Kelce68
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Chance, Mac. For sure.
Depends on the lock role we're looking at. I don't think a 3rd prop is what Benji is wanting fulltime. He's moved somewhat away from the Pole or Twal at lock-type selections.
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Depends on the lock role we're looking at. I don't think a 3rd prop is what Benji is wanting fulltime. He's moved somewhat away from the Pole or Twal at lock-type selections.
jrtiger
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it's more that there's a logjam at the Chooks for backrowers. Crichton, Radley, Wong, Egan and Nat, Foketi and McCathie are all ahead of him.
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Roberts had some raps on him a couple of years ago, looks like his trajectory faltered.
this is a little like us signing Blore in 2020.
Jimmy
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Richo knows how to manage a cap and roster. You don’t want 20plus guys on bigger money. Top heavy is the move filled out with players with potential and cheaper(good deals) ones. There is room for another key gun signing no doubt!
jrtiger
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there's a stack of money in the cap ready to go. they've barely dipped into the mill they had set aside for Galvin and obviously TDS has left, but guys like Feledy and Tumeth were on much more money than people probably think.
it's just a matter of finding the right player.
Kelce68
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GNR4LIFE
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Egan Butcher is the one I really would like to get. Foketi as well, but he’s way too good to be let go by them.
tigahhh
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That’s interesting cus everything I see from roosters fans they can’t stand Egan butcher for some reason 🤣
The Butcher brothers are rare Roosters juniors, they won’t let them go.
Foketi looks to be a very promising young edge back rower, but the Roosters know that and also won’t be letting him go anytime soon.
With the recent signings of Mavrik Geyer and Ethan Roberts, we now have too many edge back rowers in our top 30 when you add them to Samuela Fainu, KPP, Tony Sukkar and Solomone Saukuru.
I would have thought we would have been much better off signing someone like Siosifa Takakai to add his hard running and aggression as our regular number 15, but also able to add pressure and play as a starting back rower, lock or centre when required.
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GNR4LIFE
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Hunt is a huge albatross around our neck for two more years.
tigahhh
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Jack Cogger is closing in on a return to Penrith, potentially exiting Newcastle a year early to rejoin the Panthers and spark a three-club shuffle.
▪️ Brad Schneider looks set to join the Dolphins, opening the door for Cogger to head back to Penrith
▪️ Sean O’Sullivan could head to Canterbury to mentor Galvin & Woods
▪️ Brad Schneider looks set to join the Dolphins, opening the door for Cogger to head back to Penrith
▪️ Sean O’Sullivan could head to Canterbury to mentor Galvin & Woods
weststigers
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Don't be combative
weststigers
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That contract is gonna be hard to get rid of.
I'm ok with it on the basis that we have had multiple contracts in the squad like him in the past and we currently only have him draining our cap.
In saying that, an extra 600k to replace him would be nice.
jirskyr
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I'll just say it one more time - gay men can have children, don't know why anyone suggests Ian Roberts doesn't have kids because he is famously out of the closet.
weststigerman
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Didn’t say they couldn’t, but it’s less common and I’m fairly sure Ian Roberts doesn’t.
And just like that I’m on a wests tigers forum debating reproduction in gay men. Didn’t have that one on my bingo card.
Tiger_Fanatic3
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Tigers set to pounce on young Roosters gun
Shortly after signing Penrith Panthers second-rower Mavrik Geyer, the Wests Tigersare set to lock in another youngster of the same position.
The Daily Telegraph reports that following a back-row squeeze at the Sydney Roosters, the club has had to let one of its brightest young prospects in that position go.
The Tigers have since pounced on the young Rooster, reaching a verbal agreement with 20-year-old forward, Ethan Roberts.
Expected to join the club on a two-year deal from 2026, the Indigenous All-Star will be looking to cement a regular first-grade role under Benji Marshall.
Featuring in 12 NSW Cup games for the Roosters this year, Roberts has impressed scouts with his attacking upside, scoring two tries in his dozen appearances.
He is expected to battle it out for the Tigers' back-row spot with new 2026 recruits Geyer and Kai Pearce-Paul, as well as current second-rowers Samuela Fainu and Alex Seyfarth.
It’s depressing as all of them are better than Jock Madden.
88
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Shame, because he started the year pretty good and he complimented a long minute prop like Terrell. Think I remember seeing some stats at one stage and his post contact metres were the best in our pack despite limited minutes and his metres run per minute on the field were high.
He offered the impact we recruited him for. The turning point seems to be when we started him for a game or two during injuries. Not suited to that role and has seemed to struggle with form and effort since. Early season Royce was handy in our rotation.
jrtiger
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definitely need to look at making adjustments somewhere given that the depth chart for backrowers is now pretty healthy, Saukuru the likeliest option to be cut loose.
Yet only dragons are offering a pinch more.
innsaneink
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Ethan Roberts is a rare roosters junior too... they let him go.
Now back to Cronk ...several have asked for more details on him being at WTs training which yiu continually avoid.
Why was he there?
Who saw him?
Was it in his foxsports role...or was he in training gear working with players?
Sorry to sound like an inquisition but your reluctance to reply has me curious as Cronk seems to put shit on us whenever he can