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Noise

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I’m interested to see who other posters would target now we’ve missed out on KK. I admit I was keen on him as I saw him as a natural pack leader with Junz slowly departing the stage. However our forward stocks are pretty solid for mine with the younger players coming through.

Our backs however, need cover and badly. Here’s a couple of screenshots of players we can negotiate with now. Jesse Arthars could be a handy pick up. Has plenty of speed, is on the fringes of the Qld side but isn’t a starter for Brisbane. Maybe float the boat out for Jaxon Purdue? He’s young, highly touted and one for the future. Murray Taulagi is a big body who is a bit of a like for like with Lomax.

Who would you go after?
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I’d go after Talakai, Averillo and Tualagi. I’m sure all there agents have phoned MON. Multiple times….
 

lucablight

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He played 8 games and won 3 in 2024
13 and won 7 in 25.
He is one of the best halfbacks in comp for sure. But he has been rubbish for us the last 2yrs. Yes injured but thats part of the package.
10 win in a possible 48 games . And costing 1.3

If he has another injury plagued season he will be reaching Turbo territory.
I’d say the penny finally dropped for him but now he doesn’t have the team around him to be making grand finals. I agree he’s been injured a lot but that isn’t related to his maturity as a player. When he’s been on the field he’s been one of the best halfbacks in the game as you said.
 

Delboy

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I'm hearing Tuilagi isn't listening to offers. He is thinking Japanese Rugby before R360, maybe....

So he isn't rushing anything.
What, our esteemed leadership couldn’t persuade him that we are a decent club. Oh well, on to the next opportunity. Not at all confident we will get the near the 8 without more depth.
 

Pazza

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He had a deal with the Dragons for 2026, reported to be worth $875,000, and he could likely have supplemented that with match payments at representative level: $30,000 for a State of Origin appearance and $3000 for a Test.
Yet, more than 12 months ago, Lomax sought a release, and the Dragons agreed to terminate the final two years of his deal, allowing him to accept a four-season offer from Parramatta.

Players agitating to leave a club for richer rewards elsewhere is nothing new.
What made Lomax’s move to the Eels intriguing was that he was apparently content to accept a 20 per cent pay cut, dropping to about $700,000 a season.
Now, after just one year in the blue and gold, Lomax has again secured a release, in a move that appears likely to culminate in him switching codes to rugby union.

Initially, there was talk the 26-year-old was in the sights of the rebel Rugby 360 competition, which has since deferred its proposed launch date until 2028.
https://www.smh.com.au/link/follow-20170101-p5nft5
That leaves him to ponder two-year deals tabled by Super Rugby franchises the ACT Brumbies and Western Force.

Were Lomax to sign a Super Rugby maximum contract of $220,000 a year and then play all the Wallabies’ 2026 Test matches (a very unlikely scenario), he would stand to earn almost $400,000. A top-up deal from Rugby Australia, which is no guarantee, could further boost his earnings.


gees he really dropped the ball lol
 

emjaycee

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What, our esteemed leadership couldn’t persuade him that we are a decent club. Oh well, on to the next opportunity. Not at all confident we will get the near the 8 without more depth.
I know mate, I mean why wouldnt he just make a decision and join us... doesnt matter what other opportunities are out there for him does it.
 
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Delboy

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I know mate, I mean why wouldnt he just make a decision and join us... doesnt matter what other opportunities are out there for me does it.
Apparently then, we just wait for a phone call from a player manager then talk to a prospective target, sounds about right.

The point remains, we seem to be missing our needs, Hopefully someone jumps out of the ground and we benefit, maybe you are more confident than most , I’ve been around for a long, long time and just am not seeing the progress we should . Anyway, hope I’m absolutely wrong and the club strikes gold and often. Don’t want to waste Moses prime years.
 
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emjaycee

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Apparently then, we just wait for a phone call from a player manager then talk to a prospective target, sounds about right.

The point remains, we seem to be missing our needs, Hopefully someone jumps out of the ground and we benefit, maybe you are more confident than most , I’ve been around for a long, long time and just am not seeing the progress we should . Anyway, hope I’m absolutely wrong and the club strikes gold and often. Don’t want to waste Moses prime years.
So maybe we did speak to his agent and got told he isnt making a decision in the near future. We should have sent him a contract to sign anyway I guess.
 

Delboy

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So maybe we did speak to his agent and got told he isnt making a decision in the near future. We should have sent him a contract to sign anyway I guess.
I know you are trying to make a point , but maybe if they did that, we might get lucky.

I understand you want to be really positive, and so do I, but seriously our endeavours in the recruitment area has been less than successful and in many ways not as good as our peers.
 

Stagger eel

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We are so passive and limp dicked when it comes to recruitment that we’ve become so over reliant on being a ‘so called’ development club…and to think our HOF had the nerve to single out our list manager is doing a great job in a recent interview .its an absolute joke.
 

hineyrulz

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We are so passive and limp dicked when it comes to recruitment that we’ve become so over reliant on being a ‘so called’ development club…and to think our HOF had the nerve to single out our list manager is doing a great job in a recent interview .its an absolute joke.
Isn’t that his good buddy???

Yeah no Nepotism at Parra ffs!!
 

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