The 26 signed for '25 doesn't include Tumeth or Stefano.
I love going to Leichhardt the feeling was electric on Saturday night and its been pretty good for last couple years even when we weren't winning. I have got to be honest when you have young kids everything is wonderful at Leichhardt except access to toilets and food/drink. The only thing that I can see where moving to a modern ground is a positive is that it would have better transport, parking and corporate facilities.. When Souths did it and moved, they at least were training at Redfern for a over a decade while playing at Homebush, now they are permanently training out their CofE at Maroubra and only junior rep footy is at Redfern. In hindsight Leichhardt could've been the Centre of Excellence with a minimal spend. That's we Richo is paid the big bucks its a tough one.
I agree.
Based on that list we need an urgent review of the value we will get from To’a, Naden, Sullivan, Bateman, Laulilli x2, Miller, Sukkar, Feledy, Faagatu & Saukuru.
There is absolutely 0 chance we sign someone as disruptive as Fifita.
The other non negotiable in recruitment & retention that Richo raised in the podcast that Benji is a big on, is strength of character/leadership or however you want to put it. Apparently that's why Galvin & Heath Mason are held in very high regard, and Nofa got the boot.
I think Richo would be more than happy to move on all of Staines, Toa, Naden and Doueihi. They've all peaked, wont be improving. They're all depth players, when really we need our youngsters to be depth players and sign stars to the first team
Count the X's (Top 30 deals) in the 2025 column.
Su’a is a slug compared to Fifita, chalk and cheese.
Character is fine, but not every player in the squad needs to be Captain material either. You need 1-2 hard edged tough guys, and leadership isn't usually high up on their skill sets, at least not until they get older....
When including Staines keep in mind you need at least one winger who’s in the higher echelon in regards to speed. If he goes where are you finding someone else better who is just as quick ?
Probably moreso meaning dedication to succeed, self drive, team work, family morals, self discipline etc. A pre-season would expose who has these in the squad.
Why would it cost anything, we paid out Nofoaluma without any consequences to our Salary Cap?
Hopefully the 2nd backrower to go is Kepaoa who is off contract anyway.
I know some have mentioned over the past couple of months that Tumeth & Matamua might be being looked at to be moved on.
That looks like a dangerous team.
