Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[Vicious]

If they want the Magpies to be successful, they might wanna have a look a what the Jets are doing
- actually recruiting and paying decent players.

I think the main aim From those guys is to see Magpies running out - and not the Tigers, that’s it.
They don’t care how it’s run, if it wins or what not.
They just want it to exist

I very much doubt that is the case.
They want to win and rely on the rugby league club staff to spend the money wisely.

 

[426Tlgerland]

If Toa goes and Hunt goes , I’m in for
Alverillo - Right centre , Fullback - arrive now would help. 3/4 year deal
Blore - back up prop - back rower - Melb can have Seyfarth 2 year deal
Luciano - impact prop replaces Hunt - 2 year deal
Billy Walter’s - Hooker , Half , lock , 2 year deal

 

[Buttface]

Look at Ipap

That was him, he wanted out before he got here and never aimed up. He even said it himself. Lazy pea-heart with us.
We need more with API’s ethics. I thought we had it in JL till about a month ago, but he borrowed the keys from Ivan and threw our season under the bus.

 

[magpies forever]

If Toa goes and Hunt goes , I’m in for
Alverillo - Right centre , Fullback - arrive now would help. 3/4 year deal
Blore - back up prop - back rower - Melb can have Seyfarth 2 year deal
Luciano - impact prop replaces Hunt - 2 year deal
Billy Walter’s - Hooker , Half , lock , 2 year deal

Like the swap around. However a lot would depend on player and other club willingness. Apart from LL who I think didn’t leave WT in the best of moods, Blore and Walters left on good terms.

 

[weststigers]

So one can only assume that you believe that bigots are born that way then.

Carry on with your crusade mate.

 

[pawsandclaws1]

If Toa goes and Hunt goes , I’m in for
Alverillo - Right centre , Fullback - arrive now would help. 3/4 year deal
Blore - back up prop - back rower - Melb can have Seyfarth 2 year deal
Luciano - impact prop replaces Hunt - 2 year deal
Billy Walter’s - Hooker , Half , lock , 2 year deal

Averillo imo is a big improvement for our right centre position. Blore, Leilua and Walters imo will be targets for the expansion teams. I am sure Marshall and Gallant will be discerning when it comes to player signings which improve our squad.

 

[Cultured_Bogan]

If Matt Eisenhuth could be a part of four premierships, then Alex Seyfarth could win twenty playing for Penrith.

They wouldn't have won 1 with Seytard there. They'd be penalised out of every game and their forward pack would be in rehab from friendly fire tackles. Still don't know how that clown is playing first grade when Twal is sitting out for 6 weeks because of him.

 

[pawsandclaws1]

Lussick to Bulldogs

MSN

 

[Jolls]

They want to win and rely on the rugby league club staff to spend the money wisely.

I think our football department does a great job in spending the paltry sum they are given wisely. The issue is the amount we receive, over and above the cap, to run footy operations in comparison to the rest of the competition. Our ladder postion over the last dozen years or so reflects the investment made.

 

[Jolls]

Lussick to Bulldogs

MSN

Great signing for them.

 

[Vicious]

I think our football department does a great job in spending the paltry sum they are given wisely. The issue is the amount we receive, over and above the cap, to run footy operations in comparison to the rest of the competition. Our ladder postion over the last dozen years or so reflects the investment made.

So in other words they want Wests Magpies to fail ?
It just doesn’t make sense.

 

[wstigers11]

So in other words they want Wests Magpies to fail ?
It just doesn’t make sense.

Literally not what Jolls said

 

[Tom Shines]

So in other words they want Wests Magpies to fail ?
It just doesn’t make sense.

They are tight asses …how can you argue against that? 😂

 

[TheEnz]

Makes no real sense why they would under invest in the WT football operations. They are a not for profit so its not like they are paying dividends and need to deliver growth year on year to shareholders. Surely a successful team would be a boon for the club and memberships. From what i understand from a few of the old Magpies supporters that have posted here its not a new thing either.

 

[Vicious]

Literally not what Jolls said

Well it is because of not enough funds are being invested to retain our best junior talent, Wests Magpies will suffer as there will be not enough good quality players filtering through.
Anyone who watched the interview from our former CEO not long after he departed would have heard the words come out of his own mouth that he put a stop to what he called overspending on junior/pathways players.
There was no mention that we are losing players as we don’t have the available funds, just a rugby league club decision to spend it elsewhere.

 

[Tom Shines]

Anyone who watched the interview from our former CEO not long after he departed would have heard the words come out of his own mouth that he put a stop to what he called overspending on junior/pathways players.

He is long gone now mate… and the owners can over rule anything he did or said

 

[TheEnz]

Well it is because of not enough funds are being invested to retain our best junior talent, Wests Nagpies will suffer as there are not enough good quality players filtering through.
Anyone who watched the interview from our former CEO not long after he departed would have heard the words come out of his own mouth that he put a stop to what he called overspending on junior/pathways players.
There was no mention that we are losing players as we don’t have the available funds, just a rugby league club decision to spend it elsewhere.

His comments were related to the kids promised top 30 contracts and getting paid before they had proven themselves or in some cases they proved they are not first grade talent yet we had to give them a contract because it was promised to them a year or two before. There are multiple examples of this and i believe Will Craig is thankfully the last one we will flush through the system.

I know for a fact that Gus is out there poaching the pick of the players and paying them good coin (for a 15 - 18yr old & outside of salary cap) to sign up in the Dogs junior system.

 

[Tom Shines]

I know for a fact that Gus is out there poaching the pick of the players and paying them good coin (for a 15 - 18yr old & outside of salary cap) to sign up in the Dogs junior system.

Can you name some of them? I want to check out their pedigree ,,,

 

[Alex Seyfarth's #1 Fan]

So in other words they want Wests Magpies to fail ?
It just doesn’t make sense.

They are the same type of people as Pascoe and Fedora guy. They are more interested in the connections and lifestyle that owning/leading the Wests Tigers provides them. They don't have pride in our performances, only pride in their ability to run in the social circles we enable for them. It's more about the status than anything.

Their priority is keeping their board roles, and if you look at it from this perspective, things make more sense.

 

[TheEnz]

Can you name some of them? I want to check out their pedigree ,,,

I asked AI​

Academy & Pathways Players Signed from Other Clubs/Systems (2024–2026)​

Confirmed External Recruits into Bulldogs Pathways​

Player	Position	From	Signed	Notes
Mikey Nassar	FB / Back	Sydney Roosters	~Jun 2025	Helped Roosters win the SG Ball Cup (U19s), NSW Schoolboys rep. Now in Ron Massey Cup. Agent Isaac Moses connection — Roosters won't deal with Moses, so Dogs swooped [au.news.yahoo.com]
Cooper Toy	Wing / Outside Back	Sydney Roosters	2025	Joined Bulldogs' Jersey Flegg squad from the Roosters. Featured in 2025 Pre-Season Challenge, now playing NSW Cup (10 games, 6 tries across 2025–26) [bulldogs.com.au], [bulldogs.com.au]
Taniela Otukolo	Hooker	Western Clydesdales	2025	Listed as "joined from the Western Clydesdales" for 2025 pre-season [zerotackle.com]
David Bryenton	Fullback	QLD (Keebra Park)	2025	2025 Australian Schoolboy, Peter Stelling Medallist. Was linked to Raiders and Tigers before signing with Dogs. Departed April 2026 to return home to QLD — significant loss [foxsports.com.au]
Logan Spinks	Edge Forward	Greater Northern Tigers (Tamworth)	2023 (3yr deal)	2023 Australian Schoolboy. Came through Bulldogs' regional pathway via Greater Northern Tigers/Laurie Daley Cup. Dev list 2025–26, elevated to Top 30 from 2027. Breakout NSW Cup campaign in 2025 [zerotackle.com], [zerotackle.com]
Enari Tuala	Centre / Wing	Newcastle Knights	Nov 2024	Not a junior but signed young (26) — 87 games at Knights, 18 at Cowboys. Now re-signed through 2028. Scored 5 tries in 9 games in his 2025 debut season at the Dogs [en.wikipedia.org], [nrl.com]

Canterbury Rugby League (NZ) Partnership Pipeline 🇳🇿​

The Bulldogs formalised a partnership with Canterbury Rugby League (Christchurch, NZ) in 2023, which has produced a cluster of juniors now in the system:

Player	Position	NZ Club	Status	Notes
Sosaia Alatini	2nd Row	Hornby Panthers (Canterbury NZ)	Supplementary player 2026	Scouted as a teenager in NZ, moved to Australia for schooling. Harold Matthews premiership winner 2023, SG Ball star 2024–25. Now a 2026 supplementary squad member [canterbury...ague.co.nz], [bulldogs.com.au]
Chelden Hayward	Wing / Centre	Linwood Keas (Canterbury NZ)	SG Ball 2024–25	Canterbury NZ age-group rep, NZ Secondary Schools selection via St Thomas of Canterbury College. Commutes between Christchurch and Sydney seasonally [canterbury...ague.co.nz]
Bronson Reuben	Five-eighth	Northern Bulldogs (Kaiapoi, NZ)	SG Ball 2024–25	Teammate of Alatini in the 2023 Harold Matthews Cup title team [canterbury...ague.co.nz]
Genesis Ah Kam Sherlock	Centre	Linwood Keas (Canterbury NZ)	SG Ball 2025	NZ Clubs 18s Boys rep in 2024 [canterbury...ague.co.nz]
Evander Tafua	Forward	Sydenham Swans (Canterbury NZ)	Harold Matthews 2025	First player signed after the CRL-Bulldogs partnership became official. Identified at Bulldogs clinics at Ngā Puna Wai, Nov 2023 [canterbury...ague.co.nz]
Kaawyn Patterson	Hooker	NZ Warriors U17s (Dargaville)	SG Ball 2025	Won NZ Warriors U17 Player of the Year, then departed Warriors pipeline to join Bulldogs [theniche-cache.com]

Other Regional / External Academy Recruits​

Player	Position	From	Notes
AJ Jones	TBC	Through grades	Re-signed 2026 — been in system since teenager, Top 30 from 2027 [nrl.com]
Jed Reardon	Centre / 2nd Row	Son of Bulldogs great Steve Reardon	Joined 2023, part of 2024 JF premiership. Fresh 1-year deal [nrl.com], [bulldogs.com.au]