Tiger_heart
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It is going to be tough, I know ;-) but this forum loves a (pub) challenge.. ;-)
Your Top 3 and Flops 3 of 2026...
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It is going to be tough, I know ;-) but this forum loves a (pub) challenge.. ;-)
3 points goes to Luai.
I am not doubting his effort and there can be no doubt he showed the way and helped create much better off field work ethic, but for 1.2 million per season you need to regularly come up with big plays and have a major positive influence on the end result.
He regularly avoided the ball on the 5th tackle and ran his outside players out of room just as much as the much maligned Adam Doueihi did.
2 or 3 standout games each season is not near good enough for a highly paid marquee player.
And to think we still have some supporters who are disappointed he is leaving?
Imagine that crap for another 3 years?
I am not doubting his effort and there can be no doubt he showed the way and helped create much better off field work ethic, but for 1.2 million per season you need to regularly come up with big plays and have a major positive influence on the end result.
He regularly avoided the ball on the 5th tackle and ran his outside players out of room just as much as the much maligned Adam Doueihi did.
2 or 3 standout games each season is not near good enough for a highly paid marquee player.
And to think we still have some supporters who are disappointed he is leaving?
Imagine that crap for another 3 years?
426Tlgerland
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Top 3
API , KPP , Pole
Flop 3
Makasini , Toa , Latu
API , KPP , Pole
Flop 3
Makasini , Toa , Latu
Odessa
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Flop
Luai
Mav ...It's the only look I've got
API ...had some bad games and some great games
Luai
Mav ...It's the only look I've got
API ...had some bad games and some great games
Luai, enough said.
Mav Geyer, who !?
Starford Toa, I've never liked him and I'm happy hes departing. Good luck to him.
Not necessarily "flops", but I would've loved to see more of the Lualili brothers this year. Always liked them and sad to see them go. Hopefully they're back in a few years, even better - like Jnr Tupou.
Will Craig takes out the "top 30, squad filler" award that we see every year. A player in the 30 that never plays and most likely won't play. William Kei (who!?) Type players. There just to make up the numbers.
Mav Geyer, who !?
Starford Toa, I've never liked him and I'm happy hes departing. Good luck to him.
Not necessarily "flops", but I would've loved to see more of the Lualili brothers this year. Always liked them and sad to see them go. Hopefully they're back in a few years, even better - like Jnr Tupou.
Will Craig takes out the "top 30, squad filler" award that we see every year. A player in the 30 that never plays and most likely won't play. William Kei (who!?) Type players. There just to make up the numbers.
Top 3....
Start of the year, I was beyond impressed with KPP, Taylan May and Royce Hunt - who were all really making impact. Sadly we didn't get to see them for the entirety of the year.
Special mention to those three.
However, narrowing it down to the 3 I thought who really stepped it up this year,
3. Alex Twal 🇱🇧
2. Alex Seyfarth 🦒
1. Samuela Fainu 🐯
All played their best, for mine.
Start of the year, I was beyond impressed with KPP, Taylan May and Royce Hunt - who were all really making impact. Sadly we didn't get to see them for the entirety of the year.
Special mention to those three.
However, narrowing it down to the 3 I thought who really stepped it up this year,
3. Alex Twal 🇱🇧
2. Alex Seyfarth 🦒
1. Samuela Fainu 🐯
All played their best, for mine.
westielife
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Tops 1. Kpp, 2, twally, 3 toupou
Flop list 1.luai, 2 sea farth, 3 douii
Flop list 1.luai, 2 sea farth, 3 douii
Tucker
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Tops
1. Twal. Had his best year with us. Averaged 42 tackles every week and caused some headaches with his ballrunning and offloading.
2. Terrell averaged 40 tackles and 143m every week, only missing 1 game. Not as effective as his piers in other sides, but a top performer in our squad.
3. Doueihi. I will always maintain he was one of our best this year and if not for his performances early to mid year, we get another spoon.
Flops
1. Makasini. Given the hype on this kid I was in absolute shock at how shit he was. Easily our worst player this year.
2. Luai. I wasn’t as shocked by how Luai played as I have always thought he was a poser of a player. His output was as I expected…couldn’t have cared less as long as his hair looked good.
3. Sammy F. Now hear me out, I don’t think he was one of our worst at all, however from 25 form, I thought he was down a bit. After his injury, down a lot. Good news is, out of the three flops I’ve nominated, he is the one I have complete faith in bouncing back in 27.
1. Twal. Had his best year with us. Averaged 42 tackles every week and caused some headaches with his ballrunning and offloading.
2. Terrell averaged 40 tackles and 143m every week, only missing 1 game. Not as effective as his piers in other sides, but a top performer in our squad.
3. Doueihi. I will always maintain he was one of our best this year and if not for his performances early to mid year, we get another spoon.
Flops
1. Makasini. Given the hype on this kid I was in absolute shock at how shit he was. Easily our worst player this year.
2. Luai. I wasn’t as shocked by how Luai played as I have always thought he was a poser of a player. His output was as I expected…couldn’t have cared less as long as his hair looked good.
3. Sammy F. Now hear me out, I don’t think he was one of our worst at all, however from 25 form, I thought he was down a bit. After his injury, down a lot. Good news is, out of the three flops I’ve nominated, he is the one I have complete faith in bouncing back in 27.
Rock Hopper Steve
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Tops
Can't split them: Twal, Pole and KPP.
Flops
1. Toa just pathetic.
2. Luai legend in his own mind.
3. Makasini looked the goods but didn't deliver, played too many games, but injuries made it necessary.
Can't split them: Twal, Pole and KPP.
Flops
1. Toa just pathetic.
2. Luai legend in his own mind.
3. Makasini looked the goods but didn't deliver, played too many games, but injuries made it necessary.
oldschooltiger
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Top
1. KPP, Pole, Sam F.
Flops.
AD. Walking out on a team. Dog act.
Luai. Did not deliver on the money he was on.
Toa. Terrible inconsistant player.
1. KPP, Pole, Sam F.
Flops.
AD. Walking out on a team. Dog act.
Luai. Did not deliver on the money he was on.
Toa. Terrible inconsistant player.
oldschooltiger
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And coaching staff for continually playing Big Mak when he either playing injured and a big lack of confidence.
TigerBurnsy
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Tbh I thought pre injury Sammy was at his best level, definitely rushed back tho he looked way off it post injury
TigerBurnsy
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Top:
1. Twal
2. Pole
3. Jock (considering his contract we are paying)
Hm taylan
Flops:
1. Luai
2. AD who absolutely dogged us after playing shithouse for a month
3. Makasini he looked so far off it, in some games it was like having a fan playing out there
Hm Terrell, but I put this down to the coaches way overworking him into a plodder and a turnstile in defence
1. Twal
2. Pole
3. Jock (considering his contract we are paying)
Hm taylan
Flops:
1. Luai
2. AD who absolutely dogged us after playing shithouse for a month
3. Makasini he looked so far off it, in some games it was like having a fan playing out there
Hm Terrell, but I put this down to the coaches way overworking him into a plodder and a turnstile in defence
Going off on field performances:
Best:
1. Twal: for reasons already expressed by others. Dependable defender, and with an offload he's creating a bit of second phase play now.
2. Taylan May: I know that he spent a lot of the season injured, but he was the only real genuine threat in our three quarter line. Only played 9 games and scored six tries, set up four, 29 tackle breaks and five line breaks. Need to get him healthy for '27 as he will be crucial to putting points on the board.
3. Terrell May: the grind got to him and some of his running toward the end of the year was a bit "lethargic," but to go through the season making 40 tackles a game at 98% and running for 150m a game, and averaging 55m PCM and 52 offloads we'll also need him in good nick to be any chance at making the 8.
Worst:
1. Luai: apart from the Gold Coast game where he looked like he wanted to be there and led from the front, he's been an abject failure for the club. Didn't deliver anything close to what he promised, felt like he never went looking for the ball and aside from the Titans game he rarely led by example on ground. A blessing that he's going so soon.
2. Makasini: not to shit on a kid so early in his career, a lot of his failures this year are down to poor handling of his development and when promoted to FG, pushing him into centre which I don't think he is ready to handle at a first grade level. If he is to appear in '27, play him on the wing, and let him learn his trade in NSW cup if the view of the club is that he's to become a centre.
3. To'a: looked like he didn't want to be there all year, one thing that sticks in my mind with him was the Cronulla game where it all started to go to shit when Tavana was being hammered and To'a could not have looked any less interested to be there and the whole right side collapsed as a result. As a senior player I would have expected more effort out of him to cover for a young bloke having the worst game of his life, but he instead went missing too.
Best:
1. Twal: for reasons already expressed by others. Dependable defender, and with an offload he's creating a bit of second phase play now.
2. Taylan May: I know that he spent a lot of the season injured, but he was the only real genuine threat in our three quarter line. Only played 9 games and scored six tries, set up four, 29 tackle breaks and five line breaks. Need to get him healthy for '27 as he will be crucial to putting points on the board.
3. Terrell May: the grind got to him and some of his running toward the end of the year was a bit "lethargic," but to go through the season making 40 tackles a game at 98% and running for 150m a game, and averaging 55m PCM and 52 offloads we'll also need him in good nick to be any chance at making the 8.
Worst:
1. Luai: apart from the Gold Coast game where he looked like he wanted to be there and led from the front, he's been an abject failure for the club. Didn't deliver anything close to what he promised, felt like he never went looking for the ball and aside from the Titans game he rarely led by example on ground. A blessing that he's going so soon.
2. Makasini: not to shit on a kid so early in his career, a lot of his failures this year are down to poor handling of his development and when promoted to FG, pushing him into centre which I don't think he is ready to handle at a first grade level. If he is to appear in '27, play him on the wing, and let him learn his trade in NSW cup if the view of the club is that he's to become a centre.
3. To'a: looked like he didn't want to be there all year, one thing that sticks in my mind with him was the Cronulla game where it all started to go to shit when Tavana was being hammered and To'a could not have looked any less interested to be there and the whole right side collapsed as a result. As a senior player I would have expected more effort out of him to cover for a young bloke having the worst game of his life, but he instead went missing too.
