Yes, Mark Nawaqanitawase, a Wallabies winger. It's been reported that they are also after Max Jorgensen, another Wallabies rugby union winger whose father played for the Roosters.
Not that it would stop them as people have pointed out but they bought Mark Nawa from the wallabies so he might slot into the centres with Billy Smith. They don’t really need Lomax.
Bro they’re loaded with talent. Their Flegg team played in the final against us last year and this year sitting top 4 or thereabouts
Dam!!!
With the market this bare, maybe the paper bags aren't holding enough.
Hopefully we aren't too far from being at that point with junior production. We've improved massively there. Just have to transition the talent and keep them loyal.Good on him. Right move for his career, and if he is injury free his payday will come eventually. Crazy the Panthers production line. Seems anyone they lose the next cab off the rank is as good or better. They lose Stephen Critchon, Mansour, Staine, Laurie and they uncover To'o, Critta (now with us), May, Edwards, Turuva, Tago. Talk about a production line...... Alamoti will be lucky to make the 22 man squadlol
That’s what I’m thinking too. Took Panthers 5-6 years to start churning them out but now it’s like one leaves and 2 stepping up type of thing.
Roosters are actually quite sustainable using brown paper bags.... They are an environmentally friendly mob and should be praised for taking the initiative to save the world!
You need the right NRL coach above and beyond anything else. Melbourne and Penrith have showed this. Without Ivan Cleary the best Penrith would have finished in those years is 5th. They did make top 4 the only year Cleary was left alone during his first stint as coach and he achieved that despite his preferred choice for 9 being released to another club before the season started where he found out via a newspaper article. Cleary cleaned out so much on and off the field that had to be done removing lots of players and officials including one who unleashed on a podcast that doesn’t get much ratings. Cleary changed Yeo from a second row to lock. Too wasn’t getting a game he saw talent in him that others didn’t. Too wasn’t deemed tall enough previously Cleary over ruled all that tag. Luai finally got his chance. Had Ivan not come back no way Nathan stays. As Ivan said when he first walk back into the club in 2018 the club was dysfunctional.That’s what I’m thinking too. Took Panthers 5-6 years to start churning them out but now it’s like one leaves and 2 stepping up type of thing.
But let’s sack Gus. Pathways…… what’s that
Correct @Marki also to the Roosters they haven’t filled their required top 30 spots until the last moment they needed too and kept their development spots at 4 rather than the max of 6. This does free up money. They also don’t pay for players to play for other clubs.
It's not ideal the chopping and changing of our roster and could be described as frenetic, but still see no evidence we are paying out amounts on contracts on players who have left.
And there's no evidence we aren't either. I do know one thing. Players bar TPJ just don't walk away for fun. They still have to be paid their contract out of the salary cap. Even though BBO and Hoffman are now on NSW Cup deals the outstanding amount of the NSW Cup deal is coming off the NRL cap. It might only be small amounts it adds up. Broncos haven't put Quai-Ward on any NRL or Development deals we still have to pay the outstanding amounts. We were desperate to rid ourselves of RFM there's little doubt there we are coughing up 50%. We were desperate to rid ourselves of JMK although Gus never signed him or re-signed him. I don't think letting go JMK was a good call. We are still making poor recruitment and retention decisions if we are letting go players under contract whether we pay 1% or more than 50% of the freight.
Who would we keep from 2021?
Even Cotric signed for 3 years and was released. But that’s probably off the cap now?
Can't think of many lol. That wasn't the point tho. The fact that we have had to clear out players is not ideal...but it has been necessary.
Wasn't JMK off contract?
