Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[426Tlgerland]

Wait

Greg Ingles. The NRL player who played and won so many SOO for Queensland and several times for the Australian team. Who lived the Melbourne Storm culture. ...

I don't know if this guy can coach, but Far out the guy is dripping with elite NRL experience. Unlike say Hodgson or Morris, who both are NRL players with some merit. Ingles is at the top of the NRL elite. Easily in the top 5 of the best NRL players of the last 2 decades.

You can't get that kind of experience.

Sure we can pull another NRL coach of the ranks, someone like Siebold who played 2ish seasons and sounds good in an interview.... But you can't easily get top player experience and you sure as hell can't get Immortal in waiting NRL experience.

Bring Ingles in, try him out. If he can coach some of what he played on the field, like Far out we would be going to the finals.

(and if he can't meh. We would have hired some assistant looser anyway).

Yep GI I feel will be a great addition to the ladies team and also our men’s nrl team and the juniors , he is a legend of the game and a winner , hope it rubs off on the players from all teams

 

[426Tlgerland]

1 of our biggest issues in NRLW is our roster. Just as star power has helped Benji attract players to our men’s team GI will have the same effect to the NRLW side.

Hope you are right and I feel you are , our ladies team last season looked lost , and half were not up to the standard they were a level below , we have lost about 4 I know off , but have not heard about 1 single signing , we needed to upgrade about 6 players with NRLW experience , Kimmorly I also don’t think he is up to it , hence GI coming in , if we are on the bottom by mid season I think Brett will get the tap and GI will be the new ladies coach , just saying , not heard anything

 

[innsaneink]

Hi

How does the NRL allow some players to have 1 game wiped off their suspension by missing out on the NRL AllStars Game .. but no other players .. how do they get to allow some players but not others .. ??

Ezra Mam's return to the NRL has been delayed after the league ruled he won't be able to count the All-Stars game as part of his nine-match suspension for a drug driving offence.

The decision effectively extends Mam's ban to ten games, meaning he will not be eligible to play until at least Round 10 of the 2025 season, per The Courier-Mail.

This contrasts with previous cases involving Latrell Mitchell and Josh Addo-Carr, who were both allowed to use the All Stars fixture to reduce their suspensions.

Mitchell's one-game ban for an off-field incident was reduced after a successful application, enabling him to play in South Sydney's season opener.

Similarly, Addo-Carr's four-game suspension for a positive cocaine test was shortened after the All Stars game was counted toward his ban.

Mam, who tested positive for cocaine following a car crash in Brisbane in October 2023, was fined $850 in court as well as additional fines totalling $120,000 from the NRL and the Broncos.

Despite qualifying for the Indigenous All Stars team due to his heritage, Mam has never played in the fixture before.

It's just made up BS as they go along

Unfair also players that don't qualify for this game can't use it to cut out suspension but some can
Just another uneven playing field

 

[SeanT]

How does the NRL allow some players to have 1 game wiped off their suspension by missing out on the NRL AllStars Game .. but no other players .. how do they get to allow some players but not others .. ??

Ezra Mam's return to the NRL has been delayed after the league ruled he won't be able to count the All-Stars game as part of his nine-match suspension for a drug driving offence.

The decision effectively extends Mam's ban to ten games, meaning he will not be eligible to play until at least Round 10 of the 2025 season, per The Courier-Mail.

This contrasts with previous cases involving Latrell Mitchell and Josh Addo-Carr, who were both allowed to use the All Stars fixture to reduce their suspensions.

Mitchell's one-game ban for an off-field incident was reduced after a successful application, enabling him to play in South Sydney's season opener.

Similarly, Addo-Carr's four-game suspension for a positive cocaine test was shortened after the All Stars game was counted toward his ban.

Mam, who tested positive for cocaine following a car crash in Brisbane in October 2023, was fined $850 in court as well as additional fines totalling $120,000 from the NRL and the Broncos.

Despite qualifying for the Indigenous All Stars team due to his heritage, Mam has never played in the fixture before.

Change the rules every time. Unknown players get the full force while players like Latrell get a feather duster approach.

I'm actually annoyed with South Sydney continually fighting for Latrell to get the ban reneged. Cop it on the chin and serve the one game. That lack of accountability is why Demetriou got sacked.

 

[jadtiger]

Don't wish to rain on your parade, but Rugby League Immortals Clive Churchill, Norm Provan, and Bob Fulton collectively won 13 premierships between them as Coaches.

All had champion teams to work with and had plenty of money to play with

 

[TurnStyle]

Rock hopper is a term used to describe a rock fisherman probably because some like to move from and test more than one spot until they are happy with their choice, also when a wave arrives you may have to move quickly hence jump from rock to rock quickly to avoid trouble, if you are smart, I would not use your highlighted words on here again unless you want to receive backlash.

Yikes!
So now I've got that in my google search history... 😐

 

[jadtiger]

Change the rules every time. Unknown players get the full force while players like Latrell get a feather duster approach.

I'm actually annoyed with South Sydney continually fighting for Latrell to get the ban reneged. Cop it on the chin and serve the one game. That lack of accountability is why Demetriou got sacked.

Souffs have always been the most disgusting club in rugby league

 

[bptiger 0]

Change the rules every time. Unknown players get the full force while players like Latrell get a feather duster approach.

I'm actually annoyed with South Sydney continually fighting for Latrell to get the ban reneged. Cop it on the chin and serve the one game. That lack of accountability is why Demetriou got sacked.

I think Mann got of very lightly, should have got 1 year ban , he broken a young girls hip he could have killed her , really should have got jail time for the list of offences he had

 

[Rock Hopper Steve]

Yikes!
So now I've got that in my google search history... 😐

Careful how you word your search it sometime throws up a small penguin.

 

[The-moP]

I think Mann got of very lightly, should have got 1 year ban , he broken a young girls hip he could have killed her , really should have got jail time for the list of offences he had

None of the penalties were hard enough .. video of Fatrell (who's lost a lot weight already for this season) sniff some white powder off a table .. clear as mud .. gets a 1 week suspension .. but if you reactively slap a player across the face with 2 fingers as he steps you .. you get 4 weeks suspension .. so the punishment doesnt match the crime.

Its like telling the kids .. its ok to sniff "some kind of white powder" off a table like these NRL role model have .. but you cant accidentally touch some another player across the face with 2 fingers in the game these days .. The NRL is portraying the wrong image these days .. they should have come down hard as hell on Latrell, the Fox, and Mann .. show kids that you cant / shouldnt do this and that its not acceptable .. !! Get your Shiznitz together NRL .. !!

 

[Rock Hopper Steve]

I think Mann got of very lightly, should have got 1 year ban , he broken a young girls hip he could have killed her , really should have got jail time for the list of offences he had

Showed a lot of outrage when he was called something he didn't like but what did his actions make you think.

 

[weststigers]

That’s my issue. Some seem to think it’s automatic.

He'll be a big brother figure more than anything. Probably has a few nuggets of wisdom from the Bellamy days and being around the QLD and AUS team.

I wouldn't be pinning my hopes on him being the secret recipe to any success we might have.

It is what it is. Plenty of ex players hang around teams and help out around the joint. Not sure how much direct input he's going to have unless it is a message coming down from Benji.

 

[Rock Hopper Steve]

He'll be a big brother figure more than anything. Probably has a few nuggets of wisdom from the Bellamy days and being around the QLD and AUS team.

I wouldn't be pinning my hopes on him being the secret recipe to any success we might have.

It is what it is. Plenty of ex players hang around teams and help out around the joint. Not sure how much direct input he's going to have unless it is a message coming down from Benji.

I can't see the harm in having him around the place, sure he can be helpful to players.

 

[Ecto-1]

Jerome is going to Origin preseason camp tomorrow so he can’t be too injured.

 

[Rock Hopper Steve]

Jerome is going to Origin preseason camp tomorrow so he can’t be too injured.

Might be just helping out.

 

[Rock Hopper Steve]

Not much footy talk in here today guys using a clean slate for the season ahead who would you like to see in the centres.

 

[upthetigers]

None of the penalties were hard enough .. video of Fatrell (who's lost a lot weight already for this season) sniff some white powder off a table .. clear as mud .. gets a 1 week suspension .. but if you reactively slap a player across the face with 2 fingers as he steps you .. you get 4 weeks suspension .. so the punishment doesnt match the crime.

Its like telling the kids .. its ok to sniff "some kind of white powder" off a table like these NRL role model have .. but you cant accidentally touch some another player across the face with 2 fingers in the game these days .. The NRL is portraying the wrong image these days .. they should have come down hard as hell on Latrell, the Fox, and Mann .. show kids that you cant / shouldnt do this and that its not acceptable .. !! Get your Shiznitz together NRL .. !!

Don't call them role models mate they're not they just happen to be good at a sport. If they weren't they'd probably be labourers not that there is anything wrong with that.

 

[Spartan117]

Please create or use threads per topic.

The occasional off topic post is ok but fishing and now Floride is to much.

Footy here only.

 

[crazycat]

For starters it’s Inglis … and apart from his career he’s also been in trouble more than once.
He may have a reputation as a player … but not as a person or a coach.

So are we only going to get the squeeky clean people to coach us. "Hey guys don't drink this thing called Beer, I am not exactly sure what it is... but drugs are bad, Ok-aye"?

Inglis can speak with authority. He would have seen players ruin their career. Far out if GI tells me something, I am listening.

Look, I get it. GI hasn't coached. But he has not only played NRL at the top level, he has been the top level. I would say there are only 3 names that can rival him at Center or even 5/8 in the last 20 years including Benji.

Maybe it works, maybe it doesn't.... But if it works it goes Gangbusters. You get GI turning Bula into anything close to what he was OR get GI firing up Olam/Turuva... YE GODS!

 

[liltiger]

So are we only going to get the squeeky clean people to coach us. "Hey guys don't drink this thing called Beer, I am not exactly sure what it is... but drugs are bad, Ok-aye"?

Inglis can speak with authority. He would have seen players ruin their career. Far out if GI tells me something, I am listening.

Look, I get it. GI hasn't coached. But he has not only played NRL at the top level, he has been the top level. I would say there are only 3 names that can rival him at Center or even 5/8 in the last 20 years including Benji.

Maybe it works, maybe it doesn't.... But if it works it goes Gangbusters. You get GI turning Bula into anything close to what he was OR get GI firing up Olam/Turuva... YE GODS!

He made a few mistakes in his playing days, we all do, for me the real issue is if we learn from them to be better people. I'm sure Greg has. His experience in the game and his struggles in his personal life would be invaluable knowledge to our younger guys coming through. Think his influence over the whole squad could be awesome. His ability to coach I'm not sure about, might be great or might be mot so great, no harm in giving the guy a go. We have with Benji. All I ask is Ingliss takes a friendly approach off the pitch and a no mercy approach on it to show the young guys what's required to reach the elite level he was at.