Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[sleeve]

one for the conspiracy theories probably but a mate of mine is friends with one of the Newcastle players and he reckons Andrew McCullough to St George (which we know is likely) an Cameron Smith to Brisbane Broncos for 2021 will be announced once McCullough deal is done

Do they have cap room for Cam, or is that not an issue like other years

McCullough is on $1'500'000 a year
They will chip in $500'000 for him to go to Stgeorge
That leave $1'000'000 for cam
Plus 3rd party payments
And 4th party payments
And 5th party payments

You forgot the paper bag and a 1 mil,house that they will sell him for $100,000.as per Broncoes contracts.

 

[TigerWest]

RTS set to quit warriors at end of 2021 to play for All Blacks

He realises it's the All Blacks and not the Wobblies?

You actually have to be the best of the best to get a run with them.

You don't think he has what it takes mate?
I haven't followed union since school so don't know the all blacks side.

He's an excellent fullback.

And Rugby is in there DNA, he should go all right.

 

[mikey]

RTS set to quit warriors at end of 2021 to play for All Blacks

He realises it's the All Blacks and not the Wobblies?

You actually have to be the best of the best to get a run with them.

You don't think he has what it takes mate?
I haven't followed union since school so don't know the all blacks side.

He's an excellent fullback.

And Rugby is in there DNA, he should go all right.

Just ask Bunji.

 

[walter]

RTS set to quit warriors at end of 2021 to play for All Blacks

He realises it's the All Blacks and not the Wobblies?

You actually have to be the best of the best to get a run with them.

You don't think he has what it takes mate?
I haven't followed union since school so don't know the all blacks side.

He's an excellent fullback.

Rts will make that side the all blacks aren’t as good as what they were and his running game is as good if not better than the Barrett’s who play needs to work on his passing game though

 

[hank37w]

Did Roger make the announcement wearing an Auckland Blues jersey?

 

[Tiger5150]

RTS set to quit warriors at end of 2021 to play for All Blacks

He realises it's the All Blacks and not the Wobblies?

You actually have to be the best of the best to get a run with them.

You don't think he has what it takes mate?
I haven't followed union since school so don't know the all blacks side.

Good news for RTS is that he would play FOR the AllBlacks not against them. He will tear up in the extra space

 

[frullens]

Jock Madden told us after training that Matty Johns is at the club to help mentor the halves, especially Brooksy. Awesome to see him at the club, looked very dedicated today. Great vibes around the joint at the moment. Future certainly looks promising!
 

So it turns out Matty Johns is not on the coaching roster, just doing a favour for Madge.

More importantly, Photo-gate continues. How did fox get access to those photos and why didnt they give credit to the source?

https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/nrl-2021-cameron-smith-storm-future-cameron-mcinnes-andrew-mccullough-dragons-contract-matty-johns-at-tigers-james-hooper-column/news-story/0b175e5f9a317a22db8759550c3084cd

 

[JC99]

Jock Madden told us after training that Matty Johns is at the club to help mentor the halves, especially Brooksy. Awesome to see him at the club, looked very dedicated today. Great vibes around the joint at the moment. Future certainly looks promising!
 

So it turns out Matty Johns is not on the coaching roster, just doing a favour for Madge.

More importantly, Photo-gate continues. How did fox get access to those photos and why didnt they give credit to the source?

https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/nrl-2021-cameron-smith-storm-future-cameron-mcinnes-andrew-mccullough-dragons-contract-matty-johns-at-tigers-james-hooper-column/news-story/0b175e5f9a317a22db8759550c3084cd

As soon as they got posted on social media they're fair game for anyone

 

[Needaname]

one for the conspiracy theories probably but a mate of mine is friends with one of the Newcastle players and he reckons Andrew McCullough to St George (which we know is likely) an Cameron Smith to Brisbane Broncos for 2021 will be announced once McCullough deal is done

Do they have cap room for Cam, or is that not an issue like other years

I’d say so.
As he is unsigned at this stage he is forgoing any salary from November, December, January which means whatever club signs him only needs to pay 9/12s of his market rate on the cap.
Now we know Cam loves money and diamond rings so he wouldn’t want to play for the broncos for $500,000 however we also know that the Broncos have over 2million dollars of qualified third party payments with which you’d expect they would find another couple of hundred to top up the deal.
Makes more sense than the Titans whom I would say that would have less cap space than the Broncos.

 

[balmain boy]

Jock Madden told us after training that Matty Johns is at the club to help mentor the halves, especially Brooksy. Awesome to see him at the club, looked very dedicated today. Great vibes around the joint at the moment. Future certainly looks promising!
 

So it turns out Matty Johns is not on the coaching roster, just doing a favour for Madge.

More importantly, Photo-gate continues. How did fox get access to those photos and why didnt they give credit to the source?

https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/nrl-2021-cameron-smith-storm-future-cameron-mcinnes-andrew-mccullough-dragons-contract-matty-johns-at-tigers-james-hooper-column/news-story/0b175e5f9a317a22db8759550c3084cd

As soon as they got posted on social media they're fair game for anyone

No, they're not. A company making a profit has to credit the source of the image. If they used it without permission they are open to being sued for compensation...

 

[Tim Sheens]

Jock Madden told us after training that Matty Johns is at the club to help mentor the halves, especially Brooksy. Awesome to see him at the club, looked very dedicated today. Great vibes around the joint at the moment. Future certainly looks promising!
 

So it turns out Matty Johns is not on the coaching roster, just doing a favour for Madge.

More importantly, Photo-gate continues. How did fox get access to those photos and why didnt they give credit to the source?

https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/nrl-2021-cameron-smith-storm-future-cameron-mcinnes-andrew-mccullough-dragons-contract-matty-johns-at-tigers-james-hooper-column/news-story/0b175e5f9a317a22db8759550c3084cd

As soon as they got posted on social media they're fair game for anyone

No, they're not. A company making a profit has to credit the source of the image. If they used it without permission they are open to being sued for compensation...

Yeah, but Murdoch media is special. They even get funded by our federal government and pay no taxes, so they mustn't make a profit.

 

[Cultured_Bogan]

RTS set to quit warriors at end of 2021 to play for All Blacks

He realises it's the All Blacks and not the Wobblies?

You actually have to be the best of the best to get a run with them.

You don't think he has what it takes mate?
I haven't followed union since school so don't know the all blacks side.

He's a great RL fullback. Don't know if he'd crack the All Blacks though. He won't be a walk up start like most league converts to Australian Rugby.

 

[JC99]

Jock Madden told us after training that Matty Johns is at the club to help mentor the halves, especially Brooksy. Awesome to see him at the club, looked very dedicated today. Great vibes around the joint at the moment. Future certainly looks promising!
 

So it turns out Matty Johns is not on the coaching roster, just doing a favour for Madge.

More importantly, Photo-gate continues. How did fox get access to those photos and why didnt they give credit to the source?

https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/nrl-2021-cameron-smith-storm-future-cameron-mcinnes-andrew-mccullough-dragons-contract-matty-johns-at-tigers-james-hooper-column/news-story/0b175e5f9a317a22db8759550c3084cd

As soon as they got posted on social media they're fair game for anyone

No, they're not. A company making a profit has to credit the source of the image. If they used it without permission they are open to being sued for compensation...

Pretty sure as soon as you post it on Facebook it becomes public if you have it set to public - which they must have done especially if it was a Facebook page. Hence fox sports being able to save it and use it.

 

[crazycat]

Jock Madden told us after training that Matty Johns is at the club to help mentor the halves, especially Brooksy. Awesome to see him at the club, looked very dedicated today. Great vibes around the joint at the moment. Future certainly looks promising!
 

So it turns out Matty Johns is not on the coaching roster, just doing a favour for Madge.

More importantly, Photo-gate continues. How did fox get access to those photos and why didnt they give credit to the source?

https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/nrl-2021-cameron-smith-storm-future-cameron-mcinnes-andrew-mccullough-dragons-contract-matty-johns-at-tigers-james-hooper-column/news-story/0b175e5f9a317a22db8759550c3084cd

As soon as they got posted on social media they're fair game for anyone

No, they're not. A company making a profit has to credit the source of the image. If they used it without permission they are open to being sued for compensation...

Yeah, but Murdoch media is special. They even get funded by our federal government and pay no taxes, so they mustn't make a profit.

Dodgy Murdoch's again.

Yea would love to see Matty Johns do a year with us. I don't get why but he seems to have a knack for explaining the wressle and the micro moves players need to get right (the 1% ers). As a person, yea hate him but as a coaching assistant he would definitely bring the goods.

 

[JC99]

Shawn Blore. Stefano Utoikamanu and Tommy Talau have all made the Emerging Blues 29 man squad 👍🏻

 

[MothMan]

Shawn Blore. Stefano Utoikamanu and Tommy Talau have all made the Emerging Blues 29 man squad 👍🏻

Good acknowledgment for these guys but does anyone know if there are any classifications to who is eligible for the emerging blues? Moses Leota is 25 years old and played 81 NRL games. He might want to fully emerge soon if he’s going to get many origin years in before he retires.

 

[Cairnstigers]

one for the conspiracy theories probably but a mate of mine is friends with one of the Newcastle players and he reckons Andrew McCullough to St George (which we know is likely) an Cameron Smith to Brisbane Broncos for 2021 will be announced once McCullough deal is done

Do they have cap room for Cam, or is that not an issue like other years

I’d say so.
As he is unsigned at this stage he is forgoing any salary from November, December, January which means whatever club signs him only needs to pay 9/12s of his market rate on the cap.
Now we know Cam loves money and diamond rings so he wouldn’t want to play for the broncos for $500,000 however we also know that the Broncos have over 2million dollars of qualified third party payments with which you’d expect they would find another couple of hundred to top up the deal.
Makes more sense than the Titans whom I would say that would have less cap space than the Broncos.

Not necessarily
You would think that Cam Smith is good mates with Mal Meninga
Australian coach and Australian Captain
Qld Coach and Qld Captain
There is alot of history between those two

 

[hank37w]

Shawn Blore. Stefano Utoikamanu and Tommy Talau have all made the Emerging Blues 29 man squad ??

Good acknowledgment for these guys but does anyone know if there are any classifications to who is eligible for the emerging blues? Moses Leota is 25 years old and played 81 NRL games. He might want to fully emerge soon if he’s going to get many origin years in before he retires.

You make a very good point about eligibility for the Emerging Blues Squad, but as far as I can tell there are no set guidelines or restrictions on who may qualify for the squad other than them being possible future selections and giving them a little bit of exposure to the highest level of the NRL.

 

[Leichardt61]

Shawn Blore. Stefano Utoikamanu and Tommy Talau have all made the Emerging Blues 29 man squad ??

Good acknowledgment for these guys but does anyone know if there are any classifications to who is eligible for the emerging blues? Moses Leota is 25 years old and played 81 NRL games. He might want to fully emerge soon if he’s going to get many origin years in before he retires.



You make a very good point about eligibility for the Emerging Blues Squad, but as far as I can tell there are no set guidelines or restrictions on who may qualify for the squad other than them being possible future selections and giving them a little bit of exposure to the highest level of the NRL.

Having a look at the list theres no slouches taking up space on it. Highly rated and promising players the lot of them, should give us a lot of confidence and pride 3 of our squad managed to make it in.

 

[Needaname]

one for the conspiracy theories probably but a mate of mine is friends with one of the Newcastle players and he reckons Andrew McCullough to St George (which we know is likely) an Cameron Smith to Brisbane Broncos for 2021 will be announced once McCullough deal is done

Do they have cap room for Cam, or is that not an issue like other years

I’d say so.
As he is unsigned at this stage he is forgoing any salary from November, December, January which means whatever club signs him only needs to pay 9/12s of his market rate on the cap.
Now we know Cam loves money and diamond rings so he wouldn’t want to play for the broncos for $500,000 however we also know that the Broncos have over 2million dollars of qualified third party payments with which you’d expect they would find another couple of hundred to top up the deal.
Makes more sense than the Titans whom I would say that would have less cap space than the Broncos.

Not necessarily
You would think that Cam Smith is good mates with Mal Meninga
Australian coach and Australian Captain
Qld Coach and Qld Captain
There is alot of history between those two

I only meant, makes more sense from a finance perspective