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edwahu wrote: April 19, 2018, 7:58 pm What about Jared Warea-Hargreaves as a Jnr replacement? He is 30 next year so if he could get motivated again he could still have a lot of good footy in him.
I dont watch a lot of Roosters.

Is he unmotivated ?

I like him as a prop...real hard nut..we need that.
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-PJ- wrote: April 19, 2018, 8:02 pm
edwahu wrote: April 19, 2018, 7:58 pm What about Jared Warea-Hargreaves as a Jnr replacement? He is 30 next year so if he could get motivated again he could still have a lot of good footy in him.
I dont watch a lot of Roosters.

Is he unmotivated ?

I like him as a prop...real hard nut..we need that.
He is playing pretty poorly by his standards. He has been benched and isn't playing with his usual aggression.
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If we are smart enough we surely could grab one of those Roosters forwards.

Ryan Matterson is quickly becoming an extremely good player who is now established as an 80 minute player. - I wonder what their plans are for him next year with Chricton joining the club.

It could only mean he either goes back to the bench as a utility (in which case he would jump at an opportunity to leave the club) or he pushes into the middle

Matterson, Lui, SKO, JWH, Napa - all established quality first grade forwards and someone is going to have their nose out of their joint with the arrival of Chricton

Not to mention the raps on young Nat Butcher who they also have on the bench.
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scotchberry wrote:If we are smart enough we surely could grab one of those Roosters forwards.

Ryan Matterson is quickly becoming an extremely good player who is now established as an 80 minute player. - I wonder what their plans are for him next year with Chricton joining the club.

It could only mean he either goes back to the bench as a utility (in which case he would jump at an opportunity to leave the club) or he pushes into the middle

Matterson, Lui, SKO, JWH, Napa - all established quality first grade forwards and someone is going to have their nose out of their joint with the arrival of Chricton

Not to mention the raps on young Nat Butcher who they also have on the bench.
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LastRaider wrote:
scotchberry wrote:If we are smart enough we surely could grab one of those Roosters forwards.

Ryan Matterson is quickly becoming an extremely good player who is now established as an 80 minute player. - I wonder what their plans are for him next year with Chricton joining the club.

It could only mean he either goes back to the bench as a utility (in which case he would jump at an opportunity to leave the club) or he pushes into the middle

Matterson, Lui, SKO, JWH, Napa - all established quality first grade forwards and someone is going to have their nose out of their joint with the arrival of Chricton

Not to mention the raps on young Nat Butcher who they also have on the bench.
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I cannot wait til when we sign Jackson Hastings to a 4 year deal to fill our halves woes.

I think he has what it takes to pull this club up to the next level.

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Matterson plays in the one spot where we don't need anyone.
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3 of those players are from NZ and 1 more from QLD.

The other 2 from Sydney looking for an opportunity for bigger game time -
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edwahu wrote: April 19, 2018, 9:09 pm Matterson plays in the one spot where we don't need anyone.
Yeah I know.

That’s why Raiders should be on the ball as to what Roosters plans are next season for him.

If mooted he moves to the middle (lock) then one of the other middle players will be disadvantaged.

At a minimum I would be looking at Nat Butcher with the promise of big game time
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Captain Punish wrote:I cannot wait til when we sign Jackson Hastings to a 4 year deal to fill our halves woes.

I think he has what it takes to pull this club up to the next level.

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edwahu wrote: April 19, 2018, 7:58 pm What about Jared Warea-Hargreaves as a Jnr replacement? He is 30 next year so if he could get motivated again he could still have a lot of good footy in him.
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edwahu wrote: April 19, 2018, 7:58 pm What about Jared Warea-Hargreaves as a Jnr replacement? He is 30 next year so if he could get motivated again he could still have a lot of good footy in him.
We dodged a bullet when he didn't sign 4 years ago.
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Sossman wrote: April 19, 2018, 9:14 pm
Captain Punish wrote:I cannot wait til when we sign Jackson Hastings to a 4 year deal to fill our halves woes.

I think he has what it takes to pull this club up to the next level.

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Roy Rover wrote:
edwahu wrote: April 19, 2018, 7:58 pm What about Jared Warea-Hargreaves as a Jnr replacement? He is 30 next year so if he could get motivated again he could still have a lot of good footy in him.
We dodged a bullet when he didn't sign 4 years ago.
He loves Bondi to much to leave. He would stay for a $100k a year contract, that’s how much he is a Bondi boy.


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Schifty wrote:
Sossman wrote: April 19, 2018, 9:14 pm
Captain Punish wrote:I cannot wait til when we sign Jackson Hastings to a 4 year deal to fill our halves woes.

I think he has what it takes to pull this club up to the next level.

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I reckon we push to sign toman as a Jr replacement of we could get him for 500k
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tolman... that'd be a massive downgrade!
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If we have lost Paulo, I'd like to see us try to spend some bucks on a prop who can be a benchmark. Doesn't need to be the biggest/fastest/best ball playing prop in the world, but someone who sets a standard.

I heard a great story about James Grahams first day at the Dragons - he came in half cooked form the WC and a long season, and day 1 was beep test day. He drove the forwards pack so hard that nearly every one of them set a PB that day - because no one wanted to get beaten by the old boy who had just finished an end of season tournament. In 1 day, he shifted the line of what was acceptable in that pack.

With players like Papa, Tarpine, Boyd, Lui, and our depth, we have plenty of talent, but we don't have that pack leader like Scott, Graham, Burgess etc that FORCE everyone to play better via leading by example. Sia is the closest thing we have, and he haas some days where he is exceptional at leading by example, but he is ageing and only has limited time left in the game.

We would currently have approx 1.5 mill wrapped up in Paulo and Papa, and arguably neither lead a pack the way their pay cheque demands. Both can have sublime games, But I dont think either have the on field presence that one of the top pack leaders do.
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Coastalraider wrote: April 20, 2018, 9:08 am If we have lost Paulo, I'd like to see us try to spend some bucks on a prop who can be a benchmark. Doesn't need to be the biggest/fastest/best ball playing prop in the world, but someone who sets a standard.

I heard a great story about James Grahams first day at the Dragons - he came in half cooked form the WC and a long season, and day 1 was beep test day. He drove the forwards pack so hard that nearly every one of them set a PB that day - because no one wanted to get beaten by the old boy who had just finished an end of season tournament. In 1 day, he shifted the line of what was acceptable in that pack.

With players like Papa, Tarpine, Boyd, Lui, and our depth, we have plenty of talent, but we don't have that pack leader like Scott, Graham, Burgess etc that FORCE everyone to play better via leading by example. Sia is the closest thing we have, and he haas some days where he is exceptional at leading by example, but he is ageing and only has limited time left in the game.

We would currently have approx 1.5 mill wrapped up in Paulo and Papa, and arguably neither lead a pack the way their pay cheque demands. Both can have sublime games, But I dont think either have the on field presence that one of the top pack leaders do.
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Matt wrote: April 20, 2018, 9:26 am
Coastalraider wrote: April 20, 2018, 9:08 am If we have lost Paulo, I'd like to see us try to spend some bucks on a prop who can be a benchmark. Doesn't need to be the biggest/fastest/best ball playing prop in the world, but someone who sets a standard.

I heard a great story about James Grahams first day at the Dragons - he came in half cooked form the WC and a long season, and day 1 was beep test day. He drove the forwards pack so hard that nearly every one of them set a PB that day - because no one wanted to get beaten by the old boy who had just finished an end of season tournament. In 1 day, he shifted the line of what was acceptable in that pack.

With players like Papa, Tarpine, Boyd, Lui, and our depth, we have plenty of talent, but we don't have that pack leader like Scott, Graham, Burgess etc that FORCE everyone to play better via leading by example. Sia is the closest thing we have, and he haas some days where he is exceptional at leading by example, but he is ageing and only has limited time left in the game.

We would currently have approx 1.5 mill wrapped up in Paulo and Papa, and arguably neither lead a pack the way their pay cheque demands. Both can have sublime games, But I dont think either have the on field presence that one of the top pack leaders do.
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We’re not signing any more props.


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Interested to see how Guler and Hala progress along with Knight.
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I heard we are signing Jackson Hastings as Blake Austin's replacement. BJ will then have someone to punch on with at training after Austo leaves.

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Captain Punish wrote:I heard we are signing Jackson Hastings as Blake Austin's replacement. BJ will then have someone to punch on with at training after Austo leaves.

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Yep I heard this as well with Mike Tyson as our Lock and Jeff Fenech making a return to rugby League at Hooker.
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BJ wrote:
Captain Punish wrote:I heard we are signing Jackson Hastings as Blake Austin's replacement. BJ will then have someone to punch on with at training after Austo leaves.

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Yep I heard this as well with Mike Tyson as our Lock and Jeff Fenech making a return to rugby League at Hooker.
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I read today on NRL.com that Mansour injury has hurt his price tag prospects. I hope we are in discussions with him as a back up to Wighton as it looks like the NRL integrity commission will step in if the verdict is guilty


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LastRaider wrote: April 20, 2018, 5:53 pm I read today on NRL.com that Mansour injury has hurt his price tag prospects. I hope we are in discussions with him as a back up to Wighton as it looks like the NRL integrity commission will step in if the verdict is guilty


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I think he could be a great signing but with this latest injury his record is so bad it makes it very risky. 100 games in 7 seasons makes me think his body may not be cut out for the way he plays.

He could be another Weyman though. Switches clubs and never gets hurt again.
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Dunno if Ah Mau has been mentioned as a potential signing for us but heard he wants to go to QLD with Titans the most likely option with broncos uninterested, price too high for dragons apparently
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Also that if Wallace decides to leave the Titans they will consider coming after Boyd
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Mansour really? Way too risky to be spending that coin in a perennially injured winger. We already have a gun winger on coin


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Goobeeful wrote: April 20, 2018, 7:38 pm Also that if Wallace decides to leave the Titans they will consider coming after Boyd
We're a shoe in to keep Boyd, our pig hunting is much better.
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Hoops just said that Newcastle are seriously chasing Boyd.

https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-pr ... 25d08d18af

So that is Paulo, Papalii and now Boyd... who will be left?!?! worrisome...
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Relax-init wrote: April 23, 2018, 1:14 pm Hoops just said that Newcastle are seriously chasing Boyd.

https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-pr ... 25d08d18af

So that is Paulo, Papalii and now Boyd... who will be left?!?! worrisome...
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