JDB

[jeffdragon]

Has told the Dragons he signing with Eels for 2 years from.next year.
Michael Chammas reporting it.

Parramatta Eels sign veteran Dragons forward

Former representative second-rower Jack de Belin will link with Jason Ryles and the Eels on a two-year deal from 2026.

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[sammymills]

WTFFFFF!!!!!! FLANNO WTF

 

[shazam]

Yes just help them even more first Lomax & now JDB
What a club !!!!

 

[jeffdragon]

WTFFFFF!!!!!! FLANNO WTF

One of our best
Signed fckn nobody and let him go.
Club is fckd.

 

[st.phil]

down down - dragons are down

so bad

 

[redv13]

Ah well guess junior has the 13 locked up for 2026

 

[hewi]

One of our best
Signed fckn nobody and let him go.
Club is fckd.

X 2. We are truly f**ked the rats are leaving the sinking ship.

 

[OneEyedDragon]

Is the news real or just Facebook stupidity?

 

[redv13]

Is the news real or just Facebook stupidity?

It’s legit mate. Reported in the telegraph, smh and Fox sports

 

[redv13]

1st they f**ked Lance Thompson and now JDB. 2 players that were the heart and soul of the jersey, bled for the club and both got f**ked over instead of finishing 1 club players. Unbelievable

 

[OneEyedDragon]

Bugger!

 

[bad boy bubby]

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St George Illawarra’s longest-serving current player, Jack de Belin, is set to quit the club at the end of the season to join Parramatta.
It is understood that de Belin has agreed to join the Eels next year with Parramatta having a contract option on his services for the 2027 season also. The deal is now in the NRL’s 10-day cooling off period.
The 34-year-old was on the cusp of becoming the most-capped Dragon of all-time with his 242 game tally just 31 games behind Ben Hornby’s record.

The Dragons re-signed De Belin for a further 12 months this year and had been in talks about extending his deal by a further season.
But the Dragons veteran will instead join the Eels in 2026 with Parramatta open to securing his services before June 30. That seems unlikely given the Dragons lack of depth in the forward pack and the club have already let Finau Latu go to join Canterbury.

Dragons enforcer Jack de Belin is set to leave the club and join Parramatta in 2026. Picture: NRL Photos
The Dragons play the Eels on Saturday night in a crucial match in Wollongong where De Belin has been named at lock.
He was just one of two Dragons players to play every game last season and is yet to miss a game this year.
The former NSW forward is the last remaining Dragon still on the roster to have played under former coach Wayne Bennett.
He will reunite with former Dragon Zac Lomax at the Eels next season. The Eels remain in talks with Tigers hooker Tallyn Da Silva.
St George Illawarra

Jack​

De Belin​

34 yrs
|
188 cm
|
106 kg

Runs
128
Effective Offloads
13
Line Breaks
2
Line Engagements
87
Run Metres
1058
Tackle Busts
13
Post Contact Metres
343

The Dragons are in the midst of a roster revamp with De Belin leaving the club. Tyrell Sloan is free to go despite
having 12 months left on his contract while the likes of Blake Lawrie and Mikaele Ravalawa would also be free to leave if they found deals elsewhere. Ravalawa is on loan to South Sydney this year but is expected to return to the Dragons next year.
The Dragons have a host of forwards off-contract including David Klemmer, Viliami Fifita and Michael Molo.

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[KingFlanno7]

No f**king way.

 

[Old Timer]

Losing JDB unexpectedly means that Flanno better extend Kyle again.

After all we need to acknowledge his versatility and reward his loyalty to the club during these difficult times.

 

[Spazer]

I'm fuming, but loyalty aside let's be real, JDB won't have the same impact in 2 years time. I would have felt better about this had we kept Latu, but Stewart is the 13 over JDB and couchmans will take over the middles rotation anyway.

 

[Hard Yards]

Damn, the club will need to spend his part of the cap on retaining its squad of talented junior forwards, had hoped Jack would be there to mentor them. Bugger.

 

[Old Timer]

Forgot to say that this decision is from the BOD as there was no way they were ever going to let JDB break Ben Hornby's club record.

 

[Ruby Roundhouse]

I'm in the minority, but good riddance

 

[Saint Angelo]

Forgot to say that this decision is from the BOD as there was no way they were ever going to let JDB break Ben Hornby's club record.

 

[St_Bondi]

It's ok ... We've still got Lawrie and Klemmer and Luciano. All is not lost ... hahahaha