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\Timan Tahu ends union nightmare by returning to Parramatta Eels
The Daily Telegraph can reveal that Tahu and the Eels finalised negotiations on Monday, with the shock switch to be formally announced later this week.
The 29-year-old finished his rugby league career at Parramatta in 2007 after signing a four-year deal with the ARU worth nearly $2 million.
But the switch has not been an enjoyable one for the Newcastle junior, who has spent much of this year’s Super 14 competition on the bench for the Waratahs and failed to claim a start with the Wallabies.
Speculation arose earlier this season that Tahu was poised to join the Roosters, but he denied a return to league was on the cards. Unbeknown to most, however, was a get-out clause in his ARU contract that enabled Tahu to leave at the end of this season.
He has decided to exploit that clause with Parramatta. His signing is a further coup for the club, which recently snared representative props Justin Poore and Shane Shackleton and has began negotiations to wrap up in-form superstar Jarryd Hayne for another three years.
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Parra fans must be rejoicing with the roster next year
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Daniel Anderson is still their coach though
Daniel Anderson = FAIL
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DAMN! Good signing for Para… Tahu would have been great here… Inu is no doubt going to be offloaded… If para are banking on that… he should stay and stuff up their salary cap haaha
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Tim Tam’s back……still doesn’t fix their problems in the forwards or their braindead Coach…Just takes a huge chunk of cap…
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Maybe the will release Moi Moi… to us!!! hahaha
Wouldn’t that be nice
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1. Hayne
2. Grothe
3. Reddy
4. Tahu
5. Inu
6. Mortimer
7. Keatingnot a bad backline at all. Throw in Poore and Shack to their pack and they’ll be a tough side to beat next season.
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1. Hayne
2. Grothe
3. Reddy
4. Tahu
5. Inu
6. Mortimer
7. Keatingnot a bad backline at all. Throw in Poore and Shack to their pack and they’ll be a tough side to beat next season.
Definitely, they are looking great. I reckon they’ll be a real force next year.
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I reckon Tahu will still struggle when it comes to injuries, he’s had dodgy hamstrings for years. It would be interesting to know if Inu is on the way out though. Tahu would not have gone back cheaply and the Eels spent big money in signing Poore.
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Inu won’t be there next season will he? He and Mateo are leaving I believe.
Still a mighty impressive backline if it contains Hayne, Tahu and Grothe (when in form).
Also whats the story with Ben Smith, did he leave them or is he still with them but injured? I can’t remember for some reason
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Inu won’t be there next season will he? He and Mateo are leaving I believe.
Still a mighty impressive backline if it contains Hayne, Tahu and Grothe (when in form).
Also whats the story with Ben Smith, did he leave them or is he still with them but injured? I can’t remember for some reason
Mateo isn’t going anywhere. He’s still under contract for next year and Parramatta are desperate to hang onto him. The Bulldogs are interested but I don’t know how much they would offer, or whether Mateo would be interested in jumping ship.
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@T91:
1. Hayne
2. Grothe
3. Reddy
4. Tahu
5. Inu
6. Mortimer
7. Keatingnot a bad backline at all. Throw in Poore and Shack to their pack and they’ll be a tough side to beat next season.
Definitely, they are looking great. I reckon they’ll be a real force next year.
put together a pack containing Hindmarsh, Shackleton, Poore and Moimoi, they will be a tough side to beat, glad we broke the hoodoo this year.
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@Geo.:
Tim Tam’s back……still doesn’t fix their problems in the forwards or their braindead Coach…Just takes a huge chunk of cap…
No, but Justin Poore, Shane Shackleton and Mateo returning from injury certainly does…
8. Poore
9. Keating
10. Cayless/Moi Moi
11. Hindmarsh
12. Shackleton
13. MateoLooks like a decent forward pack to me. Throw in Tahu and Hayne in the backline and that’s a good looking side. At least on paper…
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Parramatta have had very impressive teams over recent years, but very little to show for it.
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Parramatta have had very impressive teams over recent years, but very little to show for it.
no they haven’t, they’ve had a very average side that gets hyped up beyond belief. What they have lined up next year on paper looks a lot stronger than any side I’ve seen them put together in 10 years (including 2001). But as they say, it’s not won on paper.
