Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

TheClaws said:
It's common knowledge that Richo and Reynolds are close, his son manages his 3rd party deals for goodness sakes. So my take on all this, especially after reading Reynolds effusive commentary on how awesome it would be to play for wests tigers, and how great Benji and the team are, however I could not leave my wife and kids for 2 years. Well it really smells like a bit of a setup to get the Broncos to commit to Reyno at a higher contract value asap. We know Richo has come out and stated bluntly that any player contract discussion made public will be cancelled, and in this case, it was Richo making it public, shows to me this is all some Machiavellian move by Richo and co to help out a mate/family client and shake the tree at the Broncs to see who falls out for 26 ( Cobbo/Staggs/Willeson, Haas etc..)
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Possible...
Richo has been flirting with the conflict of Interest territory
- Won't be long and he'll overstep it.
 
BlackWhiteGold said:
https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/around-the-clubs-nrl-round-16-20250614-p5m7gl.html

Why Reynolds rejected Wests Tigers, and an extra $1 million
ByRobert Dillon and Christian Nicolussi
Updated June 16, 2025 — 10.54am first published June 15, 2025 — 1.35pm

Adam Reynolds said the appeal of being coached by Benji Marshall – and playing alongside Jarome Luai – seriously tempted him to join the Wests Tigers, but ultimately could not bring himself to leave his young family in Brisbane, even if it meant sacrificing close to $1m.

Reynolds is expected to ink a one-year extension with the Brisbane Broncos in the coming weeks, then later move into a coaching role at Red Hill, but only after the Tigers went to great lengths to try and convince him to return home to Sydney on a two-year deal worth around $750,000 a season.

Tigers CEO Shane Richardson made a hit-and-run visit to the Queensland capital last week to see Reynolds’ the Tigers’ dream, while Marshall also spoke to the veteran half on how he thought he and Luai would work together.

The Tigers picked up the phone to Reynolds the moment Lachie Galvin made it known he was headed for the early exit, and while it was always going to take something big to prize the halfback, who turns 35 next month out of the Queensland capital, Richardson knew he had to at least try.

Reynolds spent six years playing in the Balmain competition as a junior, including five seasons with Leichhardt Juniors. He also played with Marshall at Souths and remains friends with Richardson after their time together at the Bunnies.

“Yes, I was seriously tempted,” Reynolds said. “Benji is a great coach, I’ve always had a lot of time for him – I idolised him as a player when I was growing up – but at the end of the day, family is the most important thing, and if I did leave for Sydney, it would have been without the family, and that was going to be too hard.

“The Tigers have a great spine, and I spoke to Benji about how me and Jarome could have worked. He’s an instinctive player who brings a lot of energy and plays off the cuff, while I’m that organising half.

“The biggest thing for me was I believed I could have added a lot to that team – that I could have added a lot of value to the Tigers.

“But with a wife and four young kids, and being away from them for the best part of two years, I just couldn’t do it to them. No amount of money could have changed my mind. I read reports I was giving up $1m by wanting to stay with Brisbane, and it probably wasn’t far off.

“But I love Brisbane, I’ve been on this journey with the boys here the past four years, and we’ve got some unfinished business.”

Reynolds is keen to move into coaching once he retires, and that is a genuine option should he stay at Red Hill.
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This is how you reject an offer, Galvin take notes.
 
TheClaws said:
It's common knowledge that Richo and Reynolds are close, his son manages his 3rd party deals for goodness sakes. So my take on all this, especially after reading Reynolds effusive commentary on how awesome it would be to play for wests tigers, and how great Benji and the team are, however I could not leave my wife and kids for 2 years. Well it really smells like a bit of a setup to get the Broncos to commit to Reyno at a higher contract value asap. We know Richo has come out and stated bluntly that any player contract discussion made public will be cancelled, and in this case, it was Richo making it public, shows to me this is all some Machiavellian move by Richo and co to help out a mate/family client and shake the tree at the Broncs to see who falls out for 26 ( Cobbo/Staggs/Willeson/Haas etc..)
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lol …if that’s true, then it looks like the Broncos told Richo to stick to 2D chess and leave the 4D Chess for Gus…
 
Assuming bud is gone to souths I would consider dce 1 plus club option for 2
Alternatively see if bears interest in sexton and put forward a 1 yr option and then send him to Perth.
Other than that I don’t think there’s any regular starting halves available
 
Manly shopping Aaron Schoupp.
I think he’d be worth a look for the rest of this season as a back up centre/back row option.
He has a fair bit of NRL experience when he was at the Bulldogs a few years back, he’s a strong ball runner who regularly makes his 150 plus metres per game and not afraid to do the hard hit ups out of his own end.
 
Shanotiger said:
Anyone else feel Galvin didn’t look to happy playing second fiddle to Sexton today. I noticed a few times Galvin expecting the ball and it went to Sexton.
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No not really, I thought he and Sexton combined pretty well tbh. Second game in with the comp leading team, you’d be happy to play second fiddle to the half who had taken them there, at least for a while.
 
Red88_Tiger said:
Assuming bud is gone to souths I would consider dce 1 plus club option for 2
Alternatively see if bears interest in sexton and put forward a 1 yr option and then send him to Perth.
Other than that I don’t think there’s any regular starting halves available
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The Sullivan contract situation should be very high up on the priorities list, if not at the top, as whether he is at WT or not affects other decisions.
 
Vicious said:
Manly shopping Aaron Schoupp.
I think he’d be worth a look for the rest of this season as a back up centre/back row option.
He has a fair bit of NRL experience when he was at the Bulldogs a few years back, he’s a strong ball runner who regularly makes his 150 plus metres per game and not afraid to do the hard hit ups out of his own end.
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Good call. I think he suits the modern backrower archetype now as utility value to cover at centre. I'm surprised Manly hasn't given him greater NRL opportunities and he's been around a few clubs now, makes you wonder but his numbers are certainly impressive.
 
Telltails said:
$750 season for 2 years for one of the few true half backs and some think that is outlandish!
I wasnt keen on the Reynolds signing but that is hardly crazy money for a half in today's market.
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Bud Sullivan money 😮

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Gould and Ciraldo helped Bud Sullivan resurrect his career. Now he’s out to wreck their season

Phil Gould has had his fair share of secret meetings. This one resurrected the career of a playmaker who could come back to haunt Canterbury on Sunday.
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