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Chanel Harris-Tavita to have crucial contract talks with Warriors next week

Chanel Harris-Tavita and his management will have crucial talks with the Warriors next week, where his future at the club will be decided. At least three NRL clubs are showing interest in Chanel Harris-Tavita, with the Raiders one of them.

https://i.stuff.co.nz/sport/league/warr ... -next-week

Interested in Chanel Harris-Tavita (among other clubs) according to this.

He's improved this year imo. If he doenst turn out to be a first grade half I think he'd still be a good depth option and a guy that could probably fill the utility role pretty well given he defends really well and can play halves, Hooker centre, also filled in at fullback early this season and i reckon in a year or two he could handle Lock.

Can't see him staying at the warriors with Johnson, Metcalf, Volkman , Dylan Walker and probably Asi already being in the first grade squad.
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I haven’t watch enough of him to pass judgment, but a little concerned there is already a suggestion that if he isn’t a half he has utility value. No doubt you need a good utility but you don’t need 13 utilities. We need good specialist spine players and I think we’d be better going hard at that than spreading ourselves too thin on maybes or possibly players. That said others will have watched him more than me and perhaps he is the answer. The strategy of targeting kiwis with three names hasn’t been entirely horrible.
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Get him under the Destroyer of Halves and you’ll definitely have a utility on your hands by mid-season
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I don't think CHT will move the needle that much. Much prefer if we went to the UK and enquired about someone like Jai Field (who can play in the halves and FB) who has speed or another half
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An effort player who can defend, aka a Sticky type player. I'd rather throw the bank at Drinkwater
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Billy Walker wrote: May 7, 2022, 9:07 am I haven’t watch enough of him to pass judgment, but a little concerned there is already a suggestion that if he isn’t a half he has utility value. No doubt you need a good utility but you don’t need 13 utilities. We need good specialist spine players and I think we’d be better going hard at that than spreading ourselves too thin on maybes or possibly players. That said others will have watched him more than me and perhaps he is the answer. The strategy of targeting kiwis with three names hasn’t been entirely horrible.
Do we have any other player at all that can play in a spine position and also in the forwards/backs? Not including Wighton as hes our 5/8 without question, No you don't need 13 utilities but 1 or 2 would give you decent options and put pressure on Fogarty who isn't exactly a locked in guaranteed success story as our halfback moving forward.

I didn't really rate CHT heading in to this season but I reckon he's developed a fair bit, especially his kicking and ball playing which in past seasons was pretty poor
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Sign him up!
Ricky loves courage and effort (C&E).
The dude played half a game with a busted nut.
That's a hell of a lot of C&E right there!
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Talented players that get spat out of the Warriors system are usually a good bet. Similar to the Tigers rejects.

I've always liked his attitude on the field. Similar to Blake Austin before we picked him up. His kicking game (or lack thereof) won't help us, but I'm always for adding talented depth in those key positions.

Let's face it, we aren't ever signing an elite half to this club, so this is the type of player we should be gambling on.

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CHT never developed the way most hoped. He is better than Sammy and Frawley, probably Schnieder too. But he is a backup, not a starter
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Roy Rover wrote: May 7, 2022, 11:21 am Sign him up!
Ricky loves courage and effort (C&E).
The dude played half a game with a busted nut.
That's a hell of a lot of C&E right there!
I'd forgotten about this! Probably only guy to make Miller and Tongue wince.
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No thanks!! Right now we need experience
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We need halves who can pass. So a no from me.
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Matt wrote: May 7, 2022, 11:27 am CHT never developed the way most hoped. He is better than Sammy and Frawley, probably Schnieder too. But he is a backup, not a starter
Agree, he’d strengthen our squad as a replacement for Williams or Frawley, who are off contract.
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greeneyed wrote: May 7, 2022, 1:51 pm
Matt wrote: May 7, 2022, 11:27 am CHT never developed the way most hoped. He is better than Sammy and Frawley, probably Schnieder too. But he is a backup, not a starter
Agree, he’d strengthen our squad as a replacement for Williams or Frawley, who are off contract.
Yep. He's an upgrade on our backups. Fogarty is our 1st stringer.
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He'd be on first string money at the Warriors. I don't think we'd be signing him as a backup.
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Roger Kenworthy wrote: May 7, 2022, 5:06 pm He'd be on first string money at the Warriors. I don't think we'd be signing him as a backup.
Isn't that the point though. Warriors don't think he is worth what they are paying? So, maybe he wants 1st grade, and starter money, but who is willing to pay him that way?
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Matt wrote: May 7, 2022, 10:10 pm
Roger Kenworthy wrote: May 7, 2022, 5:06 pm He'd be on first string money at the Warriors. I don't think we'd be signing him as a backup.
Isn't that the point though. Warriors don't think he is worth what they are paying? So, maybe he wants 1st grade, and starter money, but who is willing to pay him that way?
Three clubs are chasing him apparently. Not sure of the last time three NRL teams were chasing a NSW Cup half - guys like Williams and Frawley don't generally attract substantial competition.

He's a poor man's JW to me so I really don't understand our interest.
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Roger Kenworthy wrote: May 8, 2022, 7:13 am
Matt wrote: May 7, 2022, 10:10 pm
Roger Kenworthy wrote: May 7, 2022, 5:06 pm He'd be on first string money at the Warriors. I don't think we'd be signing him as a backup.
Isn't that the point though. Warriors don't think he is worth what they are paying? So, maybe he wants 1st grade, and starter money, but who is willing to pay him that way?
Three clubs are chasing him apparently. Not sure of the last time three NRL teams were chasing a NSW Cup half - guys like Williams and Frawley don't generally attract substantial competition.

He's a poor man's JW to me so I really don't understand our interest.
He was supposed to be SJ 2.0.
He is also 23, where Sammy is 31 and Frawlz 27.
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Warriors gun set to leave as Raiders eye bid

Warriors playmaker Chanel Harris-Tavita has reportedly rejected the club’s long-standing contract offer and is set to leave the club at the end of the season – with a full five clubs keen on his services.Harris-Tavita is off-contract at season’s end, but was offered a two-year extension in late 2021. However, he has knocked back that offer. At least two NRL rivals are interested, with one believed to the be the Canberra Raiders.

Read more: https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-pr ... kPhk4TLbyg

Apparently we are interested in signing CHT from the Warriors. He just rejected a two year extension from them.
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Well we won't be signing CHT. He's decided to take a break from the game after this season at the ripe old age of 23.

'Time for a change of scenery': Chanel Harris-Tavita makes shock decision to walk away from NRL at 23: https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/league/wa ... -nrl-at-23
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Respect that decision. Would be very easy to take the money whilst its there but if his heart isnt in it, he should walk away at least temporarily.
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Botman wrote: May 23, 2022, 2:20 pm Respect that decision. Would be very easy to take the money whilst its there but if his heart isnt in it, he shouldnt walk away at least temporarily.
yea absolutely. he's probably waving goodbye to 4-500k, that's ballsy for a guy still recovering from a ruptured testicle.
not many young guys would do that, hopefully it makes him happier and he comes back in a year or two.
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I reckon he's just realised there are plenty of kids who would give their left nut to play NRL, but he's not one of them.
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Signing Nathan Brown as coach looking like a huge mistake. Who woulda thunk it.
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You can sort of see this in his game over the last 12 months. I was a huge fan and had gone very cold on the idea of him coming to Canberra.
well, I guess you could say that I'm buy curious.
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Give ‘em a generous 3 year contract - it’s what we do! Long term, costly contracts for 2nd grade players


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kiwi raider wrote:
Botman wrote: May 23, 2022, 2:20 pm Respect that decision. Would be very easy to take the money whilst its there but if his heart isnt in it, he shouldnt walk away at least temporarily.
yea absolutely. he's probably waving goodbye to 4-500k, that's ballsy for a guy still recovering from a ruptured testicle.
not many young guys would do that, hopefully it makes him happier and he comes back in a year or two.
Quality!

I hope he returns to the game bigger and better. It's a shame. I think a change of scenery at a different club could have helped him.

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Loving the Greenhouse recruitment drive of 2021. If the inmates were in charge of the asylum we'd now have two more years of bumbling Dufty, SJ prowling the field like an 80-yr old and CHT pulling a Matt Rua on us.
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We'd also have Nicho Hynes... so it wouldnt all be bad! ;)
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We'd be able to offload a few under performers when Schubert comes calling too.
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julian87 wrote: May 23, 2022, 3:38 pm You can sort of see this in his game over the last 12 months. I was a huge fan and had gone very cold on the idea of him coming to Canberra.
I think you can see it in Ponga's game too lol. But this guy has the kahunas to make a decision
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Roger Kenworthy wrote:Loving the Greenhouse recruitment drive of 2021. If the inmates were in charge of the asylum we'd now have two more years of bumbling Dufty, SJ prowling the field like an 80-yr old and CHT pulling a Matt Rua on us.
Savage would be Captain coach

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