That’s fine, but it’s not something you tell any player, not even Luai (though it’s kind of obvious he will be be in first grade). It’s a great way to strip a player of his hunger and drive. Especially at a club like this where we have a long history of players coming here to top up their retirement fund.
I think all Fainu's may work out. Latu has undoubted talent and Sione seems to have taken a step forward from last year.
Sione has played KOE with Wests, we know what quality players they have had in their squad!...surround him with better players and we saw him step up...Its hard to fly like an Eagle when you are working with Turkeys!
A big transition in Sione’s body shape from last season to this season.
Tallis Duncan would start as our 13 right now, but we’d have to get him to skip training and go on a week long bender to be any chance of getting him out of his Souths contract early.
While we have low depth, Ice was second rower of the year at Parra and Bateman has been a top second rower for years.
it's crazy. he'll debut this year the way he's going.
This is a very strange view to take when this has been more or less the Tigers' only source of good players over the past decade or so. Taupau, Austin, Elijah Taylor, Chee-Kam, Twal, Momirovski, Corey Thompson, Matterson, Doueihi, Leilua (the half decent one), Blore, Laurie, Ofahengaue, Maumalo, Klemmer... ok, they're not all superstars but basically we're coming up with one or two decent first grade players off the discard pile every year. And most of them would be dirt cheap, at least to start with.
With Papali'i, I assume it's because he's fundamentally a hole runner who looked amazing playing in a side that was designed to put him into those holes and much less good in one that couldn't spot a hole at a putting green. Call it the Moses to Brooks effect.
Yeah he'll come here - he'll have two premiership rings at the end of this year and will no doubt see coming to a bottom 4 team as his best option to further his career. It's like no brainer.
Luai did 🤷🏻♂️
