JubileeJeffro
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Played 68 mins last night, will be a good addition.
IF we get him, yes he will.Played 68 mins last night, will be a good addition.
Well the trotting part threw me. Mix of a Bulldog and a BroncoBarking noise as in Woof Woof
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What time?Gillard to Dragons to be announced on Monday
Sounds like a great recruitment and the fact he had the last kick shows what his teammates think of him.IF we get him, yes he will.
Proved he can still play big minutes and played every game this season.
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Is that soUntil its done it isn't done
Yeah we have looked stupid a number of timesIs that so
john moz makes a broken clock look wiseWhat time?
Or maybe we have not managed to sign himIt all happens at an agonisingly slow pace at the Dragons. Even the wooden spooners have been able to get their deals across the line fairly quickly. They have officially announced, Royce Hunt, his current team will feature in the finals. Yet we haven’t announced RCG yet, out of respect to his current club, or because there are still games to play or some other nonsense? What utter incompetence.
You make some good points Parko but I'm amazed that you describe Allan as "shiny and new". He's had more clubs than a poker player, lives off a brief Origin selection and he's one player I have little expectation of for next year-particularly after an ACL.Think Averillo would be a fantastic signing, in fact he's exactly who I'd be going for. Dolphins just re-signed Bostock, so that is not happening. They've signed Junior Tupou for next year and not everyone can fit into that backline. Averillo may be the one to get pushed out. Would play him at centre, Holmes on the wing. Gives us options too, Averillo can play fullback/wing if need be, can play halves if really needed.
As is stands with Holmes/Suli as our centres next year we have a great pairing, but the wingers are lacking heaps. S Finau is an unknown really, Tuipolotu has been good for us but might be better served as a backup or rotating in and out, not sure how he'd go for a whole season. Corey Allan is handy, but just because he's shiny and new doesn't mean he's that good. He's a backup. That's why I'd shift Holmes and have Averillo at centre. Suddenly the backline is much more solid, well-rounded and quick. Then there is one wing spot that is legitimately up for competition between 3-5 players.
None of our young backs are going to be ready next year (barring maybe a game or two for Buchanan), they'll start to come through more in 2026, which is when we can ease them in by replacing backups like Allan, maybe Tui, maybe Feagai, maybe Finau (who knows who to replace yet) with our juniors. The young guys become the backups who are an injury/suspension away from entering first grade.. and that is how you progress them through.
Sounds like a great recruitment
This will only make me more depressed if we f*ck this up again and not get him.