Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

teddy23 said:
I don’t think the 250k figure is correct - from memory it was $1.5 million over 2 years.

All I know is initially the club did want him but then negotiations stalled. The reason might’ve very well been because of Moses.

If we didn’t have the Moses negotiations lingering on in the background I firmly believe Pearce would be in a Wests Tigers jersey right now.
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I know that they wanted him,,, my entire issue was with the post that said he ”agreed to come here for $250k”…

My take is that he never agreed to come here at any stage,,, his quotes in the media were that he wasn’t interested..

See attached

au.sports.yahoo.com

Mitchell Pearce responds to staggering $1.5 million play by Wests Tigers

The club's call to try and bring Mitchell Pearce back to the NRL has certainly caused a reaction. Find out more here.
au.sports.yahoo.com au.sports.yahoo.com
 
Nounny said:
We are chasing Olakau’atu as well as manly under salary cap pressure ! That would be nice !
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Sea Eagles skipper Daly Cherry-Evans drops down to a tick under $1 million next season while the departure of the Fainu brothers – Latu and Samuela – to the Wests Tigers also saves Manly $800,000 in the cap next season.

The northern peninsula club is also aware of the Wests Tigers circling backrower Haumole Olakau’atu but the Sea Eagles remain adamant the strike edge backrower will remain part of the Manly set-up for next season and beyond.

Olakau’atu was upgraded this season with the Sea Eagles plan to try and extend him beyond his current contract until the end of 2025 at the end of this season.
 
pawsandclaws1 said:
Webster-Mansfield, Matamua and Tumeth are very early in their careers and in respect of the latter he has played consistent junior reps. As we've seen with Seyfarth, some players take time to develop, mature and find a coach who will play them to their strengths. Gould is big on this issue. Pole was always an NRL player which was obvious at Balmain and also in the U20s and Fa'agutu looks to be on the same trajectory.
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Gould says you can’t properly judge a forward in the NRL until they are 24 years of age.
 
We certainly have a lot of good young forwards coming through.

It would be nice to have some tall fast outside backs to complement that. Also, sounds like Conti might be headed to Rugby so we might be short on young halves as well outside of Large.
 
weststigerman said:
We certainly have a lot of good young forwards coming through.

It would be nice to have some tall fast outside backs to complement that. Also, sounds like Conti might be headed to Rugby so we might be short on young halves as well outside of Large.
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When you invest in 2 young halves (Fainu and Sullivan) with 4 Year Top 30 contracts, there will always be some casualties below them. Look at Panthers who have lost many good halves from their system of late.

We would still have Galvin, Mason, Isdale, Large and Matai on the books who all played halves for much of their time in the juniors.

Would like us to keep Conti, but he probably has a greater chance of making it to the top quicker in union.

The important part for Tigers now is prioritising the 'right' juniors underneath our main core. Clearly Galvin heads that list with a top 30 spot next year. I would imagine Large is another one who we desperately try to keep on the books and hopefully our other Aus Schoolboy Mason (as a half/fullback utility).
 
Tigers_Wests said:
When you invest in 2 young halves (Fainu and Sullivan) with 4 Year Top 30 contracts, there will always be some casualties below them. Look at Panthers who have lost many good halves from their system of late.

We would still have Galvin, Mason, Isdale, Large and Matai on the books who all played halves for much of their time in the juniors.

Would like us to keep Conti, but he probably has a greater chance of making it to the top quicker in union.

The important part for Tigers now is prioritising the 'right' juniors underneath our main core. Clearly Galvin heads that list with a top 30 spot next year. I would imagine Large is another one who we desperately try to keep on the books and hopefully our other Aus Schoolboy Mason (as a half/fullback utility).
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I haven’t seen this conti play before, is he a real prospect? I’ve heard him mentioned a few times but no where near as much as Galvin and large
 
few things in the wake of the DT article

1. glad to have Sezer and Sullivan tied up. that’s our halves pairing to start the year and ensures we aren’t rushing Latu.

2. Havea Jr is an excellent prospect and locking him up is a win for the club. keen to see him rip and tear with Schaafhausen-Mino and Peter Taai next year for HM. we have a plethora of good 13s coming thru which is very exciting.

3. it’ll be extremely disappointing if we lose Conti to RU. he is the most pure 7 in the pathways and would be my pick as WTs long term halfback and the heir to Scott Prince’s throne. hoping that we’re able to lock him down long term and well past the 2027 RWC.
 
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