Player Movements

[Up the mighty Phins]

Time to start up the player movements thread again.

Post all player movements within the Qld Cup clubs here.

Here's a start:

Retired: Jason Campbell (Redcliffe), Scott Thorburn (Easts), Graham Cotter (Easts), Graham Mackay (Ipswich), Jason Keough (Wynnum), Lance Cronk (Wynnum), Grant Benson (Wynnum), Darren Ireland (Wynnum), Glenn Polson (Wynnum), Craig Kimmorley (Central)

Dimitri Pelo (Burleigh) is off to Cronulla and Aaron Barba (Redcliffe) is off to Penrith.

Grant Wooden (Manly) has signed up for Wynnum.

 

[Big Cam Cherry]

I believe Brian Jellick is going to play in France fulltime.
John Manning from Norths has retired.

And a former Dolphin could be coming out of retirement and no before you ask Stew it's not Wayne Miller, thankfully.

 

[Big Cam Cherry]

I see Darren Smith will play for Easts next season in the Qld Cup and have an off field role in development and marketing. He will trying to get the local community behind the Tigers

 

[Seagullsrock]

Yeh I heard that on the radio this morning and wondered if it was true.

 

[Kingytek]

Welcome on board I say, I cant wait.

 

[zulu]

I see Darren Smith will play for Easts next season in the Qld Cup and have an off field role in development and marketing. He will trying to get the local community behind the Tigers

If so that is great news for Easts and the QLD Cup. That means he will make a return to the club he left 14 years ago. Must be a record.

More top players should be doing this. zu.

 

[Big Cam Cherry]

I hope Easts have a good year they have really underachieved for what they have had in the last few years.

 

[mud n blood]

With Smith playing for the sh!t-eaters, I hope Treleaven pulls on the boots for the panthers just for the game against them .... :lol:

 

[Big Cam Cherry]

I doubt Smith will play in reserve grade.

 

[Big Cam Cherry]

And Brian Jellick is a chance of staying in Australia now and may play for the Dolphins again.

 

[XXXX Cap]

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If so that is great news for Easts and the QLD Cup. That means he will make a return to the club he left 14 years ago. Must be a record.

More top players should be doing this. zu.

I think Artie's 16 year gap at Redcliffe between 1965 and 1981 would be the record.

 

[Big Tommy]

Let's hope Darren Smith plays more for Easts next year then Artie did for Redcliffe in '81!

 

[Big Cam Cherry]

I would like to bet Danny McCallister isn't at the Jets next year.

 

[Big Cam Cherry]

A tip is Shane Tronc will join the Cowboys next year.

 

[XXXX Cap]

Word was that McAllister was joining Wynnum - he was a local junior.

 

[Big Cam Cherry]

Wynnum is one of the clubs he is talking to and I believe Easts and Norths are two of the other clubs. But I don't think it helped their cause when they cited him in the semi final at Ipswich.

 

[Big Cam Cherry]

Shane Tronc signed the Cowboys today and will start next season in the Young Guns squad.

 

[XXXX Cap]

It may be wishful thinking and I know Redcliffe always buy astutely to plug gaps, but you would think they would feel the effect next year of losing Barba and Tronc.

One of them scored 33 tries this season - a lot of them with pace that few other players have. The other was Redcliffe Player-of-the-Year and a top performer in all the Rep games.

It will be hard for them to replace Barba's pace and Tronc's size. Not saying they won't be hard to beat as usual.

 

[mud n blood]

naaaah - plenty of bucks in the kitty. :roll:

 

[XXXX Cap]

No doubt - but there simply aren't a lot of blokes about as fast as Barba or as big as Tronc.

They were a big influence in the big games this year.