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If Shawn had not suffered two ACL injuries with us, he may have kicked on and proven his worth. However, considering he's been very mixed at the Storm and under Craig, I feel that he's a middle to lower tier talent. His stats are very average, and I don't think we should entertain a second...

He was thrown around a lot at the dogs. His best position in my opinion is at center, but he has played 1,2,3,4,5,6 and 7. He unfortunately has had a very disjointed career due to coaching. It started with Dean Pay, Steve Georgallis, then Mick Potter, Ciraldo and now Wolf. He wants to be back...

Jake's stats this year, before he broke his hand: - Games: 7 - Tries: 6 - Line breaks: 6 - Tackle efficiency: 91.4% - Avg metres per game: 176 m - Fantasy points (avg): 50 Hopefully true stats will silence the whingers on this forum.

Fair call. I've experienced some awesome occasions in Wellington watching the Hurricanes. The north v south island could be epic though.

👏 Big ups to Benji, Shaun and Shannon. Great signing!

I love the idea of a north v south island team, could be a trans tasman origin in the future. However I feel that wellington, their capital city deserves a team first.

@Jedi_Tiger I hope so, but I'm not sure it will. I have a soft spot for the Bears. They were ripped off in the amalgamation just like the Bunnies - Bunnies fought back due to Crowe's cash, however, I worry that the NRL's expansion at any expense direction is going to fail now. NZ should have...

Singo invested over $1 million into the Mariners back in 2006, and eventually it paid dividends in 2013 with a title. I believe a team like ours, or the Jets, or even the Dirty Reds, needs a private owner or private partnership that doesn't have any affiliation. We need an owner that just wants...

I have a lot of mates and a couple of family members who are old school diehard Bears fans. When the Super League War happened and eventually resulted in the amalgamation of teams whose tribal cultures didn't gel - St George and Illawarra, Balmain and Wests, and Manly and North Sydney it proved...

They call him Mal Minute - https://www.facebook.com/abcsport.au/videos/mal-meningas-political-career-the-shortest-on-record-pulling-out-on-air-in-abc-i/2166057877157844/

It was settled out of court, but Mal stood by his words at the time, and still does. Few coaches have ever used language as inflammatory as describing figures within the NRL as "filth and rats that continue in the sewers and dark corners." What boggles my mind is that he also ran for political...

Meninga has been very fortunate in his coaching career. He has had the privilege of motivating some exceptionally talented teams, both in Origin and at the international level. As far as I'm concerned, his comment in 2011 was reprehensible, considering he spent his entire playing career feeding...

He had a good kicking game in Rnd 14, but made some crucial defensive mistakes. In my opinion, the two penalties he conceded in the second half cost us the game.

The key to winning has to be our defence. The Dogs win a few weeks ago was built on suffocating the ruck, bashing their middles and limiting Cleary's kicking game and second play options. Hopefully Jarome turns up, because last year he was very average in both our losses. He seems to turn to...

I think Terrell is conscious of a career after footy, so that's why he's building a presence in the media. It's not affecting how he plays, so he deserves to have a side hustle.

Lol. Alex was re-signed in '25 until '28, and I doubt it's for more than $400k p/y. So he fills a hole and a need in our roster and salary cap. Playing him off the bench in short spurts makes sense. Benji just needs to iron out his mistakes and cut down on the penalties and he'll crack the top...

I like Alex because he rips in and he has an excellent work ethic. Unfortunately, at times he's chaotic and it leads to crucial penalties and mistakes. He's in the top 50 second rowers in 2026, so he's getting the job done, but he's far from elite. If he can minimise those mistakes, I think he...

Looks like some dogs fans believe that Critta is the issue and not Galvin. The infighting however seems to be getting worse since Gus hooked Sexton for Galvin. It's clear that Galvin wants to be the man at the detriment of the team...

I agree. I feel he's also low on confidence. I remember that Benji had some horrific shoulder injuries early in his career, but he bounced back. If there's any coach who can help his development, it's Benji.

Latu has been very injury-prone over the last 16 months. It still looks like he's carrying some niggling injuries and hasn't regained his form.