We already have Sloan that could do that, we all complained that his defense was crap at FB.
The only thing that is certain, the Parra fullback Flanno paved the way for them to sign is much better in 2026 and going forward.
Tell me what your take on the "theme" is?
Before we signed Gutho, Ryles already said he intended to play Iongi at fullback for Parra. He was talking of playing Gutho lock, which I think is a stupid idea. Gutho is better for us than Slone is. I would have given Lomax a run at fullback if I was coach.
Yep, look at most of the teams with very low numbers like sharks/storm/raiders/roostsrs/broncos
He was only our player of the year last year. Though I bet he will struggle unless we get some more speed in the backline. We can get away with a slowish fullback if we have fast wingers. Something we haven't had since Brett Morris!
Yes we need to be as good at stealing local juniors from other systems as some of these other teams are. I think we've improved in this area over the last few years however when the players are on the edge of the first team they tend to go back to market and we simply can't compete with the third party deals and other financial inducements on offer from the likes of Roosters and Storm. The third party system is an absolute shambles and massively favours the Roosters with their mega rich eastern suburbs fan base. So the reality is that like it or not it's the "one of our own" type players that are most likely to stick around for unders.
Those numbers don’t add up. The Broncos and Dolphins have only four local juniors between them, despite drawing from one of the largest junior bases in the country. With just two Brisbane clubs competing for that talent, versus nine in Sydney, they should be stacked with homegrown players. So where are all the Brisbane juniors going?
I can appreciate that, Mailroomsgi. However, given the Broncos, and to a lesser extent the Dolphins, have strong pathways with local players, and considering the cost and disruption involved in relocating, I would have expected their rosters to be predominantly local. Perhaps there’s something about living in Brisbane that influences recruitment in ways the data doesn’t fully explain.
We know that winning the comp is every clubs aim each year. We also know that there are a few clubs that are perennial top 4-8. These clubs have good player drawing power because of these yearly successes and of course with the high standard coaches, administration and in some cases a third party system that would help reward players going to those clubs. These clubs have more chances of winning the comp and in consecutive years at that.
Your guess is as good as mine, I guess. My guess is - intense competition, salary cap constraints, and the need for veteran leadership have forced changes in the roster composition for the 2025 and 2026 seasons. I think Brisbane still have Patrick Carrigan, Ezra Mam, Kotoni Staggs, Jordan Riki, Xavier Willison, Brendan Piakura, and Deine Mariner as ex juniors.
With KK, we are fine for middle forwards for a number of years. Now we need outside backs!
Could go back to the Knights or move up to the Gold Coast in 2027 when he will nearing 33.
Another big, go forward, mongrel prop wouldn't go astray GCRV. Need quality backs as well as it would be of no use if the big mongrel forwards pave the way up the middle to having no-one to effectively finish off the forwards' progression to the try line.