Rock Hopper Steve
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I don't know why we don't have a dig at Kami, he looks in great shape and a big dude with some left in the tank not a worn-out recruit that the storm usually let go, 1 year deal with a club option.
Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion
- Thread starter MacDougall
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Yeah
- A top 17 with Twal, Seyfarth, Royce and Keppie in it would really get us humming
😂😂
No my previous post indicated I would play Jake Averillo at right centre if we signed him.
Rock Hopper Steve
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Mmm we can't have that spare a thought for the pea in the ref's whistle.
Those 4 player are not getting any Wests Tigers doing backflips or jumping for joy, BUT I’m sure you along with many other supporters on this forum do not take any notice of the weekly bench players that are listed for all other NRL clubs ?
If you were taking notice, you would be seeing one, two, sometimes 3 players regularly listed on rival benches that are no better, if not inferior to these 4 players.
I’m not saying I would sign Keppie, as you and others have pointed out his errors and penalties conceded offer negate the good things he does and we already have a few players like that, so another one is probably not a good idea.
However the point I’m making is there are worse players than Sean Keppie appearing on the bench for NRL teams on a weekly basis.
upthetigers
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That's what I'm saying, you don't want to disrupt the left edge so Makasini when ready will play on the right. So you're blocking his pathway. Maybe I'm completely wrong just my opinion mate.
You are not wrong, it’s all down to opinion.
In a perfect world I would have Makasini pushing for a starting spot on the left wing and depending on his form, potentially playing a few games at centre throughout the season to cover for injuries etc
upthetigers
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You are the voice of reason, V. I don't follow juniors but like watching non tigers games too. Our bench in 2026 will have plenty of impact. In pre season photos anyone know if Latu was training at hooker at all, Api will need a rest. I think we should ease him into first grade there are so many questions unanswered to seriously know how we will go next season.
Rock Hopper Steve
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I doubt that Benji will throw him in at centre straight up, just too hard for a young bloke to handle unless he's an absolute blueblood.
Luckily we have you to point this out to us
Odessa
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200K no more for keppie 1 year and option in clubs favourite for second
But can see him at the dragons Flanno likes big body's
But I think we have better then Keppie at the club already
Lucky.
We still do have some people wanting to argue that the likes of Ben Talty, Tyson Smoothy, Jack Gosiewski who were all regulars on the bench for the Broncos are far better than the likes of Twal, Seyfarth and Hunt etc
Oh well.. lucky nothing any of us express here makes a lick of difference
Tom Shines
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Who cares though ?
I’m just worried about players on my team …
But now thst you mention it ..I want a pack of forwards like the Roosters…Who are the worse players getting regularly picked for them ?
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In the 2025 season players such as Zac Docker-Clay, Salesi Foketi, Blake Steep and Siua Wong regularly appeared on their bench.
All 4 serve a purpose and Steep in particular looks set to be a much better and much more valuable player in 2026, but as of now does any of those 4 dramatically improve our bench ?
They may be slightly better than what we have, but not that much better that you could say if we swapped them for our likely 2026 bench and we would be a dramatically improved team.
They also had Makahesi Makatoa on their bench fora few games, he’s certainly not as good as our likely bench players for 2026.
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Tom Shines
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Improve the bench is not what you said … you said worse than Keppie or Seyfarth..
These are young players whose careers are still going up..not down ..
Seyfarth is in our best 17 every week … maybe Wong is too for the Roosters …he is a good player though …the other aren’t getting picked every week
Yes because Seyfarth will only be considered as a bench player for us in 2036 except if we get more than a few injuries to our forwards.
Keppie has mainly been considered as a bench player for the majority of his NRL career.
So it makes sense to compare bench players to other bench players doesn’t it ?
Tom Shines
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well I think Wong is much better player than Seyfarth and Keppie … the others are not in the Roosters best 17…one has already been let go I see
Wong is more similar in size and position to Seyfarth and yes he’s a much better and more dynamic ball runner, but he isn’t known for being a great defender just yet and is prone to an occasional missed tackle or lack of effort play that leads to line breaks or tries conceded.
If swapped with Seyfarth he would improve our attack, but certainly would not improve our defence.
Considering we now have the possibility of having two strong ball carriers who are defensive liabilities on our bench in Hunt and Afoa, we could not afford to have our 3rd bench player as another attack minded player if selecting those 2.
Balance being the key word.
InBenjiWeTrust
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IMHO, because the WT continues to select paper-weight category props, they look like under-16s compared to nearly all NRL teams. The consequence is that we are, season after season, outmuscled and dominated, our meters run are at least 10m behind the opposition at the 5th tackle, set after set, game after game.
Our props look like they are tranquilised; their level of intimidation can be at the best compared to a panda!
The same is true for our 2nd rowers; even when we manage to produce an aggressive player, e.g. Nathan Brown, he is quickly eliminated. 😡
