Him leaving hurts if you don't replace like with like. From a leadership standpoint it's a big loss and very hard to replace but we'll see where the money goes. Time to earn your money, Mielekamp.
Can't blame Luau for chasing the money but everything he says from here on out lacks integrity imo...
It came across as arrogant. Same with the Jackson Topine treatment.
And all those changes and they've ended up with this roster. Tracey is a utility, Rinikama, Hayward and Sua are way too young, Tuala and Montoya are reserve graders, they start Salmon, and would you rather Burton or Luai?
lol I'm sure Galvin and Moses would love that...all that aside Richo to the Dragons fits the bill but also wouldn't be surprised if NRL got Richo to look after NRL Europe to some extent and there was a wink wink when he left the Tiges.
Who'd be an NRL ref? Whatever they are doing it is coaching all of the feel for the game out of refs. 2 dissent penalties blown this round and that is the umpteenth reactive change the NRL had made in the past three seasons. If it wasn't for Moses berating refs time and again it'd never get called.
Another Richo interview, this time with Matt Rogers. Around 15 minutes he starts talking Tigers.
It was interesting to hear him refer to Jack Bird as not buying into Benji's system, that Richo had a chat w Royce to tell him he'd be ending his career in England if he didn't improve his fitness...
The past would suggest not but let's see if this time is different. Their next test will be the extension of Mielekamp and the Chair of the board- do they go out and try to sign Mestrov again? Do they try to finangle a way to appoint Elias again?
Ok a backline of Laurie/Tamale, Kris, Timoko, Stuart is average. Weekes is great, Strange and Sanders quite good but v young as a halves pairing.
Luck, our errors late and Adam Reynolds got the Broncos home last week. Who is their Reynolds gonna be?
If anyone was gonna be a leak or a mole in that coaching side it was gonna be Ennis, with his connections to Fox and the board. Realistically he was Young's immediate competitor for the job so he needed to be gotten rid of.
Latu needs gametime. He's too young and inexperienced in any position not to be playing regularly. The stints off the bench have not quite worked for him.