Confirmed Signings

[Tiger5150]

Yep plus Aloiai locked in. Tigers have the makings of a very good pack in those 4. Really need an experienced hard head to lead them. Hopefully Packer gets his shit together and can be that man

Aloiai has me excited and worried in equal measure. Potential to be rep level but something is holding him back from just doing it consistently.

With Twal you know exactly what you will get week in week out. Aloiai, not so much. Hope he can turn that around next year.

 

[Vic Mackey]

Aloiai has me excited and worried in equal measure. Potential to be rep level but something is holding him back from just doing it consistently.

With Twal you know exactly what you will get week in week out. Aloiai, not so much. Hope he can turn that around next year.

Everytime Aloiai starts to hit form he gets injured. He’s the one guy we have who can intimidate with and without the ball. He was really coming into his own this year before his hand injury. Really hoping he have a season injury free as he’s one guy who become one of the premier forwards in the game.

 

[Tiger5150]

Tommy Talau re-signs with the Tigers (member email). Another promising youngster commits, further endorsement of the culture building at the club. Encouraging signs.

 

[Captain Apollo]

Jared Warea-Hargeaves re-signs with the Sydney Roosters till the end of 2023.

Source: https://www.roosters.com.au/news/2019/11/22/roosters-enforcer-extends/

 

[Vic Mackey]

Jared Warea-Hargeaves re-signs with the Sydney Roosters till the end of 2023.

Source: https://www.roosters.com.au/news/2019/11/22/roosters-enforcer-extends/

does anybody seriously think JWH will still be playing as he approaches 35? ill give him 2 years then one of Toddys 'medical retirements' and a job running the water for the Roosters Matts team on $300k a year

 

[nick87]

yeah my first thought when i heard the news was this was potentially the first of many "Sam Burgess" rule contracts.
And good on the roosters, the door is open, they cant be blamed for walking through it.

 

[Babyface O'reilly]

does anybody seriously think JWH will still be playing as he approaches 35? ill give him 2 years then one of Toddys 'medical retirements' and a job running the water for the Roosters Matts team on $300k a year

Another mess Todd has created for himself

 

[Vic Mackey]

yeah my first thought when i heard the news was this was potentially the first of many "Sam Burgess" rule contracts.
And good on the roosters, the door is open, they cant be blamed for walking through it.

Another mess Todd has created for himself

100%

No one could accuse the Roosters of doing anything untoward here, they'd simply be making the most of a loophole Todd created for his golden drink driver

 

[Valheru]

does anybody seriously think JWH will still be playing as he approaches 35? ill give him 2 years then one of Toddys 'medical retirements' and a job running the water for the Roosters Matts team on $300k a year

If he is in his current form then absolutely.

We haven't actually ever tried the medical retirement but will be interesting to see if that's the plan.

The Burgess ruling will probably dictate that as well as others.

 

[Mr_Raditch]

Tiger's have signed Stefano Utoikamanu to a 3 year deal from 2021. I've got to be honest & say I've never heard of the lad, but he's got big wraps on him & sounds like the Eels were desperate to keep him.

https://www.nrl.com/news/2019/11/22/wests-tigers-snare-teen-tyro-utoikamanu-from-eels-grasp/

 

[Spot On]

The Burgess ruling will probably dictate that as well as others.

... and the chance of the outcome of this ruling then being applied consistently and fairly in the future.

Not at the NRL.

 

[I Bleed Maroon]

Brodie Croft to Brisbane is signed, sealed and delivered. Brisbane will have a presser Monday morning around 10am or so. Melbourne are footing a percentage of his contract.

 

[Canard]

Brodie Croft to Brisbane is signed, sealed and delivered. Brisbane will have a presser Monday morning around 10am or so. Melbourne are footing a percentage of his contract.

Surely this should be in the rumoured signing thread?

 

[gerg]

Darius will take him under his wing and teach him everything he knows on how to be a successful half and elite NRL player.

 

[Mr Spock!]

does anybody seriously think JWH will still be playing as he approaches 35? ill give him 2 years then one of Toddys 'medical retirements' and a job running the water for the Roosters Matts team on $300k a year

I don't have a problem with it.

If a team wants to pay a million for a bloke to run water then how stupid are they.

 

[gerg]

I don't have a problem with it.

If a team wants to pay a million for a bloke to run water then how stupid are they.

Does someone actually need to explain to you what is wrong with this scenario?

 

[SBD82]

Does someone actually need to explain to you what is wrong with this scenario?

He’s a souffs fan. You can’t think of any reason why he might be in support of players having multi million dollar contracts taken off the cap?

 

[jim_57]

https://www.cowboys.com.au/news/2019/11/24/cowboys-sign-holmes-on-long-term-deal/

Cowboys sign Holmes for 6 years.

 

[AJB1102]

6? Wow.

 

[some11]

6 years? why not 10 or 15?