Don't disagree with this take at all, prioritising Whyte as well as the likes of Steep and Wong is fair enough. But weren't there comments around "made some calls" when explaining why he was overlooked? I may be misremembering but I thought there was a blowup on the forum about the calls were to Roosters staff and not Tigers staff or something like this.I think at the end of the day the roosters were stacked with good forwards coming through the ranks, as much as I love Terell I would probably pick Nofahu Whyte before him based on second half of 2025 and rep form. Roosters knew they could easily get Terell off the books without having to chip in a cent because he had a solid season and there was a shortage of decent middles on the market. They then used his $$ to top up the younger boys they knew they had coming through...I hate to say it, but very smart business on their part. It probably also had a bit to do with his personality as well, however I don't think that was the main reason.
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