny]

Grain of salt but it’s a rumour thread after all !

 

[AmericanHistoryX]

Merlot, You may have OD'ed on Bulla Pops. Should have gone to Specsavers.

You both on fire this morning!!!!!!😆

 

[bptiger 0]

Can’t remember his name, the English man who had the set play with Pringle , can anyone help

His name was Bryan Lockwood, he was a master ball playing backrower .
And here’s one everyone has missed , one of are very best pommies , ELLIS , what a gun

 

[teddy23]

I usually post here and there about stuff I might've heard so just gonna do one big post every now and then to save the time so here we go:

- On the topic of the Dragons, I've got a really good source within the club who reckons Jayden Sullivan is expected to be announced within the next week barring any late change of mind. I believe both parties have come to an agreed figure and personal terms have already been agreed for nearly a week now just paperwork being processed should be official soon. They also confirmed that Flanagan has rejected any approaches towards Lomax and the view is to have him starting fullback come round 1 next year. I know Lomax's uncle and Zac has expressed he feels as if the culture is starting to shift positively lately and has been assured he's looked at as a long term player. Continuing on the Dragons there's a massive clean out developing as Flanagan isn't wasting any time turning over the roster. Moses Suli has been offered to a few clubs including us and was apparently told "no thank you". Suli's deal apparently in the region of 500-600k a year.

- In term of recruitment, the club have reached out to Canberra representatives in regards to Nick Cotric's availability. Nick Meaney has also been identified as a future target come November 1. Franklin Pele's representatives have reached out to the club to gauge interest come November 1. Unsure about the progress about these 3 just know there's interest.

- I know there's been reports of Blore being shopped to SL clubs. I may be wrong but my source insists that Blore will re-sign on 2 year deal. There is however concerns around his health and being prone to injuries but Sheens is a big fan of Blore.

- Simpkins is being aggressively shopped around.

- Belief around the club that Stefano wants to be here long term with plans to take over as captain after Api leaves and they believe when the time comes he'll extend.

- There's word around the league that Ilias may be on the outer at the Rabbits. This is personal opinion but if he becomes available I'd be seriously shocked if we don't make a play at him. Not saying it would be a good or bad signing but I'm pretty confident we will be one of his suitors due to the multiple connections. Benji will be driving that.

That's all I've got.....