Raiders NRL Contracted Players - Updated 18 April 2024

VictorTheViking · Post by **VictorTheViking** » March 20, 2007, 9:58 pm

Rumours doing the rounds at LU are Picker and Tongue > Newcastle

Both are still on contract, highly unlikely

Peter · Post by **Peter** » March 20, 2007, 10:07 pm

Mate, they aren't rumours, that's Knights fans having wet dreams. They are just trying to wind us up, your best bet would be to steer clear and ignore them both.

llab yob · Post by **llab yob** » March 21, 2007, 7:17 am

Pretty sure the story on Robert is his wife moved down here with work and he just came and had a trial. He didnt play any PL trials but might not be bad for depth since he has played first grade.

david231280 · Post by **david231280** » March 27, 2007, 3:02 pm

Colin Best - end 2008 - Extend to 2010 - do it next year
Matt Bickerstaff - end 2008 - Extend to 2010 - Do it next year
Glenn Buttriss - end 2008 - Don't know much about him
Terry Campese - end 2008 - Extend to 2010 - Sign soon
Todd Carney - end 2008 - Give him a life contract - Sooner the better
Marshall Chalk - end 2008 - Extend to 2010 - Do this year
Neville Costigan - end 2008, option to end 2009 if plays 12 of 24 matches in 2008 - Extend next year
Brad Cross - end 2008 - Extend to 2010 but do it now while he is still cheap
Michael Dobson - end 2007 - Sign for life
Andrew Dunemann - end 2008 - Might be too old
Vili Faingaa - end 2007 - Don't know much about him
Craig Frawley - end 2007 - Give him another 2 years
Bronx Goodwin - end 2008 - Sign to 2010
Phil Graham - end 2009 - Sign for life
Marc Herbert - end 2010 - Don't worry about him at the moment
Ryan Hinchcliffe - end 2007 - Resign til 2009
David Howell - end 2008 - Lets see how he goes
Steve Irwin - end 2008 - Don't know much about him
Ben Jones - end 2008 - Extend to 2010
Brett Kelly - end 2008 - Don't know much about him
Thom Learoyd Lahrs - end 2009 - Look at him next year
Scott Logan - end 2008 - Might be to old
Josh McCrone - end 2007 - Don't know much about him yet but give him another year
Steve McLean - end 2007 - Don't know much about him yet but give him another year
Josh Miller - end 2009 - Look at him next or sign him longer cause might be cheaper
David Milne - end 2008 - Extend til 2009 or 10
Tony Pamatangi - end 2008 - Don't know much about him
Jack Pearson - end 2008 - Don't know much about him
Joe Picker - end 2010 - Look at him later
Adrian Purtell - end 2008 - Sign him to 2010
Willie Raston - end 2008 - See how he goes next year but might need to look for new club
Alan Rothery - end 2008 - I'd sign him to 2009. He has some talent, just gotta stop gettin injuried but i think they might release him
Junior Sau - end 2007 - Need to sign him to 2009 or 10, sounds like a good fullback
Troy Thompson - end 2010 - When 2010 gets closer, sign for life
Trevor Thurling - end 2008 - Extend to 2010
Dane Tilse - end 2010 - Worry about him later
Alan Tongue - end 2008 - Sign for life
Glen Turner - end 2008 - Maybe 2009 but might be to old
Michael Weyman - end 2008 - Sign for life
Jason Williams - end 2007 - RELEASE
Lincoln Withers - end 2009 - Might retire at end of 2009
William Zillman - end 2009 - LIFE CONTRACT

Thats my prediction, but if these guys stay together, we'll be doin well

Lurch · Post by **Lurch** » March 27, 2007, 7:34 pm

Wasn't Albert Torrens trialling with us at the end of last season? Whatever happened to that? Not that I want him around or anything.

VictorTheViking · Post by **VictorTheViking** » April 7, 2007, 10:29 am

Colin Best - end 2008 - See how he goes this year and next
Matt Bickerstaff - end 2008 - Havent seen how he plays yet
Glenn Buttriss - end 2008 - Dont know, maybe re-sign for depth?
Terry Campese - end 2008 - Re-sign, would make an excellent centre/backrow backup
Todd Carney - end 2008 - Re-sign long term, 2012 sounds good
Marshall Chalk - end 2008 - Hmmmm, this is a hard one, id have to see how he goes this year and next
Neville Costigan - end 2008, option to end 2009 if plays 12 of 24 matches in 2008 - Re-sign, deinately
Brad Cross - end 2008 - Havent seen enough, but from all reports is good, re-sign
Michael Dobson - end 2007 - Lock him up immediately longterm
Andrew Dunemann - end 2008 - Let him go when his time is up
Vili Faingaa - end 2007 - Never heard of him
Craig Frawley - end 2007 - As much as Id like to see him play some good footy for us, too injury prone, let go
Bronx Goodwin - end 2008 - Re-sign
Phil Graham - end 2009 - Make this man a life member
Marc Herbert - end 2010 - already locked up for 3 years at present
Ryan Hinchcliffe - end 2007 - Re-sign him, this man is our hooking future
David Howell - end 2008 - I dont like him, but id re-sign him for backline depth
Steve Irwin - end 2008 - Never seen him play
Ben Jones - end 2008 - Lock him up long term
Brett Kelly - end 2008 - re-sign for depth
Thom Learoyd Lahrs - end 2009 - Lock him up
Scott Logan - end 2008 - depends how he is going, may be too old
Josh McCrone - end 2007 - Never seen him play
Steve McLean - end 2007 - Never seen him play
Josh Miller - end 2009 - Lock him up
David Milne - end 2008 - Lock him up for depth (why he hasnt played more first grade over howell is beyond me, utai type player)
Jack Pearson - end 2008 - Lock him up
Joe Picker - end 2010
Adrian Purtell - end 2008 - Re-sign him
Willie Raston - end 2008 - Re-sign him
Alan Rothery - end 2008 - Re-sign him
Junior Sau - end 2007 - Havent seen him play
Troy Thompson - end 2010
Trevor Thurling - end 2008 - Lock him up
Dane Tilse - end 2010 - Extend his contract already
Alan Tongue - end 2008 - Definately gotta lock him up long term
Glen Turner - end 2008 - Lock him up
Michael Weyman - end 2008 - Re-sign
Jason Williams - end 2007 - Ciao
Lincoln Withers - end 2009 - Hmmm, difficult this one
William Zillman - end 2009 - Extend his contract now!!!!!!!!!

Nick · Post by **Nick** » April 7, 2007, 3:07 pm

Colin Best - end 2008 - Will retire/england, will have served his purpose
Matt Bickerstaff - end 2008 - if he plays like he did for the dragons, definite keeper
Glenn Buttriss - end 2008 - Great young talent, hang on to
Terry Campese - end 2008 - I dont see a stable FG future for him with us anymore, but we'll see how he goes, good depth player
Todd Carney - end 2008 - Re-sign ASAP, till 2015 works for me
Marshall Chalk - end 2008 - he needs to find his position and excell at it, otherwise he is no use to us
Neville Costigan - end 2008 - Keeper, origin player
Brad Cross - end 2008 - at worst will be a good depth centre for us, PL contract.
Michael Dobson - end 2007 - Re-sign ASAP, 2015 sounds good
Andrew Dunemann - end 2008 - Couldnt see much use in him to begin with, still dont to a large degree, hooroo
Vili Faingaa - end 2007 - Not seen much of him
Craig Frawley - end 2007 - **** him off
Bronx Goodwin - end 2008 - Re-sign, and find a place for him in the side
Phil Graham - end 2009 - re-sign, 2015 again
Marc Herbert - end 2010 - see how he develops, but things arnt looking good unless we lose one of carney or dobson, id be keeping him for back up but a bloke of his talents, if he cant get a FG spot here, he should look elsewhere
Ryan Hinchcliffe - end 2007 - Dont rate him that highly as a rake, if withers is not the answer, id be looking to move Herbert in to rake and see what happens if we lock carney, zillman and dobbo up long term
David Howell - end 2008 - release him early, he'll get a gig at penrith for sure
Steve Irwin - end 2008 - Depth player, nothing more, better then howell though
Ben Jones - end 2008 - Still not sold, he has had a good start to this year but remember he was Kahler esque for along time before that, if he keeps his form till next season, then we'll talk
Brett Kelly - end 2008 - Will be our future centre partner for graham imo, sign him up
Thom Learoyd Lahrs - end 2009 - extend this man till 2015 and beyond
Scott Logan - end 2008 - probably retire, much like adamson and smith before him, he'll have served his purpose by that time
Josh McCrone - end 2007 - keep him, good talent this kid
Steve McLean - end 2007 - Another good young talent, PL contract, and see if he can force his way in
Josh Miller - end 2009 - Re-sign long term, he is a gun
David Milne - end 2008 - needs to do something with himself, propell himself into the team some how, i still think potentially he is one of our better backs, great pace, very good defender and is a tidy finisher, really needs to step up this year
Jack Pearson - end 2008 - see how he goes, 50/50
Joe Picker - end 2010 - 2015 along with the other guns
Adrian Purtell - end 2008 - he has along way to go, he is improving but im not sure its at a rate good enough to warrent another contract, especially if we sign a marqee outside back
Willie Raston - end 2008 - with our current front row depth and blokes like tim weyman coming through the best he can hope for is a pl contract at this stage
Alan Rothery - end 2008 - re-sign him for depth, pl contract
Junior Sau - end 2007 - needs to prove his worth, he has a big future if he gets his game right, re-sign him
Troy Thompson - end 2010 - Extend his contract
Trevor Thurling - end 2008 - re-sign, on the cusp of FG and a very good player imo
Dane Tilse - end 2010 - Extend his contract
Alan Tongue - end 2008 - Captain tonguey will be re-signed long term, no doubts
Glen Turner - end 2008 - will have served his purpose too, england will be calling
Michael Weyman - end 2008 - Extend his contract
Jason Williams - end 2007 - times up for williams, good bloke but thems the breaks
Lincoln Withers - end 2009 - see how he goes but he needs to be more consistant
William Zillman - end 2009 - Extend his contract till 2020!

simonwoolford · Post by **simonwoolford** » April 10, 2007, 8:47 am

Howell and Frawley released today!

Source: A man can dream can't he?

Maltese Raider · Post by **Maltese Raider** » April 10, 2007, 10:01 am

If only it were reality

VictorTheViking · Post by **VictorTheViking** » April 10, 2007, 4:34 pm

Dont be suprised to see the Knights make a play for Dobbo now that Johns has retired.

Maltese Raider · Post by **Maltese Raider** » April 10, 2007, 4:36 pm

Nah, they have Mullen, Gidley and Thaiday to fill the 7, 6 and 1 spots

Nick · Post by **Nick** » April 10, 2007, 4:38 pm

VictorTheViking wrote:Dont be suprised to see the Knights make a play for Dobbo now that Johns has retired.

thought as much myself and suggested in the johns thread at LU
gotta hope dobbo is a loyal fella, cause no way we can match them $ for $

VictorTheViking · Post by **VictorTheViking** » April 10, 2007, 4:52 pm

Raider_69 wrote:
VictorTheViking wrote:Dont be suprised to see the Knights make a play for Dobbo now that Johns has retired.
thought as much myself and suggested in the johns thread at LU
gotta hope dobbo is a loyal fella, cause no way we can match them $ for $

I have read that Carney/Zilly mentioned something about a pact they all made to stay together if they could

Post by **greeneyed** » June 18, 2007, 2:57 pm

The signing of McCrone by Penrith today leaves these players unsigned for next year:

Vili Faingaa - end 2007
Ryan Hinchcliffe - end 2007
Steve McLean - end 2007
Junior Sau - end 2007
Jason Williams - end 2007

Michael · Post by **Michael** » June 18, 2007, 2:59 pm

greeneyed wrote:The signing of McCrone by Penrith today leaves these players unsigned for next year:

Vili Faingaa - end 2007
Ryan Hinchcliffe - end 2007
Steve McLean - end 2007
Junior Sau - end 2007
Jason Williams - end 2007

Aside from Hinchy and Sau, the others don't seem like huge losses from what I hear, but I could be wrong...

-LG- · Post by **-LG-** » June 18, 2007, 3:01 pm

I wonder if we will re-sign Hinchcliffe or if Elliott will make a move on him too?

IMO Priddis has been in very poor form lately and may be shown the door. But then they have Aiton too...

Maltese Raider · Post by **Maltese Raider** » June 18, 2007, 3:29 pm

Re-sign Hinchcliffe and Sau. Let the rest go

Michael · Post by **Michael** » June 18, 2007, 3:31 pm

Maltese Raider wrote:Re-sign Hinchcliffe and Sau. Let the rest go

Just what I thought.

Post by **greeneyed** » June 18, 2007, 3:58 pm

I think McLean is already in Canberra Raiders Cup so might have already been let go.

Felix Fred · Post by **Felix Fred** » June 18, 2007, 6:06 pm

greeneyed wrote:I think McLean is already in Canberra Raiders Cup so might have already been let go.

He is still playing Premier League

Post by **greeneyed** » June 18, 2007, 6:12 pm

Felix Fred wrote:
greeneyed wrote:I think McLean is already in Canberra Raiders Cup so might have already been let go.
He is still playing Premier League

Can't say I've seen him lately, but might be an afternoon for bad memory! I see him selected in jersey 18 this week...

Tina Furner · Post by **Tina Furner** » June 18, 2007, 6:16 pm

Mclean was a NSW u19 rep a year or two ago - What happened?

Stuat · Post by **Stuat** » June 18, 2007, 6:46 pm

He played OK in PL earlier in the season before getting injured.

I'd still like to see him stay. He is a BIG kid and i think it could take a few years for himto reach his potential, i think big forwards can take a while to warm up, Kite being an example, he wasnt great for us from memory...

I think McClean would be worth hanging onto to see how he develops...

Raiders Fan · Post by **Raiders Fan** » June 21, 2007, 7:07 pm

Kermit wrote:2008

It's a worry.

Kermit · Post by **Kermit** » June 25, 2007, 10:27 pm

Heard on Fox over the weekend that Tony Martin is off contract and likely to be released......wouldnt mind seeing at the Raiders. Can goal kick as well!

Think they were also releasing Byrne and Gatis also.

Gillfish · Post by **Gillfish** » June 26, 2007, 9:35 am

Kermit wrote:Heard on Fox over the weekend that Tony Martin is off contract and likely to be released......wouldnt mind seeing at the Raiders. Can goal kick as well!

Think they were also releasing Byrne and Gatis also.

Those 3 are being released.
But i don't think I want Martin. He was good 5 years ago

Christmas Ape · Post by **Christmas Ape** » June 26, 2007, 10:49 am

How old's Tony Martin?

I like him. Would be a good signing I reckon.

Maltese Raider · Post by **Maltese Raider** » June 26, 2007, 4:17 pm

Sign him up I say. The experience in the 3/4 line is what is needed, plus the added bonus of him being a good goalkicker.

Kermit · Post by **Kermit** » June 27, 2007, 8:55 pm

Maltese Raider wrote:Sign him up I say. The experience in the 3/4 line is what is needed, plus the added bonus of him being a good goalkicker.

Think we tried to get Martin a few years back before he signed with the Warriors.

Would be great if we got him imo!

Priory · Post by **Priory** » July 22, 2007, 3:02 pm

Kermit wrote:Heard on Fox over the weekend that Tony Martin is off contract and likely to be released......wouldnt mind seeing at the Raiders. Can goal kick as well!

Think they were also releasing Byrne and Gatis also.

I agree, I rate Martin highly, very good defender.

Nick · Post by **Nick** » July 22, 2007, 3:09 pm

Surely you blokes are taking the piss

martin? The bloke was great back in his melbourne days, its been a long time since then, he cant get a gig for the warriors because he is too slow... and as for his goal kicking, we've got carney, dobson and goodwin whom are all decent enough goal kickers.

Even if you hate the bloke, look at it objectively and you'll see clearly that Monaghan is a much better option then Martin
infact the only better outside back option then Monaghan on the open market that im aware of is Whatuira

Post by **greeneyed** » July 25, 2007, 1:35 pm

Updated for signing of Joel Monaghan for three years - two years plus a one year option - from 2008.

Philby · Post by **Philby** » July 26, 2007, 12:59 pm

I just saw over at LU that James Woolford is linked to the Dragons for next year. I havent heard anything about it has anyone else

Post by **greeneyed** » July 26, 2007, 1:31 pm

Philby wrote:I just saw over at LU that James Woolford is linked to the Dragons for next year. I havent heard anything about it has anyone else

That's the rumour, but I've seen no official confirmation.

Kermit · Post by **Kermit** » July 26, 2007, 1:35 pm

greeneyed wrote:
Philby wrote:I just saw over at LU that James Woolford is linked to the Dragons for next year. I havent heard anything about it has anyone else
That's the rumour, but I've seen no official confirmation.