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Not great, but it gives us a chance to see how we go with a more genuine 9 such as Tristan Hope on our bench. Hope looks to have bulked up a bit since last season, so hopefully he’s in for a big season.

They are not going to get a starting player as compensation, that is just unrealistic. Maybe they should aim a bit lower. If they were smart they would aim for our ex Magpie junior Cooper Clarke who is a star in the making.

This is a very different scenario. The Eels have replaced him and no longer have room for him within their salary cap. How can you honour a contract if you have no room within your salary cap to honour that contract ? If the Eels left enough cap space to allow him to return and expressed a...

It will be very interesting to see how TS goes tonight as he was solid without being spectacular in 2025, but with that experience now under his belt, he could be a much improved player in 2026. His size and mobility is not an issue it is just up to his mental application and how willing he is...

Sounds like a sleeping tablet.

Yes but they do not want Lomax back, they are only trying to get something in return. That is understandable, but they should have at least had the intention of him returning and playing for them before making such a song and dance about it.

Just in tonight’s trial games we have seen 19y.o Prop/2nd Rower Cooper Clarke look very good for the Storm. He was in our Magpies system along with his older brother Zak and Cooper was very highly regarded from as young as 15. At age 17 he got poached by the Storm when we at that time were...

Lorax didn’t sign or play a game for R360. You can’t ban someone for something they was going tj do but never did. The Eels have not even mentioned wanting Lomax to play with them in 2026, I doubt they even have the cap space to now fit him in even if they wanted to. That being the case why are...

Yes we have that in our favour as well as the Leichhardt factor. Should be a cracker of a game, but we will have to be at our very best to win. We struggle against fast and classy fullbacks and centres and not many quicker than Drinkwater and Purdue.

Reed Mahoney is clearly the 2nd best hooker on the game, that’s how dumb the Bulldogs are. The Cowboys too 17 is full of speed and class, they will be very hard to beat in round 2.

That is the reason PVL is on the side of Melbourne Storm. Why should a player be forced to go to another code just because the club he was contracted to is being petty and doesn’t want him playing rugby league at all ? Both low clubs the Eels and Bulldogs.

Reports are Parramatta told Lomax they don’t want him back. If that is proven it would mean they are fighting tj block him playing elsewhere, but don’t want him themselves, that is very petty.

The Bulldogs will not pay him close to the million dollar mark and that could be the problem as to why he’s undecided on whether or not to accept the bigger offer from us. It sounds like we want to wait and see what he produces in the first 10 rounds this season before deciding if we will...

He doesn’t fit the DNA of players with PNG blood who run the ball fearlessly, so I can’t see them making him one of their marquee players. I’m sure our fans wear rose coloured glasses

He doesn’t fit the DNA of players with PNG blood who run the ball fearlessly, so I can’t see them making him one of their marquee players. I’m sure our fans wear rose coloured glasses.

He would need to show a lot of improvement early this season to get on their radar.

That will be up to Heath himself. If he comes out and plays extremely well on Saturday at fullback, he will the remain as our number one fullback backup until someone dethrones him. I really think he should shift his focus to being a utility who can slot on at 9, 13, 6, 6 or 1. He can...

We couldn’t afford them both, it would have been a case of one or the other if we were interested in him. The solidarity of keeping the current group of players together could be a master stroke if it comes off, but if Bula does depart and we are too late in pursuing a high quality replacement ...

I said it before and I’ll say it again, Purdue would not have turned us down if offering him a million dollars per season and he has far bigger star quality and x-factor than what Bula has. I think we are trying very hard to be loyal and keep this current group of players together which is very...

Whether it is our fault or if we were fair and reasonable and could not do anything about, we have no doubt lost a bit of ground in winning over the South-West and their best emerging talent due to not keeping the likes of Galvin, Da Silva and Large etc We have to hope this current batch...