Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[crazycat]

Junior Tupou is miles better than Nofa

Not yet he isn't!

Several games Tupou has had worse defense on the wing. https://afltables.com/rl/teams/wests_tigers/wests_tigers2023_sc.html

He does cross the line. Starford Toa actually outscored him this year.

 

[diedpretty]

I wouldn't

He complained about training to hard last year.

Also there's a reason he's been told not to come back at all.

Yep - i hope he digs his heels in - will cause a lot of infighting. Let them stew in the mess they have created.

 

[earl]

Rugby League Tables / Wests Tigers Point Scorers 2023

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It's an interesting read. Particularly as it shows Starford T'oa as our Number 1 try scorer. Api comes next, then Tupou, followed by Bula and Nofa.

Puts things into perspective.

To'a is our best outside back. Api is our best player. We need more quality players.

 

[Spartan117]

Two wooden spoons and a squad that hasn’t improved. Just being realistic. Been down this road too many times.

Could be 3 spoons in a row,

 

[Merlot]

Could be 3 spoons in a row,

wont happen

 

[Needaname]

Have you seen him play? He’s tezz.

?

 

[Needaname]

We need to stack our T&T's/Cup squad like other
teams have considering the Rd. 11 rule is gone
our cup side has been a shambles since Gardiner

It does seem as though the round 11 rule still exists.
But development players have been made exempt and can be included from round 1.
Is everyone else understanding it the same way?

 

[Kaito]

It does seem as though the round 11 rule still exists.
But development players have been made exempt and can be included from round 1.
Is everyone else understanding it the same way?

Mate not %100 wouldn't mind clarification...

 

[Tiger_Yoshi]

Alex Lobb looks the goods from his highlights reel. Dev contract , but I’ve got a feeling we will be seeing plenty of him

He looks likely…🤞

 

[BlackWhiteGold]

It does seem as though the round 11 rule still exists.
But development players have been made exempt and can be included from round 1.
Is everyone else understanding it the same way?

Correct!

Development player contracts replaced by “Supplementary list”. $650,000 cap for at least four, maximum six players, paid $80,000, can play from Round 1. Bonus of $3,000 for any NRL game.

Training contracts (train and trial). To rise to $1200 in 2024, $3,000 bonus for any NRL game, can only play NRL from Round 11 (ie after Round 10).

 

[Oldman]

OMG
All this talk about Lobb who wasn’t kept by his last club and not in our top 30, Because he looks like a footballer I can’t get the saying out of my head “Looks like Tarzan plays like Jane”
Hope I’m wrong and pleasantly surprised.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

OMG
All this talk about Lobb who wasn’t kept by his last club and not in our top 30, Because he looks like a footballer I can’t get the saying out of my head “Looks like Tarzan plays like Jane”
Hope I’m wrong and pleasantly surprised.

All over a picture.

 

[Leck]

To'a is our best outside back. Api is our best player. We need more quality players.

Our problem is that To’a is possibly our best outside back. I hope Benji has some backline magic dust, cause we’ll be in trouble again next year.

 

[liltiger]

Our problem is that To’a is possibly our best outside back. I hope Benji has some backline magic dust, cause we’ll be in trouble again next year.

A lot of our issues in our backline were down to our impotent halves. It didn't help they were chopped and changed every week as well.

 

[Tiger_Yoshi]

OMG
All this talk about Lobb who wasn’t kept by his last club and not in our top 30, Because he looks like a footballer I can’t get the saying out of my head “Looks like Tarzan plays like Jane”
Hope I’m wrong and pleasantly surprised.

Fans are clinging onto anything new in the hope of some good happening…

 

[balmain boy]

He looks likely…🤞

Based on what? The fact he caught a few bombs?

From reports he's not that fast and has questionable defence. It's not as if he's the next Corey Oates

 

[Tiger_Yoshi]

Based on what? The fact he caught a few bombs?

From reports he's not that fast and has questionable defence. It's not as if he's the next Corey Oates

He’s better than what we ve got?

 

[AdelaideTiger]

Our problem is that To’a is possibly our best outside back. I hope Benji has some backline magic dust, cause we’ll be in trouble again next year.

Well benji and api are singing the same tune about playing with structure. So I think that bodes well for guys like tupou, bula, papalii and to a lesser extent toa. Guys that can win 1v1s.
I think we will see a fairly boring style of play this year, but one that will yield far better results. I think Sullivan could be a revelation if things go his way, the guy can score tries, he just needs to but into a game plan and build some combos.

 

[Demps]

Well some NSW Cup news is we no longer have Rua Ngatikaura, Christian Ma'anaima, Israel Ogden and Jack Boyling, just announced to the North Sydney Bears.

All of em to the bears ?
Fair clean out.

 

[Tom Shines]

So the 10 day cooling off period is over…

Today is the day the Tigers announce some signings…

Right?