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??? I would say the complete opposite of Twal ? Twal is extremely fit and has no issues at all with work ethic or getting back to marker or in the defensive line, but his impact in both attack and defence is very minimal. Bunch Afoa along with Royce Hunt have high impact when running the ball...

2026 will be a very important season for them both to rise to another level and show if they are closer to becoming regular NRL players or not. Lack of size and not having a noticeable step or footwork goes against them both, but they both appear to be working extremely hard over the off season...

Where is X ? He was our minister for common sense.

Yes but forwards in particular sometimes take a while to toughen up physically and mentally, realise how big and strong they are and use it to their advantage. Forwards do not generally reach anywhere near their ceiling until age 23-25. Some like Payne Haas are genetic freaks who rise to the top...

That’s one way of putting it, but very true unfortunately.

There is constant talk that our forward pack is not good enough and needs a big name recruit. That is great in theory and I think all Wests Tigers supporters agree one good quality middle in addition to Bunty Afoa would be ideal, but whether or not the right player becomes available to us...

Even if we do have money to spend, what are we prepared to offer someone like Payne Hass to even warrant him having a conversation with us ? Not forgetting Haas has a lot of family commitments in Brisbane and considering the Broncos are rumoured to be willing to pay him as high as 1.3 or 1.4...

Why are we comparing Jack Bird to Liam Henry ? Henry is a 112kg prop who I woukd love to see in Wests Tigers colours, but he is purely a big bodied worker who very rarely passes the ball. If we are comparing him tj anybody it would be Alex Twal, but Twal and Bird are both contracted to us for...

It’s a pointless excersize as it’s quite obvious he would only even consider leaving Brisbane for substantially more money. Even if we went as high as 1.5 million per season I still don’t think it would be enough as the likes of the Bulldogs and Roosters, Eels could get him big 3rd Party deals...

Not a great difference in their abilities, but I would have a preference for Bula if I had a choice as he appears to still have improvement left in him, where Kennedy’s form is probably starting to decline. Still if they have signed Kennedy for under 400k as reported then they have a bargain.

Very underrated. I know it was against inferior opposition, but watching the GF live his combination with Tanah Boyd was slick and very impressive.

Their spine were the standouts Tanah Boyd, Taine Tuapiki, Luke Hanson and Sam Healey. Kalani Going also very good often playing 1st receiver and engaging the defence before laying his halves with Tuakki sweeping both sides.

That’s 95% when he’s in front of them and they don’t run straight past him. Stats don’t show when forwards such as Royce cannot get back to marker or in the defensive line after making a tackle or when they do not even touch an opposition player who makes a clean line break where they should be...

Good signing, but you couldn’t have both Bunty and Royce defending in the middle at the same time. I’d say it will now be a competition between Bunty and Royce for the number 17 jersey and the other playing NSW Cup unless one of them is required to start in NRL with the other off the bench.

No doubt Lindsay Smith offers more and is a good upgrade on someone like Twal, but he would need to be as he will cost us twice as much as Twal. We desperately need to extend Sione Fainu, Samuela Fainu, Terrell May and make a decision on whether or not we want to try and keep Fonua Pole long...

It’s a good signing as we we need someone with a bit of size and impact to add competition to our middle forwards and I assume he’s on a lower tier contract that will not hurt us if it does not go to plan. But if you are expecting a high energy defender with good line speed, Bunty does not fit...

Lindsay Smith is quite obviously a good player, current Australian Rep and has a rapidly developing passing game, something we are still lacking within our forward pack. The question is what is is value and what value could we offer him to try and persuade him to sign with us instead of nearly...

For the NRL or their over 35’s team ?

They were leaking a lot of points for a good portion of the 2025 season also. Even throughout the finals their defence wasn’t great, they they had the strike players and x-factor to overcome it. In saying this good attack helps the defensive mindset.

Very good question, If anyone has the answer can they please let us know ?