@WT2K said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:

Full article behind paywall. https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/tonga-to-field-two-sione-katoas-at-9s-premier-upset-over-nrl-gf/news-story/ab2c007b0a12f1bb9aa92dea97ddd145

Really?

@bptiger I agree, if its about money why not upgrade his contract?

@Telltails We are teaching a spoilt child that he can’t have all the toys he wants. This will help him gain respect for others and not centre on himself…

@WT2K said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:

Wonder what’s next for this club…

https://twitter.com/woodward_curtis/status/1184431519453966336?s=19
Can’t say much at the moment but Wests Tigers/Magpies are about to get bent over big time. Story to follow.

I think it may have something to do with a knockback on Wests Tigers/Magpies proposal to set up a feeder club in Fiji or whatever.

@pawsandclaws1 Which player would souths swap for Matterson? Ethan Lowe? Bad deal for Wests Tigers -

I wonder how the following case will impact on Musgrove’s case;

Ex-NRL player guilty of sexual assault
By AAP
2:30pm Oct 16, 2019

A former NRL player has been found guilty of groping a female casino worker while celebrating Queensland winning the 2017 State of Origin decider.athan Sologinkin, 41, denied touching the woman on the vagina on the outside of her clothing in the crowded Treasury Casino in Brisbane on July 13, 2017.However, a Brisbane District Court jury on Wednesday found him guilty of sexual assault.

The father of three played first grade rugby league between 1997 and 2003, with stints at the South Queensland Crushers, Canberra Raiders, Canterbury Bulldogs and Melbourne Storm. He had gone to the Origin decider with his brother-in-law and a cousin before joining hundreds of Maroons fans at the casino celebrations.Footage played to the jury showed him pushing through the crowd and chatting animatedly to fellow Maroon fans as he made his way to the bar.

The Crown presented evidence that as he was walking past the woman in the crowd, in one motion he touched her from vagina to hip, during a 0.31-second window, before walking on. The woman reported the alleged assault to casino staff, who then used CCTV footage and tracked down Sologinkin.

“Women are, of course, entitled to make a living and not expect to be sexually assaulted during the course of that employment,” crown prosecutor Stephanie Gallagher said during sentencing submissions. She was also subject to “distressing” cross-examination.

Sologinkin told the court he had three beers at the game and up to seven rum and cokes at the casino as he celebrated until about 1.45am. His defence barrister claimed the woman had not initially considered it assault and apologised to Solongkin for the contact. But the victim later changed details of the allegation to accuse Sologinkin of sliding his hand up her leg to touch her genitals, the court was told.

The court heard Sologinkin’s position as president of the Albany Creek Crushers junior league club in Brisbane is now in jeopardy .Defence barrister Craig Eberhardt has called for Sologinkin to avoid a custodial sentence and instead receive a fine and good behaviour bond so he can continue his contributions to junior rugby league. He will be sentenced on Wednesday afternoon.
AAP 2019

We don’t need neither Mahony, Lane or James.

@Spud_Murphy said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:

@Newtown said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:

@bptiger said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:

@Yossarian iam not sure about others on the forum, but i am just about over with the way our club is been run. are retention over the last 4-5 years has been woeful to say the least, to let masters to walk and also let matterson pick and chose if he plays when he has a contract for the next two years. why don’t we just let them all walk and we just play in the reserve grade comp. the club needs to grow a set and start telling these players who is in charge. we will be lucky to not get the spoon next year IF THINGS KEEP GOING THE WAY THERE GOING. i really thought things would improve when we signed madge, but again all are club gets is heartache, cant see any TOP signings coming, i hope there is a silver lining but things look dire.

This is mid October and clubs are not allowed to sign new players until 1st November at earliest. Hold onto your horses until then. I am sure that Lomax will be a Wests Tiger as will Musgrove. The way I see things there will also be at least two more quality signing before the end of the year.

Seriously? What makes you so sure about this Newtown? Lomax is a quality player, we don’t usually win the race for those types of players.

Only a week or so ago The Pom stated on this same thread that Lomax is almost 100% to Wests Tigers.

@bptiger said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:

@Yossarian iam not sure about others on the forum, but i am just about over with the way our club is been run. are retention over the last 4-5 years has been woeful to say the least, to let masters to walk and also let matterson pick and chose if he plays when he has a contract for the next two years. why don’t we just let them all walk and we just play in the reserve grade comp. the club needs to grow a set and start telling these players who is in charge. we will be lucky to not get the spoon next year IF THINGS KEEP GOING THE WAY THERE GOING. i really thought things would improve when we signed madge, but again all are club gets is heartache, cant see any TOP signings coming, i hope there is a silver lining but things look dire.

This is mid October and clubs are not allowed to sign new players until 1st November at earliest. Hold onto your horses until then. I am sure that Lomax will be a Wests Tiger as will Musgrove. The way I see things there will also be at least two more quality signing before the end of the year.

@avocadoontoast Players like Mitchell Moses and Matterson should be stood down by the NRL for contract dishonour.