Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[clontarfkid]

The point is the club's strike rate from pathways and development has been awful in recent seasons.

A quick search, the last player to come from the club's pathways to still be a consistent week-to-week NRL player for WT is Sione Fainu debut 2024. Before him, Bula in 2023, and Pole in 2022. So just 3 players in 5 seasons? Off the top of my head, I can think of that many for both the roosters and knights (Grand Finalists) in the past couple of seasons. Toia, Foketi, Savala, Wong - McEwan, Hopwood, Crouch, Sharpe, Hunt.

Where is it falling over? Is it talent ID in the pathways? Pathways recruitment? Pathways development? Will the coaching director finally fix this?

The club can't keep going to market to entice established players for overs, or unwanted players at other clubs way past their prime to make up for the failure in this area. That's not how you build premiership rosters.

Talent identification retention and development are the core of our problem

 

[bptiger 0]

We need to aim higher than Curran.

What ur forgetting, we don’t have the cap to go above Curran , he is still a class player

 

[magpies forever]

Talent identification retention and development are the core of our problem

Also, apart from usual clubs picking up our lower grade players, we now have Perth and PNG, adding to the competition for players to fill squads. It will be harder and harder to keep our lower grade talent when other clubs are offering them progression without holding them whilst they develop. This 'old school' approach of holding talent to properly develop will pretty much become extinct soon.

 

[wstigers11]

Talent identification retention and development are the core of our problem

And $$$

 

[BlackWhiteGold]

What are the chances Izaac Tago ends up with us?
The Panthers are needing to create cap space for their big name players and I’m sure they would ideally like to offload Izaac’s 700k contract even if they contribute 100-200k towards it.
The sticking point would be we have Jake Averillo to play predominantly right centre, but it’s much better to have one too many in each position, rather than not enough.
I’ve also heard some player is trying to get out of a Perth Bears deal to sign with us.
Logically it could be Kit Laulilli, but I have a sneaky suspicion it could be Josh Curran?

Holidays or more to it? Fonue Pole has been in Perth training with the Lauliliis the past week or 2 going by his Insta stories.

 

[mtd#2]

Holidays or more to it? Fonue Pole has been in Perth training with the Lauliliis the past week or 2 going by his Insta stories.

That isnt a great sign

 

[Fish88]

tago / dunster - nsw cup contracts
shuester - train and trial

Which Tago is this?

 

[Tiger_claws]

Which Tago is this?

Jake

 

[Milky]

Roosters just playing chess

He will likely go to Cows or Penrith where Roosters get Cleary or Dearden in return

They have leverage whilst he is contracted for another year