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hindy111

hindy111

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Gronk said:
"Persist" It was Round 1.

Ethyn Martin has only ever played one game of open age footy and that was a taste in the first trial.
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Ethyn may not be good enough. He is unknown. What is known is Lumie Lubes is not good enough. Do the maths
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eels_fan

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St George Illawarra has rejected a request from Zac Lomax’s management and the Parramatta Eels to open discussions for a deal that could result in an immediate release from the Dragons.

The Herald can reveal the Eels recently contacted the Dragons to enquire about Lomax’s contract status, with St George Illawarra saying the 24-year-old did not have their blessing to explore his options given he still has another two years to run on his deal.


A Dragons official confirmed the club had rejected an approach for Lomax to seek options at rival clubs but declined to comment when asked about the outside back’s future.

Sources with knowledge of the situation talking under the condition of anonymity to speak freely told the Herald that Lomax is open to an immediate switch to Parramatta.


The Eels are keen to lure Lomax to the club immediately to partner Will Pensini in the centres, but will have to abide by the NRL’s anti-tampering rules.

The Dragons made a formal complaint to the NRL last year regarding rival clubs circling contracted halfback and skipper Ben Hunt.


It prompted the NRL to investigate Brisbane following allegations they had attempted to entice him out of his deal with the Dragons in light of his desire to return home to Queensland.

The Eels, who confirmed their interest in Lomax if he was free to negotiate with, declined to comment when contacted by the Herald on Tuesday morning but were adamant the club had not breached the NRL rules.


The Eels are aware that Lomax isn’t seeing eye to eye with new Dragons coach Shane Flanagan, largely over the coach’s decision to move him from his preferred centre position to the wing.

Lomax, who is on a deal worth close to $800,000 per season, was superb for the Dragons playing on the wing in their round one victory over the Gold Coast Titans.


Flanagan told this masthead on Sunday that Lomax would not be allowed to leave in 2024 but was open to a discussion on the final two years of his deal.

The Dragons told Lomax’s management that they wanted to wait until after round four before they discuss where he will play his football in 2025 and beyond.


“He’s going nowhere,” Flanagan said two days ago. “We’ve told his management that we won’t be letting him go this year. If there’s a conversation to be had, we will have that in the future and it will be about next year.”

In an interview with 2GB’s Continuous Call Teamon Sunday, Flanagan confirmed Lomax was disgruntled.

“He’s upset that he’s not playing centre,” Flanagan said. “I need to pick the best 17 players. He’s definitely in there. He’s fine.

“He’d like to play centre … he will have a bit of a different role and he’s quite happy to go out there and do the best for the Dragons.”

www.smh.com.au

Dragons reject request for Lomax to talk to Eels and rival clubs

Parramatta recently contacted the Dragons to enquire about Lomax’s contract status, with St George Illawarra saying the 24-year-old did not have their blessing to explore his options.
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yy_cheng

yy_cheng

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TheRam said:
If I were the coach and seeing that there has to be some concern in regards to Moses's groin injury, this is the game I would leave Hands on the bench, just in case Moses goes down, especially if it happens early in the game.

Sure Carty would probably step in and play 2nd playmaker to Brown and Gutho will probably do more playmaking too, but having Hands and Lussick available would be my preference.

I would bring in Emu for sure though. The big boy needs more time on the field and experience at NRL level. I really hope he has a relatively injury free season so he can get some momentum in 1st grade and we can all see what he really has to offer at this level. So far it has been to stop/start for him and hard to judge definitively. We really need him to blossom and shine going forward if we want to give it a shake come sept/Nov this year.
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Who would you kick out, Kelma or Joffa?
 
Jake the snake

Jake the snake

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TheRam said:
From what I have seen from Blaize so far I am not all that overly impressed. Don't get me wrong, I can see the class in him, but I can also see a well under developed kid that still has way to many errors in him and would get totally dominated if he was exposed to regular NRL at the moment. I don't feel even next year all that much will have changed either.

If we can get a genuine elite outside back now, I would do it. Bird in the hand and all that.

I'm more excited of a player like Ethyn Martin to be honest.
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Agree. TCT (aka the Matt Arthur show) …and others pumping up this kid. But he’s shown nothing against men. You compare him to the like of INU, Hayne etc when they came through. Their impact on both reserves and first grade was there to see. This kid has shown nothing with opportunities he’s been given. He obviously needs time in the reserves.
 
JokerEel

JokerEel

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Jake the snake said:
Agree. TCT (aka the Matt Arthur show) …and others pumping up this kid. But he’s shown nothing against men. You compare him to the like of INU, Hayne etc when they came through. Their impact on both reserves and first grade was there to see. This kid has shown nothing with opportunities he’s been given. He obviously needs time in the reserves.
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INU and Hayne were decent but if Blaize can come through and be more consistent than them I'll be happy.
 
yy_cheng

yy_cheng

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Jake the snake said:
Joffa out, useless like tits on a bull. Never seen a forward get dominated like he does. Ends up going backwards 99% of the time.
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Yeah, i didnt really get the Joffa love. I thought he was the worst of the pack a long with Kelma.

I reckon Emu starting with Reg and Emu giving a strong 15-20 mins would be better.
 
jak

jak

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Gronk said:
Well you can't have this guy. Don't you even try it. We will fight you to the death.

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Jirah Momoisea

The NRL profile of Jirah Momoisea including career statistics, season stats, games, tries, goals, tackles and fantasy scores.
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i just found out that you are/were a used car dealer, sorry mate no deal
 
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