Tigers interested in RTS

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Wests Tigers interest may wane if Lolohea starts the season all guns blazing in the fullback role. If RTS does sign with the Tigers we will certainly have a number of ex warriors players on the books as well as an ex warriors coach!!
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West Tiger Warriors? Kind of has some ring to it. Maybe do a double game date with the Western Sydney Wanderers.
 
What about Tui to Halfback or Bench reserve spot?
Marshall will probably retire next year.

Tui Kicks and is a better tackler then Brooks. Ok I like the idea of a ball playing Center, i.e. SKD, Jamie Lyon who can get good ball out to the wing. I could see Tui and Marsters being our center pairing and being very good at it.

Otherwise move Reynolds to 9 and have Brooks/Tui/RTS as the rest of the spine.
 
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Whether true or false. This is good news. It shows, after building a solid squad, we are still looking at marquee players! Surely this also helps when recruiting other players.

Worst case scenario RTS's value sky rockets and another team pays overs.
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Well if it's false it doesn't really show that does it….
 
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Whether true or false. This is good news. It shows, after building a solid squad, we are still looking at marquee players! Surely this also helps when recruiting other players.

Worst case scenario RTS's value sky rockets and another team pays overs.

Well if it's false it doesn't really show that does it….
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Well the fact it's published online does actually….. The whole point is whether it's true or false, it is out there now that we are interested. Most will read the article and believe it.
 
He will be in high demand and I can’t remember when we last beat off a few clubs for a quality signing.

As always we will be linked to a lot of big names,but end up with the scraps
 
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If we sign RTS we could be a solid top 8 team. We can't keep Tui at fullback when RTS is available. Besides, Tui is a very reliable center.

Imagine:
1\. RTS
2\. Nofoaluma
3\. Tui
4\. Suli
5\. Fonua

That's a solid backline. Maybe add another winger.

That looks fantastic! But just keep in mind, as others have mentioned, in 2019 Suli may end up in the back-row. That leaves another centre position up for grabs for either Masters or Milne or if Fonua played centre and we added another winger or played MWZ.

1\. RTS
2\. Nofo
3\. Tui
4\. Marsters/Milne/Fonua
5\. Fonua/MWZ/New Signing

And in 2019 we are a chance of signing N Cleary which would mean he takes Brooks' place in the team. Maybe Brooks could move into a centre spot as he has a great running game as he possesses agility, speed and power and he can also pass to set up his winger.

A lot of what-ifs but the future is looking very bright at the tigers, and we should be a genuine premiership contender within a couple years!
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I think eventually Marsters and Suli will be our starting backrow once Lawrence and McQueen retire
 
RTS is still listed as a Marquee player?? He has done nothing in the time he has been at the warriors. I would be very wary of offering big coin for a player down on form and confidence.

He could improve massively this year with Adam Blair laying the platform & Kearney devising the game plan.
 
I've heard some crazy things in my time…..

Lolohea would be a good centre almost takes the cake.
People just want o move players into the centre and think problem solved. It is a specialist position and needs someone with experience to play there. Not just you are a centre this week, be a Lyon or Cooper until we move you elsewhere.

Tui is a 5/8 and Full back - nothing else at this stage, sure you could put him in the centre or on the wing but you would have a very ordinary player in those positions.

Maybe he is not RTS before the season starts but he could be after it does. I have seen him play full back and he is very good, a better defender in that position than RTS imo.
Behind a good pack and with Brooks, Reynolds and Liddle to run off he could be a 2018 sensation.

Personally I don't think we need RTS nor the amount we would have to pay him. I would rather a marquee player in a position that we need to strengthen than a slightly better FB.
 
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I've heard some crazy things in my time…..

Lolohea would be a good centre almost takes the cake.
People just want o move players into the centre and think problem solved. It is a specialist position and needs someone with experience to play there. Not just you are a centre this week, be a Lyon or Cooper until we move you elsewhere.

Tui is a 5/8 and Full back - nothing else at this stage, sure you could put him in the centre or on the wing but you would have a very ordinary player in those positions.

Maybe he is not RTS before the season starts but he could be after it does. I have seen him play full back and he is very good, a better defender in that position than RTS imo.
Behind a good pack and with Brooks, Reynolds and Liddle to run off he could be a 2018 sensation.

Personally I don't think we need RTS nor the amount we would have to pay him. I would rather a marquee player in a position that we need to strengthen than a slightly better FB.
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Let’s have a ball kicked off before we start replacing players we haven’t even seen in our jersey in their preferred position. I’m backing Tui to be a sensation in 2018\. Go Tigers!
 
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West Tiger Warriors? Kind of has some ring to it. Maybe do a double game date with the Western Sydney Wanderers.
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Those games we took to Chistchurch are finally paying off.
 
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If we sign RTS we could be a solid top 8 team. We can't keep Tui at fullback when RTS is available. Besides, Tui is a very reliable center.

Imagine:
1\. RTS
2\. Nofoaluma
3\. Tui
4\. Suli
5\. Fonua

That's a solid backline. Maybe add another winger.

That looks fantastic! But just keep in mind, as others have mentioned, in 2019 Suli may end up in the back-row. That leaves another centre position up for grabs for either Masters or Milne or if Fonua played centre and we added another winger or played MWZ.

1\. RTS
2\. Nofo
3\. Tui
4\. Marsters/Milne/Fonua
5\. Fonua/MWZ/New Signing

And in 2019 we are a chance of signing N Cleary which would mean he takes Brooks' place in the team. Maybe Brooks could move into a centre spot as he has a great running game as he possesses agility, speed and power and he can also pass to set up his winger.

A lot of what-ifs but the future is looking very bright at the tigers, and we should be a genuine premiership contender within a couple years!

I think eventually Marsters and Suli will be our starting backrow once Lawrence and McQueen retire
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Aloiai?
 
The Mole: Wests Tigers chasing Roger Tuivasa-Sheck
By The Mole

The Wests Tigers are set to enter the battle to sign Warriors and Kiwi Test ace Roger Tuivasa-Sheck for 2019.
Still filthy at losing star fullback James Tedesco to the Roosters, the Tigers have identified Tuivasa-Sheck as the ideal man to replace him.
WWOS revealed last week that Tuivasa-Sheck is not happy at the Warriors, with Souths showing interest in him once his contract expires at the end of the upcoming season.

The All Blacks have also expressed a desire to sign the quick-stepping fullback and will make him a handsome offer to switch codes.
Tigers coach Ivan Cleary is likely to start 2018 with another former Warrior, Tui Lolohea, at fullback, but there are concerns he lacks the maturity and experience for such a key position.

The versatile Lolohea is a class act - but the Tigers know he is better suited to either centre or wing, hence their interest in Tuivasa-Sheck.

https://wwos.nine.com.au/2018/01/23/06/54/the-mole-wests-tigers-chasing-roger-tuivasa-sheck

I don’t know how true this is but an interesting read anyhow
 
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I've heard some crazy things in my time…..

Lolohea would be a good centre almost takes the cake.
People just want o move players into the centre and think problem solved. It is a specialist position and needs someone with experience to play there. Not just you are a centre this week, be a Lyon or Cooper until we move you elsewhere.

Tui is a 5/8 and Full back - nothing else at this stage, sure you could put him in the centre or on the wing but you would have a very ordinary player in those positions.

Maybe he is not RTS before the season starts but he could be after it does. I have seen him play full back and he is very good, a better defender in that position than RTS imo.
Behind a good pack and with Brooks, Reynolds and Liddle to run off he could be a 2018 sensation.

Personally I don't think we need RTS nor the amount we would have to pay him. I would rather a marquee player in a position that we need to strengthen than a slightly better FB.
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Spot on.

I think we see how we go in every position this year before rushing out to sign a supposed marquee player. We have 4 players in the spine who we have no idea how they are going to perform and we may need to replace any or all of them.

We need to look at building a quality footy team not rushing out to sign a player who may or may not add a lot to this team especially if the player he is replacing may not fit into another position.
 
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