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Legal Eel

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I don't think so. He had no trouble finding an equivalent position in another squad, and he is a strong performer in reserve grade, where backups should be performing strongly.
equivalent position?

The kid didn't see first grade this year! Yet we created an unnecessary bench position for him in a grand final...

I take it back, your logic is unassailable....
 

Poupou Escobar

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Not many at all, 10 or less, is my prediction. But that's not to say either aren't worthy of an NRL contract.

JA is clearly a backup half, so will depend on injuries.

MA, would only be 20 and is developing. Has 2 experienced hookers in front on him at this stage. Form and/or injuries will determine how many games he plays. Probably spends the year in NSW cup developing. Chance 2026, is his breakout year.
Nah let's write him off before his 20th birthday. Middle defenders should all be regular first graders by the age of 20 ffs
 

Poupou Escobar

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Did someone say that the Tigers don't have options ? Bula has both a MO and a PO, structured in an if/then scenario.

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The Sydney Morning Herald, however, is reporting that Bula, who has broken out as a fullback at NRL level in recent times, could be the next star to join the agent's stable.

Bula recently left his manager, Liam Ayoub, after he picked up a role in the Canterbury Bulldogs' recruitment market.

Already an international representative for Fiji, Bula is off-contract at the end of 2026 but has a mutual option for 2027 worth a reported $900,000, and if the Tigers decide against that, Bula could take a player option at $800,000 per Sydney Morning Herald's report.

But Bula doesn't have to take either option, and he may not if Moses decides he wants to renegotiate with the club and earn the fees associated with doing so.

That could ultimately mean he ends up on the free agency market from November 1 next year, and if that happens, there will be plenty of clubs who come knocking for the young talent's services.

This is the media misreporting how MOs work. It's a CO for one value followed by a PO for a lower value. Same as how Josh Hodgson described it. This is how mutual options work in the NRL.
 

Poupou Escobar

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I agree with Gronk.

If the Tigers are all in with options on their biggest contracts, then I am all turned around on the subject - its obviously a failsafe way to do business!

Well done Gronk on pointing this out...we are definitely vindicated by the Tigers implementation of options and the security it gives to their roster management.
It worked for the Storm.

 

Poupou Escobar

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equivalent position?

The kid didn't see first grade this year! Yet we created an unnecessary bench position for him in a grand final...

I take it back, your logic is unassailable....
He was injured this year. And he saw more first grade at Manly last year than he did at Parramatta.

He has always been a backup and the way he has been used in first grade reflects that. Sometimes they are needed and sometimes they aren't.
 

Gronk

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This is the media misreporting how MOs work. It's a CO for one value followed by a PO for a lower value. Same as how Josh Hodgson described it. This is how mutual options work in the NRL.
Nah you're joining the dots in low light.
 

Joshuatheeel

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equivalent position?

The kid didn't see first grade this year! Yet we created an unnecessary bench position for him in a grand final...

I take it back, your logic is unassailable....
It has been mentioned he was cover for Moses who was playing injured late 2022. Don't have to agree with the decision but there was a reason...and in 2023 he wasn't picked (except for one game), as that role was no longer required.
 

TheCrowe

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f**k can you two wankers not clog up the next 15 pages with oneupsmanship?

Anyway great to see Ionghi in Parra colours today he looks to move very well. Excited for him I hope he really does well.
Lost the rats tail. Looks faster already.
 

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