Probably a very unpopular opinion but I’ve been watching Phoenix Godinet’s games for the last 3 years and I just don’t get the hype. He does the odd good hit but that’s about it. Happy to be proven wrong in the future.
Correct. Pezet had a release clause in his contract that he could leave if he had another NRL deal if the current halves were extended. Anasta, his manager, said it on 360 when he signed his new deal. Melbourne didn’t release him to Parramatta, he was free to leave.
From memory the talk at the time was that if Onitoni was to re-sign with the club he wanted a get out clause if Galvin was re-signed. The club knew they wanted to extend Galvin at the time so they knocked it back and Manly jumped on the brothers. Sounded like Galvin and Large wanted guarantees...
I think I’d be much more likely to go to Magic Round than Vegas. Significantly cheaper, more footy, proper size field, and higher quality footy generally at that time of year rather than round 1 cobwebs. Would be interested to hear anyone’s opinion that’s been to both on their experiences.
I personally still think we should’ve put more effort into retaining both the Large brothers. Galvin, Mason and Kit are all 2 years above Onitoni and 3 above Ashton. I think we bent over backwards to try and appease Galvin because he was already agitating for a release. We showed him that he was...
The kid is 18 years old. He’s starting the NRL trial this weekend. The only player I know that he played with that was in his age group, thats played NRL at this point, is Makasini, who’s played 1 NRL game. I don’t like bashing the club but losing the Large brothers was a mistake.
I noticed this too. Saying that Manly beat the Warriors in Matt’s and Ball this morning so you never really know for sure which teams may surprise this year, good or bad. I think it’s safe to say Parra are going to be at or near the top though in ball.
I watched about 3/4 of the Flegg games last season and he was the standout prop for us in most games he played. Across all junior grades, in my opinion, I’d have him as the clubs second best prop prospect behind Tapau-Moors. Mataale has decent aggression and pcm. Apparently played 3 NSW cup...
I’m pretty sure he’s signed a NSW Cup contract with North Sydney for next season. Probably looking for a decent season with a hope of getting some kind of deal with Perth for 2027.
Does anyone know the contact situation of Suli Pole? I know he’s been mentioned before but I think he’s exactly what we need for next year. He’s a starting prop for Melbourne Storm who are currently sitting 3 points clear at the top of the Flegg ladder. He’s 6 foot 6 and 120kgs. Each time I’ve...
I doubt Balmain juniors would be allowed to play in the Laurie Daley or Andrew Johns comps as it’s considered a ‘rural’ competition. I’d say wests only qualify because of the group 6 aspect. It’s made clear at trials that players for LD and AJ cups must play in the wests tigers Macarthur...