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Teams who target other certain teams players

Red&BlackBear

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Sorry not sure how to word the thread properly but this is for teams who seem to target certain teams for recruitment more so than others.

For example,
- Manly seem to have a thing for Parramatta players.
- Where as recently the Sharks seem to have a thing for Penrith players.
- Penrith seem to go for Manly & Warriors players.
- Souths have had a few former Storm players as of late.
- Warriors have had a few former Cowboys go to them in the last 5-7 years.

and so on and so forth.
 

Penrose Warrior

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Warriors - Cowboys is a definite one. Steve Rapira has been from us to the Cows and back, we picked up Lillyman, sent our dead wood Rovelli and Faumuina the other way, Leeson ah Mau as well, and unfortunately lost the great man Tate to them as well.

I don't think there's any link, either. The Penrith one is obvious, given Ivan coached us. And he brought a lot of ex-Roosters reserve graders to us in his time here (Rovelli, Henderson, Aidan Kirk, and Maloney ?? Could be wrong on last one)
 

betcats

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Penrith take who they can get really, We had a host of former raiders join us under Elliot.

Bulldogs: No one in particular, they are happy to rape everyone.


Edit: Pun not intended
 

Big Mick

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Cronulla seem to have a fancy for western sydney teams - I think bulk of their team is either from Penrith/Wests/Parra. Penrith I'm not sure of the Manly link...aside from Whare...I can't think of many other players we've gotten from them. Warriors we've only really got Lewis Brown thus far but wouldn't be surprised if we got Ukuma Ta'ai for example. Newcastle has a thing for Dragons. Bulldogs are happy to scout everyone. Tigers had a thing for ex Panthers for a while.
 

Big Pete

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Yep, the Broncos signed Jack Reed from England. >_>

Been a few years since we've properly scouted but the Dragons would be our pick.

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Loudstrat

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Like i said in another thread a while ago, the Dogs would sign my goldfish if i told them it had good footwork.
:lol:

Union and AFL target Broncos players.

The obvious one is Roosters feeding off Canterbury. Shreck, Myles, Mason, Anasta - although I think they have woken up by now.
 

firechild

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Roosters have been buying Manly players since they got Fulton.

Vautin, Cleary, Elsgood to more recently Tasi, Maria-Hargeaves and they were after Lussick, Stewart and Foran.

Parra have been targetting Manly players recently as well, they signed the Hopoate family and look certain to sign Lussick after they already got his younger brother.
 
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Parramatta have a thing for Roosters players as do Cronulla.

Roosters have been buying Manly players since they got Fulton.

Vautin, Cleary, Elsgood to more recently Tasi, Maria-Hargeaves and they were after Lussick, Stewart and Foran.

f**k off Moanly stole half the Easts team in 1982.

FFS how many years between Vautin & Elsgood's signing :lol:
 

Evenflow

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Really? What about...
Reed - Broncos
Widdop - Storm
Burgess brothers - Souths
Ellis - Tigers

While Widdop is English we hardly signed him from England/Super League like Dogs did with Graham, Burgess'/Souths, Ellis/Tigers etc He emigrated here with his family as a 16 year old and went and played in the VRL with Altona before the Storm had even heard of him so it's a completely different scenario.
 

Valheru

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Roosters have been buying Manly players since they got Fulton.

Vautin, Cleary, Elsgood to more recently Tasi, Maria-Hargeaves and they were after Lussick, Stewart and Foran.


Lol, you need to stop reading what Rothfield writes in the paper.
 

Patorick

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Besides the Eels, Manly's signed a few good ones from Raiders over the years:
Michael Robertson,
Mark Bryant,
Luke Williamson,
Michael Monaghan, and
Michael Chee Kam (for next year).
 
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