jrtiger
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I believe you're sorely mistaken.
Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion
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Buttface
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He probably doesn’t either, but he’s gunna. He’ll get plenty of NRL too though.
It’d be great if his form warranted a contract upgrade by the end of the season.
He will be in for a shock as he would be well down the roster for a FG game unless we have injuries.
TheEnz
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if AD has a solid crack and turns out to be a great 13 I would not be surprised if Jock is next cab off the rank in the halves (if Latu or Luai are out). Can he play 9 for 20 mins in a pinch?
Tim Sheens
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Which on its own shows how good a player Jahream already is.
mljpalmer@kingfisherwine
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Just reading through the discussions and only see Jahreem Bula getting better. Do agree that he needs a bit more muscle on his frame , but that will come with a good off season on the weights. Fantastic player with a great attitude. Hope he stays for the long haul. As for Jock Madden, i would be suprised if he is anything more than back up but handy none the less. If he is fit, Latu is your half, i think this kid is an outstanding prospect and as tough as teak. Tackles like a backrower.
Tigerwould
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Agree. Not sure why we are looking at the players in our squad that are up to NRL level. The squad still has players in it that were called upon to play NRL when they should be developing their skills in state cup. The focus should be having more punch in the 17.
tiger05premier
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Great and sensible post mate
PrattenParkMagpie
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Not necessarily and not that easy, the NRLW has a very low salary cap, for 2026 the cap is just $1.386m ($1.284m in 2025) spread over a 24 player squad with a minimum $46,200 salary, that equates to $1.1088m used before you even pay any of the girls over the minimum, leaving just $277,200 to spread amongst your top tier players or just over $10,000 additional per squad member.
It means most have to play for less than the average wage which in turn means many require an outside job to supplement their income and support themselves, those with partners are in a better position as their partner can help with financial support but if they have a family it also becomes more difficult to relocate distances due to kids and school, partner and employment etc.
Most clubs can have the luxury of 3 or maybe 4 top tier players and then relying on your own junior system to produce talent or looking at other clubs to recruit, and thus as the minimum wage is low it would be harder to entice young talent to move regions and away from family and employment.
It's no coincidence that the 2 teams that have dominated this year are Rorters and Brisbane, two original clubs that had the luxury of getting early talent without a lot of competition, and with a low cap the security would way heavily as most clubs can't offer significantly more than they are probably already receiving to switch clubs.
The Dragons had that opportunity too but seemed to have wasted it, the Steelers are strong in their lower grades, however the St George lower grades have been very weak for years and as many Steelers players end up at the Sharks as the Dragons.
The Bulldogs looked like they bought up big for their debut season but after starting well with 2 wins to start they struggled with only 1 win and a draw from their remaining 9 games including some heavy defeats (conceding 170pts in their final 4 games).
Until the cap is more reasonable that a better portion of your squad can earn a reasonable living wage which would make it more attractive to switch clubs some clubs will continue to struggle unless they can produce their own talent.
rugbygoated
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With Justin Holbrook as coach and other key signings for Newcastle, Josh Hannay assistant QLD coach going to titans, daniel atkinson going to dragons, I think we are favourites for the spoon next year. Can't think of a bottom team that is going to be content with their season like us, not have many good signings for next year and have a rookie coach. Seibold is probably the worst after Benji, but he's getting fogarty on board to replace DCE. We're getting KPP from the wooden spooners... another rough season is on the way in 2026. I can't see our completely instinctual style of play with no set plays and high risk footy working out to make it anywhere near the top 8. Bare in mind we have had Terrell May all season, what if he gets injured next year? We are done. Still have to worry about the clauses in luai and bula's contracts too
Eels have not improved at all
Knights are miles behind us
Manly are the most inconsistent team in the comp
Titans can attack every couple of weeks and that’s it
Dragons team isn’t getting any younger
Cowboys have no new signings coming in
Rabbits even without injuries are not a better team then us
This post has to be ragebait
Betterdays22
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Rough weekend mate?
tigahhh
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it’s gonna be a long off season lol 🤦🏻♀️
This thread has gone into the toilet since round 27 . Some crazy shit being sprayed for the past few weeks …
tiger05premier
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I respect most of your posts but this is ridiculous
We are close to if not in the 8 next year
More cohesion
No sooky Galvin bs
I think we will surprise the comp next year
TigerBurnsy
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I
disagree on the first bit, front row or lock is our easiest position to replace, I feel we tea lack an alpha front row who bends the line every run and wacks blokes in defence, May is great but not the aggressor we have lacked for ages
Tiger_claws
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There is a bit of a rumour around that the Dragons have a few disgruntled players. Could be some instability there, Parramatta’s game revolves around lay down Sally. They need that break neck fast half to suit there style so if lay down Sally gets injured they are screwed. Holbrook will need at least a year to sort out the Knights & the Titans could definitely improve but there front office seems to make some bizarre decisions & as Tigers fans we all know how a bad front office can destroy a footy team. I think we have plenty of upside. Definitely need a couple of signings but I can see us improving again next year
crazycat
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We are improving
We have needed, no NEEDED another first class forward and KPP will add something to our squad. Ofcourse new recruit, so don't know if he will go well or average??
We aren't loosing many people. TDS is the only loss.
Stability + 1 forward. That may move us to a solid 10, possibly 9th.
One thing I have noticed is that we have changed a little to recruitment snipers. We made a desperate plea to Adam Reynolds, otherwise we haven't done as much desperate reaching. This is good, we won't "recruit" our way into the top 8.
We have to coach, train and perform our way there. Only recruiting for clear gaps.
The issue isn’t the cash amount it’s the 10 year contract.
Crazy
I think the Reynolds was all smoke and mirrors with the desired effect of the Broncos re signing him was Richo's plan all along.
