Eels half Ethan Sanders agrees to terms with Raiders for three year deal from 2025

[greeneyed]

Canberra Raiders in battle to sign star young Parramatta Eels half Ethan Sanders

Penrith and Canberra are locked in a battle to prise boom half Ethan Sanders out of Parramatta. Sanders is regarded as one of the best young playmakers in the game. He has already spoken to the Panthers and Raiders as they look to add youth and quality to their playmaking ranks.

The Eels are confident they can keep Sanders, although his path to first grade is blocked by a pair of big names on lucrative long-term deals.

Read more: https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport ... 6533c16125

The Raiders also said to be considering Lachlan Lam.

[Bay53]

That's Strange, we already have an Ethan in our young halves.

[greeneyed]

[Canberra Milk]

Can he do the hard carries?

We promise to debut him in 2028

[julian87]

I like this. And like the idea of Lachlan Lam as well. Was out of his depth when young but he’s a good player imo.

[Bay53]

Can he do the hard carries?

We promise to debut him in 2028

No but he can lead a team around. In fact they call him Colonel Sanders.

Finger licking good.

[greeneyed]

All for this.

[-TW-]

Lachlan Lam was very good for Leigh the other night, albeit against Wakefield who are one of the worst professional teams in history but still

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[Botman]

I also dont mind the idea of a dart throw at Lam

As for the kids, it's a numbers game, get as many as we can and hopefully one of them pans out. So yeah all for making a strong push for a very talented kid.

[julian87]

Lachlan Lam was very good for Leigh the other night, albeit against Wakefield who are one of the worst professional teams in history but still

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He’s been good for them all season from all reports and the snippets I’ve seen.

[Seiffert82]

Why on earth are the Panthers interested?

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[The Nickman]

Why on earth are the Panthers interested?

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Salary cap turnover. Good teams have to lose good players and are always hoping to improve and looking towards the future.

Bad teams stagnate.

[kiwi raider]

Why on earth are the Panthers interested?

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Need to replace jarome the fresh prince of canberra

[BJ]

I’m not sold on Lam at NRL level. Looks a level 20% too fast for him.

[Botman]

Why on earth are the Panthers interested?

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What's the worst that happens? They have TOO many great young halves?
Sounds good to me

Cross that bridge when you come to it. Stack the pipeline with talent, understand most wont pan out... but you increase your odds
What is the worst case scenario? You get your pick of the best players.

[The Nickman]

Why on earth are the Panthers interested?

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What's the worst that happens? They have TOO many great young halves?
Sounds good to me

Cross that bridge when you come to it. Stack the pipeline with talent, understand most wont pan out... but you increase your odds
What is the worst case scenario? You get your pick of the best players.

I think the worst that happens is nuclear war takes out the power grids and we all end up living like rats in the wreckage.

[reptar]

Why on earth are the Panthers interested?

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What's the worst that happens? They have TOO many great young halves?
Sounds good to me

Cross that bridge when you come to it. Stack the pipeline with talent, understand most wont pan out... but you increase your odds
What is the worst case scenario? You get your pick of the best players.

I think the worst that happens is nuclear war takes out the power grids and we all end up living like rats in the wreckage.

Are there zombies?

[Billy Walker]

If this kid has all the early indicators of being a quality half we should load up an offer that dwarfs what Parra and Penrith put forward

[Botman]

Why on earth are the Panthers interested?

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What's the worst that happens? They have TOO many great young halves?
Sounds good to me

Cross that bridge when you come to it. Stack the pipeline with talent, understand most wont pan out... but you increase your odds
What is the worst case scenario? You get your pick of the best players.

I think the worst that happens is nuclear war takes out the power grids and we all end up living like rats in the wreckage.

would you say it's time for our readers to crack each other's heads open and feast on the goo inside?

[bonehead]

Why on earth are the Panthers interested?

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they have jack cogger and kurt falls as their next in line, neither are elite talents, they lost isaiya Katoa and niwhai puru wo were next big things

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[The Nickman]

Why on earth are the Panthers interested?

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What's the worst that happens? They have TOO many great young halves?
Sounds good to me

Cross that bridge when you come to it. Stack the pipeline with talent, understand most wont pan out... but you increase your odds
What is the worst case scenario? You get your pick of the best players.

I think the worst that happens is nuclear war takes out the power grids and we all end up living like rats in the wreckage.

would you say it's time for our readers to crack each other's heads open and feast on the goo inside?

Yes I would, Kent.

[Seiffert82]

Why on earth are the Panthers interested?

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they have jack cogger and kurt falls as their next in line, neither are elite talents, they lost isaiya Katoa and niwhai puru wo were next big things

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I fully understand the whole stockpiling talent theory, but this would have to be a specific plan to replace Luai.

NRL isn't like an NFL squad where you have huge depth in key positions. The pathway to an NRL team is like a pyramid. Now that Sanders is like 20 or 21 next season you can't just park him in a junior development team and see what happens.

As you say, the Panthers are already losing good talent to other clubs. That in itself proves you can't just stockpile talented 20 year old key position players. It simply doesn't work like that. His manager would absolutely be aware that his client won't want to get lost in reserves for 3 years.

As we see with people here losing their minds over Savage being stuck in NSW Cup.

[Northern Raider]

Panthers have been steadily losing talent for the past couple of years and will continue to do so as their guys comes off contract and value increases. Crichton is already gone for next year. Edwards and Luai up for renewal and it will be difficult to retain both. They need more players coming through to offset the losses at the top

[Seiffert82]

Yeah, but the point is they are losing talent because they can retain all that talent.

You don't sign a guy like this as your 5th string option if you can't keep hold of the guys you already have.

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[Northern Raider]

Yeah, but the point is they are losing talent because they can retain all that talent.

You don't sign a guy like this as your 5th string option if you can't keep hold of the guys you already have.

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Not sure I'm understanding your point. They are looking 2+ years in advance here. I don't think they would plan on him being 5th on the depth chart then.

[Off]

No young half would play under the destroyer of halves.

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[Seiffert82]

Yeah, but the point is they are losing talent because they can retain all that talent.

You don't sign a guy like this as your 5th string option if you can't keep hold of the guys you already have.

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Not sure I'm understanding your point. They are looking 2+ years in advance here. I don't think they would plan on him being 5th on the depth chart then.

If the plan is to sign this guy to specifically replace Jerome Luai in 2025 after Luai's contract expires then yeah, well played Penrith.

I just don't buy that you can sign a quality 20 year old halfback with the intent of stockpiling talent as Botman and Nicko are suggesting.

The pathway to make it through the Penrith system is currently much harder now than at just about any other club. I'm just surprised Penrith are in the mix given the young players they are are already losing.

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[Botman]

The panthers have two rep halves, that’s 3 games minimum they’re forced to using back ups
And Cleary seems to pick up injuries fairly regularly. They want high quality players to be able to come in and step up.
Good teams want good players.

The raiders, if they really want this guy, should be able to put an offer in that prices both parra and the panthers out given they’ll be paying back up money, and he’d probably be our starter

[Dr Zaius]

The Colonel! Get him up here!

[Wiki Special]

I've never seen this kid play but after what I saw tonight (and most of the year) sign him at all costs - we need a half desperately. We aren't going to sign a big name, best to have a crack at a youngster with a bit of hype about him.

Give us tragic fans something to hope about.

[Azza]

If he knows what's good for him, he'll look at Rocky's track record with halves and run screaming.

[bonehead]

I've never seen this kid play but after what I saw tonight (and most of the year) sign him at all costs - we need a half desperately. We aren't going to sign a big name, best to have a crack at a youngster with a bit of hype about him.

Give us tragic fans something to hope about.

eels fans high on him

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[Dusty]

No young half would play under the destroyer of halves.

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Muppet


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[President Clinton]

I've never seen this kid play but after what I saw tonight (and most of the year) sign him at all costs - we need a half desperately. We aren't going to sign a big name, best to have a crack at a youngster with a bit of hype about him.

Give us tragic fans something to hope about.

eels fans high on him

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He has Moses and Brown in his way for 3-4 years you’d imagine.

The Raiders are a good spot for a young half looking to play grade. Whether it be Lam trying to reestablish himself or this young trap.

The difference in pressure must be enormous.

[FROG]

Found an interesting article written at the end of last year.

Rookie Watch: Ethan Sanders

The hype around Ethan Sanders right now is only just starting to build and for the Parramatta Eels that is a very, very good thing. The young playmaker entered 2022 in his junior year of SG Ball eligibility (turning 18 in an U19s competition) and would quickly go on to become a core figure in the Jersey Flegg team. The significance of that feat should not be undersold – Sanders wasn’t just holding his own against young men up to three years older than him, he was often excelling.

Read more: https://thecumberlandthrow.com/2022/11/ ... ent-squad/