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Kayliss Fatiolofa would be a great 1st drop depth backrower for us. Down the pecking order at the Wahs & has killed it in the backrow in NSW Cup for 2 seasons now...

This video just went up on Youtube - love the title!

https://www.weststigers.com.au/news/2026/07/16/magpies-to-show-more-physicality-in-nsw-cup/

Suggestions around that this apparent $500k which we're chipping in is split between this season's cap (i.e. $300k) & next season's cap which is where the $200k came from. If we had spare cap space for this season, it is smart cap management by the club to front-load $300k of the $500k.

Not really obsolete. Mielekamp was in the role prior to being appointed Interim CEO & was still in that role then too. Before Shaun, Betsey was GM of Football.

I keep forgetting about Schuster in the background. Yes hopefully he can make a successful return this season in lower grades in his preferred 5/8 position. Latu & Schuster would be quite the pairing with their personal connection & undoubted skills. Interesting too that they have the same...

Shows glimpses of his skills, powerful runs & crunching tackles but hasn't dominated a game yet & tryline defence has let him down a couple of times. Ability is still there for all to see, just seems to lack involvement ... hopefully takes improvement & lessons from this season into a big off...

Just think for a football GM role, Elford has the runs on the board plus the blueprint for success. Richards can work under him. Farah, apart from assistant coach, hasn't worked in the admin of a footy department. I'd almost look at Farah for a commercial or a business development role in the...

Not yet. Samuela has the potential to become one of the best backrowers in the game. UNLESS he himself wants to move into the middle & that is agreed for his extension.

On a tangent with this suggestion & I get that Pat Richards has recently been employed as an Operations type manager in the Football Dept, but the Club should approach Penrith Head of Football Shane Elford to come across to become GM of Football. There is no GM of Football with us atm with...

2 year deal, leadership type role, closer to his family & every chance to be a consistent bench player for us.

Best backrower in NSW Cup & Qld Cup imo for that matter. Destroys us each time we play the Dogs in Cup. If he's available, it would be negligent of the club not to speak to him. On another level to Tony Sukkar & where Ethan Roberts is at development-wise atm.

No as there are none named amongst the 3 reserves (Api, Tupou, Javon) so that's it for this week.

Noted that Kit Laulilii is named on both the NRL bench & NSW Cup this week. Usually players on the 6-man NRL bench aren't named in Cup. Me thinks Api is likely to come into the squad & Kit drops out.

Just hope the club doesn't try to convert him to more a dummy half. He is a lock forward who can pinch hit at hooker for 10 mins. He'd be wasted at dummy half imo.

Jeez I didn't realise that Mariota is off contract. Yes please, he'd be great to complement Terrell, Pole & Twal. BUT Canberra may up the ante if they are likely to lose Horsburgh.

Big fan of this. I think Kelma will end up in ESL imo but Blore could be that 1st drop for the backrow anyway. Got a feeling Suli Pole may end up with us on a Development deal, just a feeling.

That would blow my mind. As long as the club has the right people running the ship now in pathways to employ the coaches, direct the systems of play etc etc, they cannot stuff it up surely. New regime with Mielekamp talking a big game for pathways, Tyrone McCarthy now directing our pathways...

Who knows what's in Benji's mind with this @Jolls . I can only assume that he will want someone of seniority & experience in the halves which I why I think AD will be there in '27 with Latu. We all (well most of us lol) can see Latu & Javon together are a much better fit & complement to our...

Agree. Has to be a salary cap thing as Taateo deserves to be there on form over him. Maybe Benji thinks if the team needs a 10-minute burst, Kit can do that.