Season 2026

[getsmarty]

St George winger offered to Super League clubs as NRL exit looms

St George Illawarra Dragons winger Corey Allan has emerged as a possible recruitment option for Super League clubs in 2026.

www.loverugbyleague.com

 

[Steel City]

Top 30.
Atkinson
Cook
T Couchman
R Couchman
Egan
Feagai
Flanagan
Guler
Gutherson
Halangahu
Homes
Ilias
Kerr
King-Togia
Lawson
Lawrie
Leilua
Liddle
Pacific Tonga
Sele
Sloan
Stewart
Su'A
Suli
Tsougranis
Tuipulotu

Supplementary
Buchanan
Reed
Stanley-Traill
Weatherall

 

[jeffdragon]

Top 30.
Atkinson
Cook
T Couchman
R Couchman
Egan
Feagai
Flanagan
Guler
Gutherson
Halangahu
Homes
Ilias
Kerr
King-Togia
Lawson
Lawrie
Leilua
Liddle
Pacific Tonga
Sele
Sloan
Stewart
Su'A
Suli
Tsougranis
Tuipulotu

Supplementary
Buchanan
Reed
Stanley-Traill
Weatherall

Injuries or not won't be pushing for the 8.

 

[getsmarty]

St George Illawarra Dragons winger Corey Allan set for Super League move – Total Rugby League

www.totalrl.com

 

[possm]

a very early pick of what our R1 team looks like for next season:

1: Gutho
2: Sloan (Ramsey assuming he stays and is fit)
3: Suli
4: Val
5: CT
6: LKT (it will be Kyle)
7: Atkinson
8: T. Couch
9: Cook
10: Klemmer
11: Egan
12: Sua
13: Stewart
14: Liddle
15: Sele
16: Luch
17: Kerr

Would love to see Halangahu, LPT and R. Couch in the side, however it's promising to see our forwards depth

Fullback
I,f he is fit enough to play NRL, Ramsey should be our Fullback. He has the skills and speed to do the job well. Gutherson is beginning to slow down and, given his great passing skills, would be best laced at center.

Wings
At this stafe CE, Lawson, and Williams seem to be in the contest.

Centers
Holmes will return to his spot, while Suli should move to the 17 position on the bench. Buchanan is the ideal backup center.

Halves
Illias and Reed to fight it out for the 7 jumper and Atkinson and LKT will fight it our for the five-eighth spot.

Lock
Stewart is the logical choice. A backup lock is one of our depth problems.

Edge forwards
Su'A, Egan, Truck, Sulli, Nick T, and R Couchman to fight it out.

Props
New marquee prop, Leilua, T Couchman, LPT, Sele, and Guler will fight it out.

Hooker
Liddle, Cook, and Flannagan. One of which to play 14.

 

[possm]

St George Illawarra Dragons winger Corey Allan set for Super League move – Total Rugby League

www.totalrl.com

Maybe he can find a job for Lawrie over there.

 

[Steel City]

Fullback
I,f he is fit enough to play NRL, Ramsey should be our Fullback. He has the skills and speed to do the job well. Gutherson is beginning to slow down and, given his great passing skills, would be best laced at center.

Wings
At this stafe CE, Lawson, and Williams seem to be in the contest.

Centers
Holmes will return to his spot, while Suli should move to the 17 position on the bench. Buchanan is the ideal backup center.

Halves
Illias and Reed to fight it out for the 7 jumper

Why are you selecting players who aren't eligible to play.
And Illias lol I'm going to guess you have not watched one Cup game

 

[56to66]

St Merger Trash will be a wooden spoon heavyweight for 2026. The combination of Scumulla's infiltration and the WWE, there's no doubt in that!

 

[Crush]

Popped in here to see if anything interesting being discussed. Then I see a dragons fan calling his own team “St Merger Trash”
Damn, I’d expect that from opposition trolls not supposed dragons fans.

 

[This Year?]

I find it so difficult to even contemplate next season after what we've just gone through. I'm still seething over the Souths game and haven't even watched our last game that had more black in the stands than midnight on a new moon.
I don't even want to think about Saints until after Christmas, but I'm still posting like a tragic. By February I'll be all in ready to get my hopes and dreams battered pillar to post yet again.

 

[The Word]

Popped in here to see if anything interesting being discussed. Then I see a dragons fan calling his own team “St Merger Trash”
Damn, I’d expect that from opposition trolls not supposed dragons fans.

This d.ckhead manages to work that into most of his posts. One of those people who thinks he sounds more intelligent the more he repeats himself lol.

 

[The Word]

Top 30.
Atkinson
Cook
T Couchman
R Couchman
Egan
Feagai
Flanagan
Guler
Gutherson
Halangahu
Homes
Ilias
Kerr
King-Togia
Lawson
Lawrie
Leilua
Liddle
Pacific Tonga
Sele
Sloan
Stewart
Su'A
Suli
Tsougranis
Tuipulotu

Supplementary
Buchanan
Reed
Stanley-Traill
Weatherall

I reckon there's room for a 1 year contract for Klem. He was one of our better forwards this year.

 

[matPORTS]

One of the things I'm really crossing my fingers for - our NSW Cup Team winning the GF this weekend + also going on to win the State Championship on Grand Final Day. This will do wonders for the confidence of the blokes who will be in our main list for 2026. Given that they will also be expected back on deck for pre-season by mid-November, they will still be peak fitness right up until the last minute of this current season and then ready to rip in after about a six week break.

If there is also one thing I'm taking away from watching the finals games so far - Panthers, Storm, Sharks have been finals mainstays for years now and have players who know how to get the job done at this time of the year (regardless of where in the 8 they finish). Broncos are stacked with rep stars and also know how to get things done at that level. Raiders, Bulldogs will learn and grow with another year under the belt. Roosters will always be there or thereabouts. Wahs are stacked with talent looking at their NSW Cup Team this year...

...which also shows me we are still a long way off where we need to be. Not only getting the roster right, but also the learnings that are required to be successful at the very top level.

As for where our roster is headed for 2026, the general discussion in here seems to be around needing a solid prop and a solution for the wing spots...

Agreed that Hamlin-Uele is a target to go for if he's being shaken out of the Sharks. He's been huge for them off the bench this year, pushes through contact and has an offload.

Provided Ramsey is fit and staying at the club, I actually think he and Gutho in a roving role fullback/wing could work? Gutho is still very much a safe option on the wing in terms of the contest under the high balls and finishing (even if a few paces slower now). But Cody could be a revelation out there.

Suli to the edge (he'll either make it or he won't). I'm giving Hayden Buchanan the #3 jersey and every opportunity to make the spot his own for the next 10 years.

I'm really not sure at this stage who our halves will be? Atkinson will feature somewhere, most likely #6 (provided that is what we bought him for)... but it's game on as to who will get the #7 jumper.

Provided everyone is fit, if there is one thing we will have taken away from 2025 is that we're building a lot of depth in our roster for 2026 (still some work to do to build depth in the backs but very optimistic about where things are going up in the engine room).

 

[56to66]

This d.ckhead manages to work that into most of his posts. One of those people who thinks he sounds more intelligent the more he repeats himself lol.

13 years of Trash moron

 

[The Word]

13 years of Trash moron

Boring

 

[thebigredv]

I mean we have been trash for a long time.
The power is with the club to do much better.

Whats the argument against?

 

[possm]

Why are you selecting players who aren't eligible to play.
And Illias lol I'm going to guess you have not watched one Cup game

Only those players we currently have under contract. If the Club recruits some new players, one would hope that these would be better than the ones we have.

In the halves, Reed, Atkinson, Ilias, Flanagan, and LKT, are all eligible to play. 2026 will be another development season, so, unless we buy a halfback, I would think that Reed and Atkinson would be an exciting halves combo.

 

[56to66]

I mean, we have been trash for a long time.

The power is with the club to do much better.

What's the argument against?

I just want our history restored; that can only happen if the club decides to ditch the Illawarra name, it's the least they can do, to salvage some pride. It's obvious I'm on the wrong platform.

 

[denis preston]

One of the things I'm really crossing my fingers for - our NSW Cup Team winning the GF this weekend + also going on to win the State Championship on Grand Final Day. This will do wonders for the confidence of the blokes who will be in our main list for 2026. Given that they will also be expected back on deck for pre-season by mid-November, they will still be peak fitness right up until the last minute of this current season and then ready to rip in after about a six week break.

If there is also one thing I'm taking away from watching the finals games so far - Panthers, Storm, Sharks have been finals mainstays for years now and have players who know how to get the job done at this time of the year (regardless of where in the 8 they finish). Broncos are stacked with rep stars and also know how to get things done at that level. Raiders, Bulldogs will learn and grow with another year under the belt. Roosters will always be there or thereabouts. Wahs are stacked with talent looking at their NSW Cup Team this year...

...which also shows me we are still a long way off where we need to be. Not only getting the roster right, but also the learnings that are required to be successful at the very top level.

As for where our roster is headed for 2026, the general discussion in here seems to be around needing a solid prop and a solution for the wing spots...

Agreed that Hamlin-Uele is a target to go for if he's being shaken out of the Sharks. He's been huge for them off the bench this year, pushes through contact and has an offload.

Provided Ramsey is fit and staying at the club, I actually think he and Gutho in a roving role fullback/wing could work? Gutho is still very much a safe option on the wing in terms of the contest under the high balls and finishing (even if a few paces slower now). But Cody could be a revelation out there.

Suli to the edge (he'll either make it or he won't). I'm giving Hayden Buchanan the #3 jersey and every opportunity to make the spot his own for the next 10 years.

I'm really not sure at this stage who our halves will be? Atkinson will feature somewhere, most likely #6 (provided that is what we bought him for)... but it's game on as to who will get the #7 jumper.

Provided everyone is fit, if there is one thing we will have taken away from 2025 is that we're building a lot of depth in our roster for 2026 (still some work to do to build depth in the backs but very optimistic about where things are going up in the engine room).

Hayden Buchanan will struggle to play NRL at all with everybody back.

 

[Victoire]

I just want our history restored; that can only happen if the club decides to ditch the Illawarra name, it's the least they can do, to salvage some pride. It's obvious I'm on the wrong platform.

Yep, definitely the wrong platform. For this kind of thing you should probably be yelling at clouds