OFFICIAL Bunty Afoa - Welcome to the JUNGLE!

[rex2ce]

I'm sceptical. Bunty is a reserve grader now. We may need forward depth, but do we need another ageing forward playing reserve grade, like Hunt and Bird? And Nathan Brown, if he comes?

We have Birds contract for next year anyway, on a good day Brown will be much more useful than him, similar money apparently

 

[HUNT 101]

Bunty off the back fence at Leichhardt followed by Hunt- y off the back fence..It will rattle any team. At the very least pump our team up to lift and rip in.....👊

 

[Demps]

Bunty off the back fence at Leichhardt followed by Hunt- y off the back fence..It will rattle any team. At the very least pump our team up to lift and rip in.....👊

And back fence King, Nate Brown

 

[Buttface]

cmon man our roster has been in the best state since i was a kid

This ol’ dig is checking his watch to see how old you might be,

Just teasing, I love ya work. But you are way to on the pulse to be old.

 

[gregjm87]

From what I've read from Warriors fans, he's not really an impact prop any more. He is more of a worker especially in defence and busts his ass.

I don't recall him ever being an impact prop to be honest. He did trample people for a couple seasons early on playing on an edge but not so much through the middle.

 

[gregjm87]

Very underrated.
I know it was against inferior opposition, but watching the GF live his combination with Tanah Boyd was slick and very impressive.

I wanted him signed back in '23 when he was playing Q cup. I think Healey more than anyone is the guy in that team. I'd argue he is already a top 10 hooker in rugby league and will develop to be comfortably top 3 if not the next long term Kangaroos hooker after Grant.

 

[rozelle_rudy]

I'm hoping KPP impresses you know the laughs we will get from opponent fans if he is going piss poor haha he is an athlete hoping for the best and that he wasn't utilised correctly at knights. coaching will address this. we need edge threat skelton and turuva will score tries I am predicting Samuela to have an even bigger season in 2026 he was threatening the late part of 2025

How can Wests Tigers use KPP better than the Knights did?

 

[Tigerstigerstigers]

Bunty off the back fence at Leichhardt followed by Hunt- y off the back fence..It will rattle any team. At the very least pump our team up to lift and rip in.....👊

Hopefully this returns Pole to his off the back fence runs as well rather then the rubbish end of season efforts and / or lack of confidence

 

[tigahhh]

How can Wests Tigers use KPP better than the Knights did?

did you see the knights play? they are ultra conservative. no offloads or ad lib play, no second phase or contesting kicks. just 4 hit ups and an average kick. they had the worst attack for a reason. they were coached that way and it wasn’t to KPPs strengths they just made him a tackle eater

 

[magpies forever]

Latu won't be available early season. Madden 14, probably.

I think we would be mad to rush Latu back. I don't doubt his passion and skill but man, his body let's him down. It's got to mature too. Big boys like Bunty seem just to be solid and safe in contact sport but Latu sure gets hit a few times.

 

[Buttface]

How can Wests Tigers use KPP better than the Knights did?

Give him a go with the ball.

See @tigahhh post above. Nailed it.

 

[rozelle_rudy]

He will do a job and at the very least provide depth, did we not need another middle.

What are you expecting a pack as good as the grand finalists, you cannot get to that overnight it will be a slow process plugging the roster holes until junior strength comes through.

Some young forward talent there now but you wouldn't call it stacked and years off.

You cannot get it overnight....or even over a decade.

 

[Rock Hopper Steve]

You cannot get it overnight....or even over a decade.

Come on mate your smarter than that, surely you can see the changes been made in the last couple of years at the pointy end of the club has us headed in the right direction now, well Denny's still there but that's only one voice out of seven.

You don't seriously think we were going anywhere with the previous clowns who were running the joint, they were an anchor around the club's neck for years and scared off any useful additions to the roster.

Since Richo's been here and Benji's rapport with incoming recruits isn't the roster improving.

 

[Tucker]

Come on mate your smarter than that, surely you can see the changes been made in the last couple of years at the pointy end of the club has us headed in the right direction now, well Denny's still there but that's only one voice out of seven.

You don't seriously think we were going anywhere with the previous clowns who were running the joint, they were an anchor around the club's neck for years and scared off any useful additions to the roster.

Since Richo's been here and Benji's rapport with incoming recruits isn't the roster improving.

Roster is improving slightly, the way it plays football still sucks donkey dick.

 

[Rock Hopper Steve]

Roster is improving slightly, the way it plays football still sucks donkey dick.

Let's see what another off season brings, it will be disappointing if the team doesn't improve from here.

 

[Tucker]

Let's see what another off season brings, it will be disappointing if the team doesn't improve from here.

It’s past disappointment….itll be incompetence.

 

[balmain boy]

That’s 95% when he’s in front of them and they don’t run straight past him.
Stats don’t show when forwards such as Royce cannot get back to marker or in the defensive line after making a tackle or when they do not even touch an opposition player who makes a clean line break where they should be defending.
As I’ve said I’m happy with his signing and agree he creates better depth than what we had in 2025, but we cannot get carried away thinking he’s the messiah we have been looking for.

Sounds a lot like Twal

 

[Vicious]

Sounds a lot like Twal

???
I would say the complete opposite of Twal ?
Twal is extremely fit and has no issues at all with work ethic or getting back to marker or in the defensive line, but his impact in both attack and defence is very minimal.
Bunch Afoa along with Royce Hunt have high impact when running the ball, good physicality when they do make tackles, but struggle to keep up with the speed of play and at times struggle to get back to marker or in the defensive line.

 

[Vicious]

It’s past disappointment….itll be incompetence.

Ain’t that the truth.

 

[Vicious]

Come on mate your smarter than that, surely you can see the changes been made in the last couple of years at the pointy end of the club has us headed in the right direction now, well Denny's still there but that's only one voice out of seven.

You don't seriously think we were going anywhere with the previous clowns who were running the joint, they were an anchor around the club's neck for years and scared off any useful additions to the roster.

Since Richo's been here and Benji's rapport with incoming recruits isn't the roster improving.

We have made some good improvements to our playing roster, it’s virtually a new team since 2023/2024 which is not a bad thing.
We now have what I would call a very solid looking 1-17 none of the players are hopeless and we are slowly upgrading our depth which has been much needed.
What we still do not have are any players that I would consider in match winner category, players who can produce something out of nothing and come up with regular magical plays when required.
I would say Taylan May is the closest we have to this type of player and to be compared with the top 8 clubs we need more x -factor than what we currently demonstrate.
We have a few players who should or show promise to be this type of player, but until we start seeing it on a regular basis it doesn’t count.