Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[Leichardt61]

I don’t think that would stop the Cotric deal

Yeah definitely we've got heaps of coin, I reckon Jad just means he likes the idea of this signing over whats being said on the cotric front.

 

[colinbh]

Hoops reporting we've made a 2 year 600k offer for nanai

Who is this Nanai person?

 

[Leichardt61]

Hoops reporting we've made a 2 year 600k offer for nanai

Who is this Nanai person?

Jeremiah Nanai, Cowboys young gun with massive wraps. Second rower

 

[Demps]

Hoops reporting we've made a 2 year 600k offer for nanai

Who is this Nanai person?

2RF

Looked great on debut.

 

[JD Tiger]

Hoops reporting we've made a 2 year 600k offer for nanai

Who is this Nanai person?

2RF

Looked great on debut.

Versed us and scored a try didn't he?

 

[Demps]

Hoops reporting we've made a 2 year 600k offer for nanai

Who is this Nanai person?

2RF

Looked great on debut.

Versed us and scored a try didn't he?

Yep, 18 years old.
Very promising player.

I think he's better value than Luki..
450k vs 300k

 

[jrtiger]

Hoops reporting we've made a 2 year 600k offer for nanai

Who is this Nanai person?

2RF

Looked great on debut.

Versed us and scored a try didn't he?

to be fair it was the world's flukiest try and wasn't an indicator of talent, but he's had big wraps on him for sometime.

I just don't know if we need to be going after backrowers when we already have Papali'i, Blore & Tuilagi in the top 30 with Tumeth, O'Kane and Saukuru to make their way into the top squad in the following years. we need a gun halfback and a hooker.

 

[Demps]

Hoops reporting we've made a 2 year 600k offer for nanai

Who is this Nanai person?

2RF

Looked great on debut.

Versed us and scored a try didn't he?

to be fair it was the world's flukiest try and wasn't an indicator of talent, but he's had big wraps on him for sometime.

I just don't know if we need to be going after backrowers when we already have Papali'i, Blore & Tuilagi in the top 30 with Tumeth, O'Kane and Saukuru to make their way into the top squad in the following years. we need a gun halfback and a hooker.

We got some weapons coming through.
Guyan too, who looks a machine.

Our squads are really shaping up.

 

[weststigerman]

Hoops reporting we've made a 2 year 600k offer for nanai

Who is this Nanai person?

2RF

Looked great on debut.

Versed us and scored a try didn't he?

Yep, 18 years old.
Very promising player.

I think he's better value than Luki..
450k vs 300k

Anyone good enough to play in the forwards in the NRL at 18 is definitely worth looking at.

 

[jrtiger]

Hoops reporting we've made a 2 year 600k offer for nanai

Who is this Nanai person?

2RF

Looked great on debut.

Versed us and scored a try didn't he?

to be fair it was the world's flukiest try and wasn't an indicator of talent, but he's had big wraps on him for sometime.

I just don't know if we need to be going after backrowers when we already have Papali'i, Blore & Tuilagi in the top 30 with Tumeth, O'Kane and Saukuru to make their way into the top squad in the following years. we need a gun halfback and a hooker.

We got some weapons coming through.
Guyan too, who looks a machine.

Our squads are really shaping up.

dude we are stockpiled in the back row and at 13. I know obviously we need these kids to transition and they're not a sure thing to be superstars, but I have faith in our pathways and don't understand why we need to go to market again. Papa is an exception, he's a freak, but Blore and Kelma have shown their worth and Tumeth, Guyan and Matamua all have massive wraps on them as well.

 

[Demps]

Hoops reporting we've made a 2 year 600k offer for nanai

Who is this Nanai person?

2RF

Looked great on debut.

Versed us and scored a try didn't he?

to be fair it was the world's flukiest try and wasn't an indicator of talent, but he's had big wraps on him for sometime.

I just don't know if we need to be going after backrowers when we already have Papali'i, Blore & Tuilagi in the top 30 with Tumeth, O'Kane and Saukuru to make their way into the top squad in the following years. we need a gun halfback and a hooker.

We got some weapons coming through.
Guyan too, who looks a machine.

Our squads are really shaping up.

dude we are stockpiled in the back row and at 13. I know obviously we need these kids to transition and they're not a sure thing to be superstars, but I have faith in our pathways and don't understand why we need to go to market again. Papa is an exception, he's a freak, but Blore and Kelma have shown their worth and Tumeth, Guyan and Matamua all have massive wraps on them as well.

I have a feeling Mikaele, Offa and Tamou (Obviously) will all go after 2022.

Maybe even Brooks too if he doesn't have a stand-out 2022, with a year to remain on his contract much like Mbyes departure...

But thinking about that 2023 pack... unreal.

Twal & Stefano, starting props.
Blore & Papalii, starting second rowers.
Peachy at lock, maybe ?

Bench options:

14 Kelma
15 Seyfarth
16 Ma’anaima
17 Musgrove ??

With a hectic bunch coming through with Tumeth, Okane, Guyan, Tuki, Saukura, Mansfield, Pole, etc etc.
Fair few to name.

And Rua Ngatikaura who is apparently a bit of a Brandon Smith clone.

 

[Eyeofthetiger 0]

Offers for both Nanai and Luki….interesting. Cowboys fans will be ropeable

 

[Elderslie_Tiger]

The Wests Tigers have made an audacious play designed to hit back at North Queensland’s poaching of Luciano Leilua by offering young gun teenager Jeremiah Nanai a $600,000 two-year deal for 2023 and 2024.

Nanai, 18, is regarded by good judges as one of the best emerging backrowers in the NRL and made his debut last season playing four games for the Cowboys.

The Cowboys are continuing to monitor the Leilua situation at Wests Tigers with early reports suggesting the backrower may request an immediate release.





Wests Tigers have so far refused this request but if coach Michael Maguire and director of football Tim Sheens were to land the signature of Nanai then the clubs would look to open negotiations about an immediate swap.

Tigers’ director of football Sheens confirmed to Fox Sports the club had made an offer for Nanai to move to the Concord-based club in 2023 and

Since the arrival of Sheens the Tigers have landed the signature of Dally M back-rower of the year Isaiah Papali’i for 2023 and are currently in a race with the Canberra Raiders to sign Canterbury-Bankstown outside back Nick Cotric.

The Tigers are also deep in negotiations to try and extend the contract of rising front-rower Stefano Utoikamanu as the club sets about overhauling its roster.










Sheens has gone to great lengths to point out coach Maguire is still the figurehead of the club while the newly-arrived director of football is simply assisting Wests Tigers in solving the stigma of being a club players try to avoid joining.

Whereas Canterbury-Bankstown general manager of football Phil Gould has immediately made some major plays in the NRL’s open market the Tigers are aiming for a more measured rebuild.

Premiers Penrith are a recent example of a club who were widely regarded as being no threat to the competition before emerging as one of the Sydney power clubs in the last two seasons.

If anyone knows about rebuilding clubs and overhauling rosters it is four-time premiership-winner Sheens.

If there’s an area the Tigers were in need of a major overhaul it was the club’s recruitment and retention with the experienced Warren McDonnell also returning to Concord to help fix the mess.



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Sheens and McDonnell were part of the Wests Tigers’ one and only premiership in 2005 when the pair utilised an outstanding crop of local juniors headed by Robbie Farah, Brett Hodgson, Dene Halatau, Bryce Gibbs and Liam Fulton.

Wests Tigers’ favourite son Benji Marshall was also integral and has since returned to Concord this year after a bitter fallout saw him play a farewell season with South Sydney in 2021.

Farah and fellow 2005 grand final hero Pat Richards are now working with the Tigers NRL side while Marshall is working in pathways and as a Wests Tigers ambassador.

 

[Lee's fedora]

Hearing Sheens and Madge met with another bulldogs player today not Cotric but Luke 'Thommo' Thompson they trio were spotted at a having a chat at a café its no secret the dogs need to move one or the other Sheens believes that Thompson can help our forwards get some mongrel and some anger in our pack. The dogs offered him to us last week looks like both doggies players are options

 

[Pascoes_barber]

Hearing Sheens and Madge met with another bulldogs player today not Cotric but Luke 'Thommo' Thompson they trio were spotted at a having a chat at a café its no secret the dogs need to move one or the other Sheens believes that Thompson can help our forwards get some mongrel and some anger in our pack. The dogs offered him to us last week looks like both doggies players are options

Sensational. Hope they can land both.

 

[Demps]

Splashing the cash...

💰

 

[Eyeofthetiger 0]

Splashing the cash...

💰

Boom!

 

[jrtiger]

Hoops reporting we've made a 2 year 600k offer for nanai

Who is this Nanai person?

2RF

Looked great on debut.

Versed us and scored a try didn't he?

to be fair it was the world's flukiest try and wasn't an indicator of talent, but he's had big wraps on him for sometime.

I just don't know if we need to be going after backrowers when we already have Papali'i, Blore & Tuilagi in the top 30 with Tumeth, O'Kane and Saukuru to make their way into the top squad in the following years. we need a gun halfback and a hooker.

We got some weapons coming through.
Guyan too, who looks a machine.

Our squads are really shaping up.

dude we are stockpiled in the back row and at 13. I know obviously we need these kids to transition and they're not a sure thing to be superstars, but I have faith in our pathways and don't understand why we need to go to market again. Papa is an exception, he's a freak, but Blore and Kelma have shown their worth and Tumeth, Guyan and Matamua all have massive wraps on them as well.

I have a feeling Mikaele, Offa and Tamou (Obviously) will all go after 2022.

Maybe even Brooks too if he doesn't have a stand-out 2022, with a year to remain on his contract much like Mbyes departure...

But thinking about that 2023 pack... unreal.

Twal & Stefano, starting props.
Blore & Papalii, starting second rowers.
Peachy at lock, maybe ?

Bench options:

14 Kelma
15 Seyfarth
16 Ma’anaima
17 Musgrove ??

With a hectic bunch coming through with Tumeth, Okane, Guyan, Tuki, Saukura, Mansfield, Pole, etc etc.
Fair few to name.

And Rua Ngatikaura who is apparently a bit of a Brandon Smith clone.

agree with your starting pack for sure. Peach will play 13 for his two years and then I'd say we'll look towards Guyan or Matamua to fill the role. as for the bench, it's a guessing game and that's the beauty of it. can't wait to see this crop of kids come through.

 

[WT2K]

Hoops reporting we've made a 2 year 600k offer for nanai

Who is this Nanai person?

2RF

Looked great on debut.

Versed us and scored a try didn't he?

Yep, 18 years old.
Very promising player.

I think he's better value than Luki..
450k vs 300k

From all reports he's a fine and outstanding young man. Another bit of good business by Sheens and co.

 

[TillLindemann]

And all the bed wetters were upset that we hadn't made many signings by grand final day, or on November 1. This is the time of year the action always happens. It's looking good now.