Squad succession

[I'm a loser baby...]

nah, some shit about herd immunity

That it's the end state of all infectious diseases, with or without a vaccine? What a bunch of silly sausages.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

I love how every merkin is an expert on pandemics now.

 

[Gronk]

I love how every merkin is an expert on pandemics now.

Next Tuesday they will all be experts at horse racing.

 

[84 Baby]

I love how every merkin is an expert on pandemics now.

It’s a bloody epidemic of pandemic experts!

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

I love how every merkin is an expert on pandemics now.

There's not much else to do nowadays.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

So the official profiles on the club site have been removed for merkins who won't be here next year. Interestingly Gennings, Smith and Stone were all there about a week ago but Gennings is now gone. Do we count these non-omissions as official information? I dunno.

Unofficially, the Cumberland Throw lads have 27 in the squad, including Cartwright, and so far in their latest podcast (which I haven't finished) there's one new player they haven't named. It's very exciting.

* = player option
¢ = club option
^ = development contract

2020
Utility: Rankin, Salmon (21), Smith (28), Takairangi (31)
Fullback: Gutherson
W/C: Blake, Dunster (21), Ferguson, Heleta (25)^, G.Jennings (27), M.Jennings, Sivo
Half: D.Brown, Field (23), Moses
Hooker: Davies (24), Mahoney, Schneider (20)^
Edge forward: Davey (29), Gower (35), Lane, Matterson, Niukore
Tight forward: Alvaro, N.Brown, Campbell-Gillard, Evans (28), Hughes, Kaufusi, Paulo, Stone (23), Terepo (29), Utoikamanu (20)

2021
Utility: Rankin (30)
Fullback: Gutherson
W/C: Blake, Ferguson (31), M.Jennings, Opacic (27), Sivo (28)
Half: D.Brown, Moses
Hooker: Lussick (26), Mahoney
Edge forward: Lane, Matterson, Niukore, Papali'i
Tight forward: Alvaro (28), N.Brown (28), Campbell-Gillard, Hughes (20), Kaufusi, Paulo

2022
Utility: -
Fullback: Gutherson (28)
W/C: Blake, M.Jennings (34)
Half: D.Brown, Moses (28)*
Hooker: Mahoney (24)
Edge forward: Lane, Matterson (28)*, Niukore (26), Papali'i (24)
Tight forward: Campbell-Gillard, Kaufusi (23), Paulo (29)

2023
Utility: -
Fullback: -
W/C: Blake (29)
Half: D.Brown (23)
Hooker: -
Edge forward: Lane (29)
Tight forward: Campbell-Gillard*

2024
Utility: -
Fullback: -
W/C: -
Half: -
Hooker: -
Edge forward: -
Tight forward: Campbell-Gillard (31)¢

So we (officially) have 21 merkins in next year's top 30.

 

[Gronk]

Yeah that mystery #27 has me intrigued.

 

[Gazzamatta]

Yeah that mystery #27 has me intrigued.

Jarryd?

 

[eel01s]

Oldfield

 

[hineyrulz]

It’s Barney Hassett.

 

[chiefy1]

So the official profiles on the club site have been removed for merkins who won't be here next year. Interestingly Gennings, Smith and Stone were all there about a week ago but Gennings is now gone. Do we count these non-omissions as official information? I dunno.

Unofficially, the Cumberland Throw lads have 27 in the squad, including Cartwright, and so far in their latest podcast (which I haven't finished) there's one new player they haven't named. It's very exciting.

* = player option
¢ = club option
^ = development contract

2020
Utility: Rankin, Salmon (21), Smith (28), Takairangi (31)
Fullback: Gutherson
W/C: Blake, Dunster (21), Ferguson, Heleta (25)^, G.Jennings (27), M.Jennings, Sivo
Half: D.Brown, Field (23), Moses
Hooker: Davies (24), Mahoney, Schneider (20)^
Edge forward: Davey (29), Gower (35), Lane, Matterson, Niukore
Tight forward: Alvaro, N.Brown, Campbell-Gillard, Evans (28), Hughes, Kaufusi, Paulo, Stone (23), Terepo (29), Utoikamanu (20)

2021
Utility: Rankin (30)
Fullback: Gutherson
W/C: Blake, Ferguson (31), M.Jennings, Opacic (27), Sivo (28)
Half: D.Brown, Moses
Hooker: Lussick (26), Mahoney
Edge forward: Lane, Matterson, Niukore, Papali'i
Tight forward: Alvaro (28), N.Brown (28), Campbell-Gillard, Hughes (20), Kaufusi, Paulo

2022
Utility: -
Fullback: Gutherson (28)
W/C: Blake, M.Jennings (34)
Half: D.Brown, Moses (28)*
Hooker: Mahoney (24)
Edge forward: Lane, Matterson (28)*, Niukore (26), Papali'i (24)
Tight forward: Campbell-Gillard, Kaufusi (23), Paulo (29)

2023
Utility: -
Fullback: -
W/C: Blake (29)
Half: D.Brown (23)
Hooker: -
Edge forward: Lane (29)
Tight forward: Campbell-Gillard*

2024
Utility: -
Fullback: -
W/C: -
Half: -
Hooker: -
Edge forward: -
Tight forward: Campbell-Gillard (31)¢

So we (officially) have 21 merkins in next year's top 30.

2024 don't look to great. Was the pandemic that bad that now there's one player on the field for the entire season

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Hopefully there's still room in the cap to sign another 29 players. How much are the Panthers chipping in for RCG?

 

[hineyrulz]

Hopefully there's still room in the cap to sign another 29 players. How much are the Panthers chipping in for RCG?

Tree Fiddy.

 

[Gronk]

FFS Pou. Stone, Hollis, Dunster.

https://www.nrl.com/news/2020/11/05...-rosters-and-contracts-for-all-16-clubs/#eels

 

[84 Baby]

Hehe poo stone

 

[Poupou Escobar]

FFS Pou. Stone, Hollis, Dunster.

https://www.nrl.com/news/2020/11/05...-rosters-and-contracts-for-all-16-clubs/#eels

Yep, saw it a few minutes ago. Finally some official information.

I'm only allowed to have my phone at work for five minutes every two hours, so I'm about to give it back to my supervisor. Will update this thread after work, or maybe while I wait in the carpark for my wife to pick me up.

 

[Gronk]

Yep, saw it a few minutes ago. Finally some official information.

I'm only allowed to have my phone at work for five minutes every two hours, so I'm about to give it back to my supervisor. Will update this thread after work, or maybe while I wait in the carpark for my wife to pick me up.

* jail

 

[Gronk]

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Sorry, had to do army reserve stuff last night. Potatoes ain't gonna peel themselves ffs

 

[Gazzamatta]

"Thats a lotta potatoes"