Season 2025

[Tigerm]

Spoke to a mate of mine whos heavily involved with Balmain that went to the jersey launch. He said that Bula, Galvin, Rome and Api have been meeting regularly, also that Royce Hunt is the biggest human hes ever seen. In general good vibes around the joint.

Good to hear.
It’s hard to imagine that we will be successful again, but it will happen, so it may as well start in ‘25.
Our 20yr anniversary.

 

[Nutz]

Good to hear.
It’s hard to imagine that we will be successful again, but it will happen, so it may as well start in ‘25.
Our 20yr anniversary.

Well the similarity between our first premiership win and next year is the number 5. Could this number be our lucky one?

 

[Tigerm]

NRL 2025: Wests Tigers, Benji Marshall, Shane Richardson, Jarome Luai; Proof that Wests Tigers are on the rise | Wests Tigers

There is a new-found belief in the direction of Wests Tigers that is enticing players to sign, sponsors to get on board and members to join.

www.weststigers.com.au

"One of the best things about all of the guys we have signed is that they are all trying their hardest to come in as much as possible," Marshall said.

"Royce Hunt started three weeks early, Sunia Turuva is going to come in and he isn't required back until January, Jack Bird started a week early, Jeral Skelton started today, and he is not due back for another two weeks.

"We are talking about people who are buying into what we are doing and want to be a part of the solution and want to be in the fight to get us out of where we are so that reassures me that we have signed the right people."
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Notice how big Hunt is, with the picture of him and Twal talking.

 

[WA Tiger]

Twal: “shit these guys are scary keen. This is new.”

 

[Nutz]

"From Pyrmont to Picton"

I like it, it sounds a bit like Peter Allen's "I Still Call Australia Home"

 

[Nutz]

The roster is looking a tad better than last season.
The starting pack and their substitutes still look a bit disjointed mainly because of an aging Klemmer and who will kick when Api is off and Da Silva isn't in the 17.
Also the way in which we use Hunt will be interesting. It depends on how fit we can get this guy.
I mean if he was a player that could play big minutes the rotation would be to sub Hunt for Klemmer or Sione but it may not be the case due Hunt's fitness. Benji's problem.
I still think we need to trade Klemmer for a bigger, better player because I feel that the strength of a roster is based on the quality of it's bench.
Is Benji going to rotate Pole with Bird?
I would love to bring Makasini back from the future (2026) to play in the centres