Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

Vicious said:
Some great recruitment in our NRLW space.
I don’t watch it near as closely as I do the men’s, but I watch enough to know that Rima Butler from the premiership winning Roosters team adds size and power running that our team has been lacking within the middle forwards and Jayne Millard from the Dragons adds genuine speed and attacking flair that our team has been lacking out wide.
Kudos to whoever is responsible for our NRLW recruitment and hopefully a couple more good quality signings to come and strengthen the team even further.
On the Jayme Millard signing topic, I’m sure her father Shane either played or coached at Wests Tigers at some stage?
I believe he has most recently been the Recruitment and Pathways Manager at the Dragons and based on all the young talent coming through and playing NRL, it would appear he’s been doing a great job.
Is he someone we could or should poach?
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I watch a few games and butler will definitely add momentum with powerful carries
Jayme while I don’t think she’s a speedster but isn’t slow either. She is a good finisher in that her timing running onto the ball is good. Holds her body well coming into contact when scoring.Above average dirty carries. Defensively ok from what I remember of her.
Both are solid signings imo
 
Milky said:
Is there any truth to the Nanai rumour?

Would be a pretty good signing IMO. Shift Samuela to prop with KPP/Nanai backrow.

Pole, Frizell, Seyfarth & Roberts first choice bench
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Nanai while he can create some magic moments, consistency over a season can fluctuate. If he’s moving on it could be that the cows can’t see value in his inflated contract
Wouldn’t be disappointed if we got him though but wouldn’t be super excited
 
Ironic
Paul Rowley who I think we were rumoured to maybe get as assistant has been apponted head coach in Carrs old job at Castleford

Dunno much about Carr...I see he was at the club with balmain as a player for a few seasons in 09 and 10
 
king_sirro said:
Its a joke. If you earn 7th or 8th over 26 rounds, why the hell should you run the risk of missing the finals to 9th or 10th? It goes against every fabric of sport, not just rugby league. Its a disgraceful concept.

I can see it now, Tigers finish 7th, finally do enough to play finials, then lose this bullshit wild and game to 10th placed Parra and our drought continues.
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It’s just another money maker for the NRL.
Top 6 teams don’t need to give their players a rest in round 26 as they have the next weekend off.
Teams who are guaranteed to finish between 10th & 7th regardless of their result from final round match (R26) I imagine these teams will rest their players in the final round to freshen them up for the wildcard game the following week.

I think they should wait till we have 20 teams, 2x10 teams competitions with both comps top 3 getting a weeks rest and teams 4 from both comps playing the opposite comps team 5 for the final 2 teams in a 8 team final system as it is now.
If one of the 10 team competition was strong than the other you could end up with both their 4&5 teams making the top 8.
 
pawsandclaws1 said:
So we're not going to find him at the ballet too often?
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We need someone to choreograph both our attack and defensive shapes. The skill, style and precision that ballet brings would certainly help

I read that man's man crap, then Pete Hegseth and the unbridled failure that such an approach normally brings immediately came to mind.
 
Milky said:
Is there any truth to the Nanai rumour?

Would be a pretty good signing IMO. Shift Samuela to prop with KPP/Nanai backrow.

Pole, Frizell, Seyfarth & Roberts first choice bench
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Whilst Samuela brings plenty on our edge, I have long been amenable to shifting him to prop if we could nab a good alternative. He would instantly bring that no nonsense enforcer type dominant middle that WT are sorely lacking.
 
Oldman said:
It’s just another money maker for the NRL.
Top 6 teams don’t need to give their players a rest in round 26 as they have the next weekend off.
Teams who are guaranteed to finish between 10th & 7th regardless of their result from final round match (R26) I imagine these teams will rest their players in the final round to freshen them up for the wildcard game the following week.

I think they should wait till we have 20 teams, 2x10 teams competitions with both comps top 3 getting a weeks rest and teams 4 from both comps playing the opposite comps team 5 for the final 2 teams in a 8 team final system as it is now.
If one of the 10 team competition was strong than the other you could end up with both their 4&5 teams making the top 8.
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I believe this is what theyre heading for...two 10 team conferences
 
Tim Sheens said:
Whilst Samuela brings plenty on our edge, I have long been amenable to shifting him to prop if we could nab a good alternative. He would instantly bring that no nonsense enforcer type dominant middle that WT are sorely lacking.
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But will he want to? Seems ok with holding a gun to WT head already with re-signing or not. If he is becoming troublesome, Im happy to let him go and replace with Nanai in second row and obtaining prop another way.
 
innsaneink said:
Ironic
Paul Rowley who I think we were rumoured to maybe get as assistant has been apponted head coach in Carrs old job at Castleford

Dunno much about Carr...I see he was at the club with balmain as a player for a few seasons in 09 and 10
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carr coached st george for a few games as interim coach in 2023
not a bad choice for an assistant i guess
 
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Lestronge said:
What if 7th and 10th both finish on 13 wins ? Or there’s some abominable ref decisions that factor in one way or another . What about injuries and bogus suspensions like api getting 3 weeks for a hip drop that they stopped penalising the moment he came back .
My point is if you’re the 9th or 10th team and you’ve been in your opinion hard done by , and the 7th team is someone like the roosters or Brisbane , who seem to get forever ending rub of the green , do you still think that you will have the same ideas around traditionalism ? I genuinely don’t think so mate .
I actually think the game should be in 2 conferences come 20-22 teams .
A south and a north . Drawing an imaginary line right along the parramatta river .
You could go with a top 4 of each conference or a top 4 , with the 5th placed teams of both conferences playing each other , with the team with the best overall record getting a bye in round 1 , and the play in game happening mid week, say Thursday , to follow up the final round 1 playoff game on Monday night , against the seeded 2 team overall . So a massive advantage for the 2 seed , and a massive disadvantage for the play in team .
There would be drama galore , never ending chat about burnout , and maintaining freshness , it would absolutely own the zeitgeist .
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What a load of crap mate.
 
Vicious said:
Outstanding if true.
He is a real man’s man who does not tolerate softness or bullshit.
I’m not sure if he’s more suited to defence or attack, but his presence will be felt that’s for sure and certain as he is not the type of person who will just sit back and accept mediocrity.
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I would like to know why he was sacked by Castleford. That situation seems very strange
 
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