Squad succession

[Chipmunk]

You'd think now we're unlikely to offload any others before season starts.

 

[hineyrulz]

You'd think now we're unlikely to offload any others before season starts.

Surely we’d be trying to piss of Lussick?

 

[Noise]

Surely we’d be trying to piss of Lussick?

That should always be the goal

 

[Chipmunk]

Surely we’d be trying to piss of Lussick?

You would have to think we'd have to sign someone else (obviously Brailey) for that to be a consideration though.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

We’ll cut all these backups and then merkins will have a f**king sook that we haven’t filled the top 30.

 

[Twizzle]

Surely we’d be trying to piss of Lussick?

only if we have a replacement

 

[hineyrulz]

only if we have a replacement

My morning AGB could do the job.

 

[Twizzle]

My morning AGB could do the job.

thanks for the visual, here comes breakfast

 

[Poupou Escobar]

My morning AGB could do the job.

*JAC:

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

2025
Utility: Brown, Papali'i
Fullback: Iongi
W/C: Add-Carr, Dunster (26)", Lomax, Renisini^, Wenisini, Russell (23), Samrani, Simonsson
Half: Hawkins, Moses
Hooker: Hands (26), Lussick (30)
Edge forward: Cartwright (31), Doorey, Guymer^, Lane, Mataele (23), Matterson, Tuilagi (26), Williams
Middle: Greig (26), Hopgood, Moretti (25), Ofahengaue (30), Paulo, Pryke^, Tuivati (20)

2026
Utility: Brown*, Papali'i (22)
Fullback: Iongi
W/C: Add-Carr (31)¢, Lomax, Renisini (21), Wenisini (24)*, Samrani (24), Simonsson
Half: Hawkins (27), Moses
Hooker: -
Edge forward: Doorey (26), Guymer (22), Lane (32)", Matterson (32)*, Williams
Middle: Hopgood, Paulo (33), Pryke (22)^

2027
Utility: Brown*
Fullback: Iongi (24)
W/C: Lomax, Simonsson (29)
Half: Moses*
Hooker: -
Edge forward: Williams (31)
Middle: Hopgood (28)

2028
Utility: Brown*
Fullback: -
W/C: Lomax (29)
Half: Moses (34)*
Hooker: -
Edge forward: -
Middle: -

2029
Utility: Brown*
Fullback: -
W/C: -
Half: -
Hooker: -
Edge forward: -
Middle: -

2030
Utility: Brown*
Fullback: -
W/C: -
Half: -
Hooker: -
Edge forward: -
Middle: -

2031
Utility: Brown (31)*
Fullback: -
W/C: -
Half: -
Hooker: -
Edge forward: -
Middle: -

So we (officially) have 27 merkins in next year's top 30, and 18 in the 2026 squad.

 

[Finno30]

Interestingly the 2025 team roster posted at NRL.com (Hisense signings tracker) doesn’t have Papali’i listed. Is he possibly on a dev deal next year? It doesn’t list out the dev contracts in that section frustratingly. TCT also seem to have us at 26 players

 

[the phantom menace]

Don't tell me Pou might have it wrong...