The Rumours Thread

[Illusion]

When fit and injury free Sua has easily been our best and most dynamic attacking forward over the last few years. Daylight second. By a mile.
Finally with a proper coach and a smart game plan, keeping him is a no brainer as far as I’m concerned.

Plus add the guy we signed from The Dogs , it's adding starch to the pack ......

 

[kit66]

Plus add the guy we signed from The Dogs , it's adding starch to the pack ......

Who did we sign from the Dogs ?

 

[kit66]

Can anyone tell me why some clubs have more than 30 players on their "Teams" lists on their websites linked to NRL.com. Warriors (36), Melb (34), Raiders (35), Wests (35) etc. Do they include development or train & trial players or something ?

 

[possm]

Pangai Jr is at Broncos training. How are we going to sign him?

I don't think he has been signed as yet. I also believe that May is still unsigned.

 

[Desperate Dragon]

Can anyone tell me why some clubs have more than 30 players on their "Teams" lists on their websites linked to NRL.com. Warriors (36), Melb (34), Raiders (35), Wests (35) etc. Do they include development or train & trial players or something ?

Development players can play from round 1 for all clubs in 2024.
My guess is that is why some squad lists, like the Warriors shows 36 players in total.

 

[Dragsters]

Who did we sign from the Dogs ?

Their captain, RFM.

 

[Nich]

Interesting photo from a gym on the central coast. No coachman or Fegai's that i can see.

 

[FlickFlano]

Who are the two between suli and liddle please?

 

[getsmarty]

Interesting photo from a gym on the central coast. No coachman or Fegai's that i can see.

Isn't that feagai on the right ? Maybe not

 

[saints4ever]

Interesting photo from a gym on the central coast. No coachman or Fegai's that i can see.

I wouldnt look too much into it, theres only like 19 players out of 30

 

[Parko1310]

Who are the two between suli and liddle please?

Allan and Villiame Fifita

 

[FlickFlano]

Interesting on Allan

 

[kit66]

Their captain, RFM.

Of course, sorry, old age.

 

[Parko1310]

From training photos, you can basically see who is in the first team by the home jerseys/red training shirts. The players in the blue bibs are either bench or fringe of first grade players. Those photos, paired with this photo, seem to paint a clearer picture and from what I can tell the round 1 team (at least for the moment) is slated to be:

1. Sloan 2. Lomax 3. Suli 4. Bird 5. Ravalawa 6. Flanagan 7. Hunt (c) 8. F Molo 9. Liddle 10. Lawrie 11. Eisenhuth 12. Su'a 13. Sele 14. Mulheisen 15. De Belin 16. Fifita 17. BMM/RFM

That's the team I expect to see start the year. I doubt Eisenhuth starts every game, or is in the 17 for every game. Same goes for BMM and RFM. I would expect the Couchman's to both get game time throughout the year. Stewart and Egan will likely debut at some point too, so that 11 and 17 spot will be fairly rotational I think.

Wouldn't be surprised to see Mulheisen start some games with Liddle dropping back to the bench to provide impact, whilst Mulheisen plays the defensive role for the first 20.

Then there's form that comes into things. Players like Bird and Sloan will be on notice. Lomax will interchange a reasonable amount with Sloan you would think to start the year.

Villiame Fifita I doubt will play every game since he hasn't debuted yet. His impact and explosiveness off the bench will have to be replaced like for like I would think which is where Tuitavake comes into selection calculations. However, maybe on a particular given game day Flano will want to set us up more defensively, in which case maybe one of the Couchman's can come onto the bench in place of Fifita which would tighten up our middle more than usual.

 

[FlickFlano]

Top30 Marschke may well jump dev player Muhleisen though, the rest looks good.

RFM may jump Eusenhuth quickly based on trials

 

[Inisai Toga]

Of course, sorry, old age.

Shhh, or Saints may approach you to play Kit!

 

[Dragon David]

I've forgotten when this "game" between the Dragons and Manly will be played?

 

[Centralcoastdragon2]

Today

 

[Dragon David]

Today

Great, thanks CCD2.

 

[mattchuot]

‘They can win the comp’: Flanagan’s bold Manly call after Turbo-charged trial

It was only a summer scrimmage, but the signs are already looking good for Manly ace Tom Trbojevic.

www.smh.com.au

Sloan started at fullback and Lomax on the wing before having stints at fullback and centre.