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I'd have Averillo at right centre over Starford every day of the week and twice on Sundays

Nat or Egan Butcher

I can see him as sharing first grade wing duties with Skelton (who misses lots of games with injuries)

I rate Averillo. Pretty good centre who can cover fullback or 5/8 mid match if you suffer an injury.

He's a sloth tho. No point being big if there's no power, agility, athleticism or dynamism. You end up with the last 6 seasons of Aaron Woods

He was on $750k at the Knights and the reports were we got him for around $500k

The Broncos also signed Duffy from NQ too I think

He's out injured all preseason

If he was on a development contract and not wasting a Top 30 spot (and the $170k per year at least min Top 30 wage) I would have more patience with him. But the kid is eons away from being NRL ready, so him being in our Top 30 is an absolute garbage roster management decision

Don't disagree that he was blooded way to early. But having watched him play Cup as well. The kid is a park footy player at best

Unfortunately he's too small. Not all top Jnrs make it. He can't tackle men. It's been proven, so they tried to ease him in at fullback like a Jye Gray at Souths but he can't catch. He's not the first Jnr star not to be able to adapt to playing men. He won't be the last.

Hooker/14 is Mason's only shot at a future. But he has zero aptitude for defence. He literally cannot tackle

Coz Staines was on $300k plus in the Top 30. This bloke is on $1k per week and in Cup

I'd try for Kurt Donoghue from the Dolphins before Stone. Can also cover some 9 and halves if one goes down

Madden will play Cup. Our best performances last season were with Douehi as halfback and with Latu missing the start of next season, I expect Adam to be 7 and Latu to end up the 14 once fit

When he was out, we couldn't score points and looked horrible. When he came back we started to string some performances and points again. It's not rocket science what the difference was

He was actually one of Newcastle's best. Metres gained, defensive stats and work rate. He showed more than any of our back rowers. Plus he has a great offload when he's allowed to use it by coaching staff (Adam O'Brien not one for that). I'm looking forward to having him

His problem is that he can't tackle against Men. Might have been ok against kids growing up but he flat out can't tackle. So he's been tried at Fullback to compensate and he can't catch. There's no NRL future for him unless he sorts one of those two issues out

Not until 2028

Exactly. And he's trialling for a NSW Cup deal. It's barely news