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2025

Girds89

Bench
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So, long way off i know..

Whole season ahead and thats the focus no doubt.

But its a big talking point next year.

No home ground. New players.

My best 1-17 at this point of time based on no new signings and just what we have here atm and for next year.

1. Edwards
2. Too
3. Alamonti
4. Tago
5. Tiny
6. Laurie
7. Cleary
8. Leota
9. Kenny
10. Henry
11. Soro
12. Martin
13. Yeo

14. Cole
15. Smith
16. Geyer
17. Luron, lisati,

Not sure theres a lot out there atm on the market for 25...

Stefano obviously if tigers dont meet the clauses in his contract. Hes going to be an elite prop. Of that i have no doubt.

Other than him there not much i like the looks of. Dont follow the super league but id be hesitant.

Jayden sua has been mentioned by some but i dont rate him.. hes just solid..

With marto, soro, smith and henry all capable of really big mins... i don't think we should be targeting high min players.

Weve lost a lot of special impact guys over the last few years. Players that could come up with big plays in attack.

Api
Kiks
Critta
Luai

Id love fifita.. i know hes got a few years to run so not going to happen but think hed been best 2md rower in the game in our system.

Know it wont happen but i just think if we could get him wed continue to be a huge threat moving forward.

Whole dynamic of the pack changes.

8. Leota
9. Kenny
10. Henry
11. Fifita
12. Marto
13. Yeo

14. Cole
15. Smith
16. Soro (prop)
17. Geyer

Im sure everyone will have different opinions about what we should do.

Anyway like i said, clearly focus is on this year but not often we get to be excited about a signing or two.

Last 4/5 years has all been about retention really with bringing in squad fillers.
 

Kilkenny

Coach
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13,856
We’re not going to acquire David Fafita or Stefano it won’t happen.

Im sure the club have a list of potential acquisitions but they will almost certainly not be marquee signings I think we can be assured they will be players with upside and potential.

2025 shaping as a year of transition, not least being not having a home ground. 2026 could see the emergence of Patea, Lemoto brothers and John Sagaga to name a few.
 

penrithfrank

Juniors
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43
The only players in super league that can make your team would be Jack welsby ( back ) and 2 really young up and coming forwards Sam Walters and tyree dupree
 

Fangs

Coach
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13,680
So then...

Shoulder surgery: Nathan Cleary, Dylan Edwards and Blaize Tailagi.

Not an ideal pre-season with 3/4 of your spine injured. Not expecting us to start with a bang in 2025.
 

MugaB

Coach
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14,967
Yeah, nah all depends on who's running the show, Ivan? or the board who want to force blaize into a position coz they are paying him large to be there.

I get you all have no quarms against the kid coz he hasn't put on the black jersey yet, but I like to see our new recruits ahead of time, and I was quite pleased with schnieder and alamotti when I checked out their past games before we got them, even posted here how good they'd be this time last season, but this kid has "manager games" written all over him
How is he been this hyped? He has played pretty badly this season, and the Eels have sunk to 16th where has all this press on the kid come from?
I just don't buy it, and I feel we've been hoodwinked
 

Iamback

Referee
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20,254
Yeah, nah all depends on who's running the show, Ivan? or the board who want to force blaize into a position coz they are paying him large to be there.

I get you all have no quarms against the kid coz he hasn't put on the black jersey yet, but I like to see our new recruits ahead of time, and I was quite pleased with schnieder and alamotti when I checked out their past games before we got them, even posted here how good they'd be this time last season, but this kid has "manager games" written all over him
How is he been this hyped? He has played pretty badly this season, and the Eels have sunk to 16th where has all this press on the kid come from?
I just don't buy it, and I feel we've been hoodwinked

I am in the hoodwinked camp. Lets see how it plays out but I think he is a centre and not sure he is better than others we have
 

Luke Bowden

First Grade
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7,297
Yeah, nah all depends on who's running the show, Ivan? or the board who want to force blaize into a position coz they are paying him large to be there.

I get you all have no quarms against the kid coz he hasn't put on the black jersey yet, but I like to see our new recruits ahead of time, and I was quite pleased with schnieder and alamotti when I checked out their past games before we got them, even posted here how good they'd be this time last season, but this kid has "manager games" written all over him
How is he been this hyped? He has played pretty badly this season, and the Eels have sunk to 16th where has all this press on the kid come from?
I just don't buy it, and I feel we've been hoodwinked
He’s a kid… He’s very talented and we’ve signed him.

Maybe he kills it, Maybe he doesn’t. That’s how the Rugby League world works. He obviously has attributes that our team are looking for, so chances are, he’ll do great.

Lower your expectations to a realistic level and enjoy the show. We are producing amazing players these days.
 

Kilkenny

Coach
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13,856
I confess I didn’t really pay much attention to Blaize never expected him to be a recruit for us.

No reason not to be optimistic about his raw talent so it should be interesting on how he progresses.

Not sure whether he has the skill set required to play in the six but time will tell I guess.
 

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