Shawn Blore #235

[AmericanHistoryX]

Article says that he’s been offered to Super League clubs, looks like his Tiger days are numbered.
Pity, I always thought there was some potential there.

His wife and family begs to differ

 

[Moh]

Would be an odd decision for him to go to the Super League...

Even more odd for the Tigers to want to offload him.

 

[AmericanHistoryX]

Would be an odd decision for him to go to the Super League...

Even more odd for the Tigers to want to offload him.

No more odd than being a perennial wooden spooner

 

[bptiger 0]

This must be and other joffa moment , just move him on because he is playing well can’t have that sort of crap 💩 at the tigers

 

[426Tlgerland]

Don’t think he will,be moved,on he is better than most probably
in out pack would be 5 th best player
Klemmer , Ipap , Steph, Bateman , Blore
Appi I count as our leader

 

[yeti]

Blore is the only forward we have that has some 'intimidation factor'. The others are workers but hardly instil fear into the opposition. Would be madness in the extreme to let him go.

 

[Tim Sheens]

I like Blore, though he hasn't played much footy in his time at WT and here we are most of the way through the season, yet no other club has picked him up.

Maybe he is worth extending, though the same could be said of Seyfarth when used in the distributing lock role, and he is as junior.

Recruitment and retention decisions ain't easy.

 

[Alex Seyfarth's #1 Fan]

I like Blore, though he hasn't played much footy in his time at WT and here we are most of the way through the season, yet no other club has picked him up.

Maybe he is worth extending, though the same could be said of Seyfarth when used in the distributing lock role, and he is as junior.

Recruitment and retention decisions ain't easy.

He has a contract for next year so other clubs can't sign him until November 1.

 

[Tim Sheens]

He has a contract for next year so other clubs can't sign him until November 1.

Oh, okay, I had assumed otherwise with conjecture that he has been free to negotiate for a while now as to possibly being moved on mid-season.

Either way, it was a silly decision to sign him for next year without yet getting back on the paddock.

 

[Merlot]

if kept ,would b testing his loyalty,poor kid allways seems broken

 

[hammertime]

I feel like he's about to unleash. Given his injuries, he just needs a number of games to really start to step up.

Would love to see him here next year. Passion for the club goes a long way.

 

[426Tlgerland]

Also his brother joined us only a short time back

 

[team tigar]

I like Blore, though he hasn't played much footy in his time at WT and here we are most of the way through the season, yet no other club has picked him up.

Maybe he is worth extending, though the same could be said of Seyfarth when used in the distributing lock role, and he is as junior.

Recruitment and retention decisions ain't easy.

The tiger's refused to realease him to MLB very recently

 

[Todd Packer]

The tiger's refused to realease him to MLB very recently

Blore plays baseball?

 

[crazycat]

Blore plays baseball?

Baseball?

Were talking Melbourne Storm, 90% BJJ with a kicking game thrown in.

 

[bptiger 0]

Has any one got any solid info on his future , would hate to lose him he has been gun since he came back to 1st grade

 

[AmericanHistoryX]

Has any one got any solid info on his future , would hate to lose him he has been gun since he came back to 1st grade

Sorry. Can't help. Not a cousin. But if there is 1 solid thing I can say - the kid has a future.

 

[guywolf]

I feel given Sheens really rates him, and the fact the club stuck by him through his injuries, he'll re-sign. He has also spoken about repaying the club's faith in him and he seems pretty genuine about that.

 

[BlackWhiteGold]

https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/sh...my-but-wants-to-stay-put-20230824-p5dz9p.html

Shawn Blore admits he is not entirely sure what awaits him when the Tigers finish up their campaign in two weeks’ time.

Earlier in the year, the young forward learned via social media he was free to test the open market. Interest came from Melbourne, and Blore met with Storm coach Craig Bellamy – only to be told by the Tigers they wanted to keep him after all.

Blore, who is contracted for 2024, would love nothing more than to stick around for the long haul and help the perennial NRL strugglers.

But hearing Bellamy’s vision – and attracting interest from a powerhouse club like the Storm – got the 23-year-old thinking seriously about his next move.

“I found out through social media I was being shopped around a few months back,” Blore told this masthead.

“I met up with my manager straight away, and he explained to me what was happening. My impression from it all was that was one side [of club management] was happy for me to walk away, but one side was happy to keep me.

“Benji [Marshall] and ‘Sheensy’ [Tim Sheens] were keen to keep me. I’m a very loyal person. They gave me a chance when I was coming off a knee injury.

“As it stands, I just want to finish the season and see what happens from there. I’ll know more in two weeks what’s going on. My heart lies with the club. I hope they keep me, and fingers crossed they do keep me.”

Blore met Bellamy in Sydney, and the premiership-winning coach told him how things operated down south, and how the club viewed him as a middle forward. The former Penrith junior, who sees himself playing on an edge, said it was “hard not to be impressed” by Bellamy and the Storm.

“I remember telling my old man and a few close friends Melbourne were interested – I’m still flattered now [a club] of that calibre was interested,” Blore said. “I don’t think Melbourne has ever had a bad player. The players that go there turn into superstars.

“But I also don’t want to jump ship when things get hard here. I want to see the Tigers win. I just want a proper pre-season. I want to leave everything out there [next pre-season], and become a player who plays 80 minutes, and then some.”

 

[Alex Seyfarth's #1 Fan]

Eli Katoa is becoming a star at Melbourne, with various things getting in the way of him fulfilling his potential at the Warriors. Blore is in a similar mould. We cannot let him go.