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[CroydonDog]

Has been medically retired.

 

[bradyk]

Verrills's time.

 

[Bazildog]

I smell a Rorter raid coming...

 

[Psycho Doggie]

264 NRL games, more than 20 concussions on the field. Hope he doesn't have a bad time of things later in life. Seems like the right decision, but the Chooks will likely miss him for the short term at least.

 

[Motorhead]

Surely he hasn't been granted a medical retirement as in his salary comes off the cap for the Roosters? Fucken surely.

 

[cjrich]

Wouldn't surprise me if they make a play for Brandon Smith

 

[c-b-b]

Should have a spare few million now. Will be able to sign 3 or 4 players at least.

 

[Cappuccino]

RIP

 

[Bulldog1966]

20 concussions? fmd the future could be a worry better live it up now son!

 

[Nano]

Roosters about to have a 5 mil help fee from the NRL lmao

 

[B-Train]

It was always going to happen. He should have retired last season.

This fucks us badly though. Verrills is a great young player but he's always injured. They'll be in the market for a hooker and who are players like Clark, Smith, Starling, Simpkin etc more likely to sign with, the Roosters or us?

 

[Art Vandelay]

Surely he hasn't been granted a medical retirement as in his salary comes off the cap for the Roosters? Fucken surely.

We are talking about the NRL!

 

[Alan79]

It'd be an interesting plot twist if the Roosters don't use Friends money to scalp some other teams much needed hooker and instead opt to use one of the juniors they already scalped in previous seasons.

 

[bradyk]

It'd be an interesting plot twist if the Roosters don't use Friends money to scalp some other teams much needed hooker and instead opt to use one of the juniors they already scalped in previous seasons.

They'll be using Verrills when he returns from injury.

 

[NPC83]

It was always going to happen. He should have retired last season.

This fucks us badly though. Verrills is a great young player but he's always injured. They'll be in the market for a hooker and who are players like Clark, Smith, Starling, Simpkin etc more likely to sign with, the Roosters or us?

T Baz is a lot better looking than Robbo who has a head like a beaten favourite

 

[NPC83]

They'll be using Verrills when he returns from injury.

Yes that’s a given as Lussick is on par with JMK

 

[El Padrino]

A retired jake friend > jmk > daylight > katoa

 

[KambahOne]

He could and would tackle a galloping circular saw. He may well have been one dimensional, but he put everything into that dimension. The toughest rake we've had since Simon Bonetti. We do love our defensive orientated number 9s and we have been successful with them.

But maybe the new rules lean away from the defensive 9 and point to a Sammy Verrills type rake? He's still a couple of weeks away and will probably need the rest of 2021 to get his confidence in the knee back. Persevering with Lussic will take it's toll on the scotch bottle.