Mark O'Neill

[Delboy]

If anyone is interested in the performance of our R&R since 2022

Players that left the club:-
Gutherson. Sivo. Blake. Dylbro. RCG. Mahoney
Lane. Papali’i. N.Brown. Cartwright. Kaufusi. Nikore
Matterson. Ofahengaui Lussick. Talagi. Sanders. Dunster
Hands Opacic Hawkins. Lomax. Stone

players signed
Asi. Ogden. Davey. Greig. Momoseia Rodwell. Hodgson
Cini. Lumelume. Harper Multitalo. Tago. Taumonepea
Keir. Hopgood. Kautoga Tualagi. Mataele. Iongi. Volkman
Kelly. DeDelin Pezet. Doorey. Moretti Williams. Samrani
R Smith. Makatoa Rein. AddoCarr Walker

Probably left a few out , so feel free to add any , as most from memory. Not many standouts in signings is the last 5 years of current staff. AddoCarr and Walker are still with us and outliers in many ways.

 

[Wizardssleeve]

If anyone is 8nterest we in the performance of our R&R since 2022

Players that left the club:-
Gutherson. Sivo. Blake. Dylbro. RCG. Mahoney
Lane. Papali’i. N.Brown. Cartwright. Kaufusi. Nikore
Matterson. Ofahengaui Lussick. Talagi. Sanders. Dunster
Hands Opacic Hawkins. Lomax. Stone

players signed
Asi. Ogden. Davey. Greig. Momoseia Rodwell. Hodgson
Cini. Lumelume. Harper Multitalo. Tago. Taumonepea
Keir. Hopgood. Kautoga Tualagi. Mataele. Iongi. Volkman
Kelly. DeDelin Pezet. Doorey. Moretti Williams. Samrani
R Smith. Makatoa Rein. AddoCarr Walker

Probably left a few out , so feel free to add any , as most from memory. Not many standouts in signings is the last 5 years of current staff.

How depressing . Roger’s must be one hell off a salesman to be able to sit in his bi annual reviews and sell his achievements . Then again , he’s most likely preaching to O’Neill .

MON - “ How do you think you’ve gone this year mate “

Roger’s - “ well I didn’t flash my junk at the office ladies “

MON-“ Agree , it’s been a good year “

 

[pazzaeel]

If anyone is interested in the performance of our R&R since 2022

Players that left the club:-
Gutherson. Sivo. Blake. Dylbro. RCG. Mahoney
Lane. Papali’i. N.Brown. Cartwright. Kaufusi. Nikore
Matterson. Ofahengaui Lussick. Talagi. Sanders. Dunster
Hands Opacic Hawkins. Lomax. Stone

players signed
Asi. Ogden. Davey. Greig. Momoseia Rodwell. Hodgson
Cini. Lumelume. Harper Multitalo. Tago. Taumonepea
Keir. Hopgood. Kautoga Tualagi. Mataele. Iongi. Volkman
Kelly. DeDelin Pezet. Doorey. Moretti Williams. Samrani
R Smith. Makatoa Rein. AddoCarr Walker

Probably left a few out , so feel free to add any , as most from memory. Not many standouts in signings is the last 5 years of current staff. AddoCarr and Walker are still with us and outliers in many ways.

Wow. The quality (at least in some part of their time with us) of the departures outweighs the quality on the incoming list many times over.

 

[Pazza]

You have to assume he wouldn’t have signed without it. He was an elite junior talent. He wanted to go to market when it suited him best and that was 2024. If we didn’t agree to the PO it could have instead been a one year contract with no PO and for more money. And if we didn’t like it, he would have gone to one of the other clubs fishing in other clubs’ pathways. For example we signed Bamblett from Penrith’s Harold Matts team. Maybe they wouldn’t give him a PO.

If that's how the cards fall so be it

 

[Pazza]

He might've changed his mind.

He was pretty clear when he was quoted

 

[JokerEel]

Because we didn’t have a vacancy at five-eighth. Why can’t you keep these two ideas in your head at the same time?

He was a teenaged footballer and played his whole SG Ball and Flegg career at centre. He was the centre coming through.

He played 5/8 in matts in 22 and we got Lynn from QLD to play 5/8 in Ball in 23..

So yes we had a vacancy for 5/8

 

[eels_fan]

Saints told him that they wouldn’t be extending his contract beyond 2027.

Not sure that’s true. They told him they wouldn’t negotiate currently as in a freeze, he could taken up his player option for next year and been paid more than he will be with us

 

[Avenger]

Not sure that’s true. They told him they wouldn’t negotiate currently as in a freeze, he could taken up his player option for next year and been paid more than he will be with us

No mate. If the player takes up the option it’s usually for less, more if the club does it. I’m pretty sure we would have given him what Saints would have paid if they took up their option.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

He was pretty clear when he was quoted

Reality might've punched him in the face a bit since then. Other clubs use POs. There's no good reason for us not to use them.

 

[JokerEel]

Reality might've punched him in the face a bit since then. Other clubs use POs. There's no good reason for us not to use them.

Knights Confirm Dylan Brown

The nib Newcastle Knights are delighted to confirm the signing of Dylan Brown, who will join the club in 2026, until the end of the 2035 National Rugby League season.

www.newcastleknights.com.au

 

[JokerEel]

Is Pou the architect of the PO.. the idiot is the only person that thinks they are good in the year 2026

 

[Poupou Escobar]

He played 5/8 in matts in 22 and we got Lynn from QLD to play 5/8 in Ball in 23..

So yes we had a vacancy for 5/8

I mean in first grade. Lynn was never a genuine NRL option. Talagi has been one of the stars in his age group ever since he was 16. We knew he had high NRL potential (as did every other NRL club) and we wanted to create a pathway to fit him into our NRL squad. That's why we brought him into SG Ball to play centre, even though he played all his Harold Matts as a 6.

 

[King-Gutho94]

Is Pou the architect of the PO.. the idiot is the only person that thinks they are good in the year 2026

Pou Option = PO

 

[JokerEel]

I mean in first grade. Lynn was never a genuine NRL option. Talagi has been one of the stars in his age group ever since he was 16. We knew he had high NRL potential (as did every other NRL club) and we wanted to create a pathway to fit him into our NRL squad. That's why we brought him into SG Ball to play centre, even though he played all his Harold Matts as a 6.

So we had this kid who we knew had potential to play nrl so gave our current nrl 5/8 a po and didn't develop this kid in his juniors as a 5/8 incase the nrl 5/8 jumped ship..and possibly used one against the other.. I can see the stupidity in this plan..

Smart play from the team worked out well didnt it...

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Is Pou the architect of the PO.. the idiot is the only person that thinks they are good in the year 2026

Because the rugbaleeg media made a circus out of them in recent years, prompting this:

RLPA threat forced NRL to remove player contract information from its website

The NRL edited its own website after the RLPA sent an email arguing for players’ privacy.

www.smh.com.au

The RLPA has made clear that POs are not exit clauses because they "do not officially form part of a term of a contract until they are exercised, which is why player options are not made public until that point."

Policy Positions & FAQs - Contracting Windows - RLPA

Contracting Windows Under the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), players and clubs are subject to agreed restrictions on when and how they can negotiate contracts. Any changes to these contracting restrictions must be agreed with the players’ representative body, the RLPA, and cannot be made...

www.rlpa.com.au

 

[Twizzle]

Hopefully none. And why do you think that is the case?

Because he's a waste of space, this is something we can agree on

 

[Twizzle]

We don't know how many current players have POs because it isn't allowed to be reported. But we know the Storm have used POs in the past, and for good reason.

Maybe, but I don't think POs are the issue, MON is the issue here

 

[Poupou Escobar]

So we had this kid who we knew had potential to play nrl so gave our current nrl 5/8 a po

He was off contract. Like Sean Russell this year. The PO had nothing to do with it. When a PO bites you is when a player is no longer up to it but activates the PO to hang around, like Matterson this year. That's when a PO works against you, not when the player just refuses to activate it.

and didn't develop this kid in his juniors as a 5/8 incase the nrl 5/8 jumped ship..and possibly used one against the other.. I can see the stupidity in this plan..

Smart play from the team worked out well didnt it...

You don't have a leg to stand on when discussing smart play. You're still assuming Talagi should've been happy to hang around as a plan B.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Maybe, but I don't think POs are the issue, MON is the issue here

I don't think they're the issue either.

 

[I bleed blue & gold]

How tf does this guy have a job? A council would of sacked him by now..