i don;t think it's coincidence that instead of our normal signature (for years!) of letting in at least a couple of tries just before and after half time, we now have Royce coming on for that time and we are actually scoring points in that time rather than letting them in.
& thats a huge...
Wraps to Bunty Afoa too. Our line speed in defence was almost nrl standard for the first time in a long while with him on.
And ran hard with the ball.
Could be a really important signing.
This is a screenshot from a maccas promo video after the Manly game.
That ribs/ sternum strapping makes it look like he's been playing through a fair amount of pain for some time. Maybe we haven;t been seeing his best over the last half of the season, while he was in reserves to reserves etc...
It's been 1,256 days since we were guaranteed safe from the wooden spoon!
Round 1, 2022 started on 10 March 2022. 1,256 days ago. Every game since then we have been a chance for the wooden spoon, or guaranteed the wooden spoon.
But now we're safe!
sucks to be ryles then.
Although the actual article in the herald loses some credibility noting it's all from "Sources speaking on the condition of anonymity as they did not have permission to discuss the contract" and finishes by saying "The Tigers have ear-marked injured halfback Fainu Latu...
TDS doing that Terrell May salute after his try implies to me that he's really buying into the culture and people here. I think he may well want to stay and make allowances for the Club.
(this is, of course based on body language which is not an exact science...)
parra need to replace brown for the start of next season (26), and by contract we can keep galvin until the end of next season.
If we hold onto galvin just long enough to force the eels to actually buy someone else to replace brown for 26, or promote some kid who's not competent or ready, then...
Adam Doueihi came back from two ruptured ACLs. After the third, he turned to higher power for help
Christian Nicolussi
March 16, 2025 — 5.00am
Adam Doueihi insists God was the reason he returned to rugby league after rupturing his ACL for a third time.
Doueihi started attending St Joseph’s...
but the advantage of Fainu to lock is that you can spread that $400k across 3 family members with a bit of sweet talking. We'll give you each an extra $100k to stay together if Latu plays 13. That's less than the $400k, but with the family ties those 3 seem to have, it may well work for them...