Someone needs to remind Benji of how good we looked in that Roosters game...halves giving the backrowers and outside men good early ball
Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion
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wstigers11
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Was it a coincidence Doueihi didn’t play
Exactly the point.
At the moment our back centres are Herbert on the right and Saukuru on the left.
Saukuru could improve in leaps and bounds with his NRL experience at the back end of the 2026 season and Herbert is ok for the odd game of we have a real bad run with injuries, but surely we want better than him as our main back up right centre, particularly when considering Averillo might be required to play other positions.
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cqtiger
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Looks like we’ve signed Frizell for one year
Odessa
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Who would be number 1 fullback backup next year Schiller Attard?
weststigerman
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I just checked Schiller’s stats in his 1 NRL game this year. He managed to miss 7 tackles on the wing which could be a record.
I haven’t watched him at all but I have concerns with that paired with the fact the team want to move him on under contract.
I haven’t watched him at all but I have concerns with that paired with the fact the team want to move him on under contract.
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Tiger Tarl
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We have a team that can compete when fully fit (easy to forget we were equal first after round 6 this year), but when hit with injuries, we lacked the depth and experience to maintain that standard.
To their credit, the coaching team have explicitly identified that and have gone about addressing it with these signings. All of which replace less experienced, less effective players.
While I don't think any of them (barring Averillo) change our starting 13, they each provide experience off the bench and can step in and do a job with more confidence than we had this year. That could be the difference.
Frizell will be worth his price on field and off. And Averillo is not just an upgrade at right centre, he's also a better first drop at fullback than what we had. Brailey is solid cover for Api and Mann for Twal. And the word is we haven't had too overpay for any of them.
The big question mark for 2027 is our halves, but it seems we're implementing a more robust structure around them, so who knows.
To their credit, the coaching team have explicitly identified that and have gone about addressing it with these signings. All of which replace less experienced, less effective players.
While I don't think any of them (barring Averillo) change our starting 13, they each provide experience off the bench and can step in and do a job with more confidence than we had this year. That could be the difference.
Frizell will be worth his price on field and off. And Averillo is not just an upgrade at right centre, he's also a better first drop at fullback than what we had. Brailey is solid cover for Api and Mann for Twal. And the word is we haven't had too overpay for any of them.
The big question mark for 2027 is our halves, but it seems we're implementing a more robust structure around them, so who knows.
Ok lett’s hope we run with your theory, don’t worry about speed or attacking ability, let’s just field a team of 17 good defenders every week and we will try win all our games 12-6.
Based on your theory Patrick Herbert should get selected ahead of Jake Averillo every week as he is a stonger defender.
Tiger Stripes
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And Skelton scored tries while he was out!
happy_tiger
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So why do you change what I say ....
I have said that we should be setting a goal of keeping sides to around 18 to 20 pts on average each week
We have to fix our defence before we seriously focus on our attack
How do you plan on outscoring Penrith , Dolphins Roosters Cronulla etc...what win 60 to 58 ??
And your never ever reply on my comments regarding Cleary , Robinson and Bellamy ....are they wrong with defence 1st focus
Or are you the next breakout NRL coach to replace Cleary and Bellamy ??
Im pretty sure hes had more than 1 run in top grade
weststigerman
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Sorry meant this year
It’s quite obvious a decent team needs to be able to defend well.
What you are not wanting to understand is teams resilience to defend well generally only lasts so long if their attack is dull and boring and not converting strong defence into points.
Surely our back half of the 2026 season is evidence of this, the team was quite often in games by defending well and had no attack whatsoever.
The defensive resolve would then crumble late in the 1st half and/or in the 2nd half because of it.
A team’s defensive mindset is always much stronger when their team is making good yardage, making its fair share of tackle breaks and line breaks which obviously assists with field position.
If we continue with the tactics of going one out with no hint of any expansive play out of our own end, we will get the same results.
But, it’s not much point playing expansive when you don’t have the players with the right amount of speed and tackle breaking ability to make it work or at least threaten to make it work.
Against who?
happy_tiger
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You keep raving about our attack first , yet the Top 3 coaches place an emphasis on defence 1st
Who is wrong for the 12th time ....you or them
weststigerman
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Panthers
Tim Sheens
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Yeah, and add Tupou who based on his late season form would likely be ahead of most of that bunch too.
Yeah, and add Tupou who based on his late season form would likely be ahead of most of that bunch too.
I’m telling you for the unteenth time that the roster we had for 2026 did not have the right amount of speed, tackle break ability or attacking flair to worry our opponents icoming out of our own half, particularly once we had a few injuries.
Onbviously Benji agrees that lack of speed and attacking ability out wide is a problem with the signing of Averillo who is not a great defender, but a very good attacking player.
TigerSkins05
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Yep .. Tyson Frizell has signed a retirement package for 1 season .. hope he does us well in 2027,
And in the women’s side .. Rima Butler has joined the Tigers from the Rosters for a 3 year deal .. well done ladies a great signing .. !!
And in the women’s side .. Rima Butler has joined the Tigers from the Rosters for a 3 year deal .. well done ladies a great signing .. !!
happy_tiger
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And as frigging typical you don't answer my question about you knowing more than Cleary , Bellamy and Robinson
WE HAVE TO FIX OUR DERENCE FIRST
I'm not arguing about our attack , yes we need more points , but the less you need to score the better and easier it is
So are you going to answer the question .....or is there something wrong with you
Just a reminder 16th worse defence in the NRL , but defence isn't the problem as long as you can score 40 plus every week
This squad based on the current signings ISNT capable of scoring 40 each week
So your solution .....score more points , don't reduce the number you need
Like arguing with a child that speaks another language
