Other Clubs in 2026

Morgan

Morgan

SGI NSW Cup
Look at the team Bennett has at his disposal at Souths!!! This is a coach who can attract big names vs Flanno who only cares about what is good for one player. I don't know anything about their #9, their halfback is average and 5/8 past his best. If Bennett can get the best out of his #12 and has a bit of luck with injuries, they are a red-hot chance of winning the premiership.

RABBITOHS​

  1. Jye Gray
  2. Alex Johnston
  3. Jack Wighton
  4. Latrell Mitchell
  5. Campbell Graham
  6. Cody Walker
  7. Jamie Humphreys
  8. Jai Arrow
  9. Bronson Garlick
  10. Keaon Koloamatangi
  11. Tallis Duncan
  12. David Fifita
  13. Cameron Murray

  14. Brandon Smith
  15. Lachlan Hubner
  16. Euan Aitken
  17. Tevita Tatola
 
Dragons Chris

Dragons Chris

SGI NSW Cup
Morgan said:
Look at the team Bennett has at his disposal at Souths!!! This is a coach who can attract big names vs Flanno who only cares about what is good for one player. I don't know anything about their #9, their halfback is average and 5/8 past his best. If Bennett can get the best out of his #12 and has a bit of luck with injuries, they are a red-hot chance of winning the premiership.

RABBITOHS​

  1. Jye Gray
  2. Alex Johnston
  3. Jack Wighton
  4. Latrell Mitchell
  5. Campbell Graham
  6. Cody Walker
  7. Jamie Humphreys
  8. Jai Arrow
  9. Bronson Garlick
  10. Keaon Koloamatangi
  11. Tallis Duncan
  12. David Fifita
  13. Cameron Murray

  14. Brandon Smith
  15. Lachlan Hubner
  16. Euan Aitken
  17. Tevita Tatola
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I know the fullback had a blinder against us but along with the other 3 of their spine, he isn't that good. Both their wingers are well past their best. AJ will get dropped as soon as he breaks the try scoring record. Fifita has a good game in him once or twice a season. Arrow has also been around a long time. Might be slipping. Wighton is a shadow of the player he was a few years ago.

If Bennett can get them firing, it's a solid top 8 team but top 4 is doubtful.
 
R

redv4life

SGI Jersey Flegg
Morgan said:
Look at the team Bennett has at his disposal at Souths!!! This is a coach who can attract big names vs Flanno who only cares about what is good for one player. I don't know anything about their #9, their halfback is average and 5/8 past his best. If Bennett can get the best out of his #12 and has a bit of luck with injuries, they are a red-hot chance of winning the premiership.

RABBITOHS​

  1. Jye Gray
  2. Alex Johnston
  3. Jack Wighton
  4. Latrell Mitchell
  5. Campbell Graham
  6. Cody Walker
  7. Jamie Humphreys
  8. Jai Arrow
  9. Bronson Garlick
  10. Keaon Koloamatangi
  11. Tallis Duncan
  12. David Fifita
  13. Cameron Murray

  14. Brandon Smith
  15. Lachlan Hubner
  16. Euan Aitken
  17. Tevita Tatola
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I agree with you big questions need to be asked about flanno’s ability to make marquee signings.
 
Dragons Chris

Dragons Chris

SGI NSW Cup
Frank Facer said:
Do you see Wests winning a comp with Bula at fullback? I don't see Bula as the fullback who is going to win Wests or us us comp. I certainly don't see him as a million dollar a season player.
I will add that Wests are overpaying Luai to the max. He is on 1.2 mil a year. I think he is only worth about 800K a year. I don't see Wests winning a comp with Luai on 1.2 mil a year and Bulla on 900K a year. They will be lucky to make the top 8. I think Terrell May is one of the better props in the game and his brother may develop into one of the better centres in the game over the next couple of years.

To anyone who thinks I am taking the conversation of thread topic. I am replying to Dragons Chris and talking football. I will also add that I respect everyone to have their say and express their opinion, even if I don't agree with it.
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Sure. Why not? If Benji put together a good team around him. I don't know about the halfback. I read he was always better than Galvin but has been injured a lot. Apart from the halfback Benji has assembled 3/4 of a very good spine with Korosau, Bula, Luai.
 
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Dragon David

SGI Jersey Flegg
Are these 2026 trial wins by the Eels over the Roosters, Titans over the Storm etc. a pointer as to how well the Eels and Titans etc. will go this year. That is will they be top 8. Trial games to me are misleading. We know that ever since Bellamy has coached the Storm they have never lost their first round game, so even though they were done like a dinner by the Titans tonight, they are destined to beat the Eels in the first round in 2026 going by history.

The Dragons on the other hand, since 1999 have won 9 and lost 17 - not a very good record is it?
 
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Dragon David

SGI Jersey Flegg
Dragon David said:
Are these 2026 trial wins by the Eels over the Roosters, Titans over the Storm etc. a pointer as to how well the Eels and Titans etc. will go this year. That is will they be top 8. Trial games to me are misleading. We know that ever since Bellamy has coached the Storm they have never lost their first round game, so even though they were done like a dinner by the Titans tonight, they are destined to beat the Eels in the first round in 2026 going by history.

The Dragons on the other hand, since 1999 have won 9 and lost 17 - not a very good record is it?
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The record is now won 9, lost 18.

Looks like the Panthers are starting this season on a better note than last year. In 2024, they won the premiership for the 4th time in a row. They did not play Wigan in the Challenge Cup in 2025 as they could not agree to a date as the Panthers had to play in Vegas that year. They beat the Sharks 28-22 in Vegas but when they returned to play in the NRL comp they lost 5 straight games and it looked like they were never going to get any better but they won enough games to finish 7th and played semi final footy. This trip to Vegas can affect a team badly at the start of the comp but generally most teams do pick up and end up in a good position on the ladder. If someone can check all of the records to see if this is a fact - I'm only surmising.

Will our form as well as the other 3 teams that went to Vegas in 2026 be OK for round 2? In the case of the Dogs it will be for round 3 as they have a bye in round 2.
 
Eric

Eric

Staff
Dragon David said:
The record is now won 9, lost 18.

Looks like the Panthers are starting this season on a better note than last year. In 2024, they won the premiership for the 4th time in a row. They did not play Wigan in the Challenge Cup in 2025 as they could not agree to a date as the Panthers had to play in Vegas that year. They beat the Sharks 28-22 in Vegas but when they returned to play in the NRL comp they lost 5 straight games and it looked like they were never going to get any better but they won enough games to finish 7th and played semi final footy. This trip to Vegas can affect a team badly at the start of the comp but generally most teams do pick up and end up in a good position on the ladder. If someone can check all of the records to see if this is a fact - I'm only surmising.

Will our form as well as the other 3 teams that went to Vegas in 2026 be OK for round 2? In the case of the Dogs it will be for round 3 as they have a bye in round 2.
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Mug Fan Mug Fan mentioned in a previous post how last year 3 of the 4 teams who went to Veges won their round 2 games. I think people make too much of the whole travel thing. Even if it's a significantly different time zone, if they have more than a day or two to prep and it's not starting at 1:00~3:00am in the time zone they just came from, should be good to go.
 
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Dragon David

SGI Jersey Flegg
Eric said:
Mug Fan Mug Fan mentioned in a previous post how last year 3 of the 4 teams who went to Veges won their round 2 games. I think people make too much of the whole travel thing. Even if it's a significantly different time zone, if they have more than a day or two to prep and it's not starting at 1:00~3:00am in the time zone they just came from, should be good to go.
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If it is a repeat of last year with 3 of the 4 teams winning round 2 games, that will be good. Will that be Dragons beating the Storm at home, Knights beating the Sea Eagles away and Cowboys beating the Tigers at home? The 4th team, the Bulldogs, has a bye and automatically gets 2 competition points. So insofar as getting the 2 points go, one team has that already meaning that 1 of the other 3 teams will miss out - which one?
 
Morgan

Morgan

SGI NSW Cup
Dragon David said:
Yep. The Titans can't wait to get Campbell back, hopefully though not before 29th March when we play them and Ilias is there in the 7.
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Ilias is rubbish but let's not lose sight of the fact Kyle has been just as bad, if not worse for 2 seasons 1 game and counting. For the 'he's the best we have' crowd, what can you say about a coach who hasn't addressed the problem for 2 seasons, one game and counting?
 
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Dragon David

SGI Jersey Flegg
Morgan said:
Ilias is rubbish but let's not lose sight of the fact Kyle has been just as bad, if not worse for 2 seasons 1 game and counting. For the 'he's the best we have' crowd, what can you say about a coach who hasn't addressed the problem for 2 seasons, one game and counting?
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Agreed Morgan.
 
J

Justadragon

SGI NSW Cup
Morgan said:
Ilias is rubbish but let's not lose sight of the fact Kyle has been just as bad, if not worse for 2 seasons 1 game and counting. For the 'he's the best we have' crowd, what can you say about a coach who hasn't addressed the problem for 2 seasons, one game and counting?
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Agreed, but if someone brings up the Reed thing, their nuts, look what happened yesterday, game 1 , the kid needs a full season playing ressies and ply his craft.
 
J

Justadragon

SGI NSW Cup
RufusRex said:
yep ... a top flight 7 should be able to shake off a late shoulder to the head.
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So I assume you consider Reed good to go in the NRL, and as for the shot on him yesterday, I've watched it several times, I dont consider it late, may have been a touch high but didnt have the angle to show it. Anyway yes in firsts he will have to handle those and a lot more.
 
RufusRex

RufusRex

SGI Jersey Flegg
you have not ready vs not capable ...
Not ready will become ready - not capable will ever be capable.
Reed will have to come in and most likely before he is really ready .. timing will be interstin
 
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Justadragon

SGI NSW Cup
RufusRex said:
you have not ready vs not capable ...
Not ready will become ready - not capable will ever be capable.
Reed will have to come in and most likely before he is really ready .. timing will be interstin
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Well yes I agree with you, but for the time being he's not ready. look dont get me wrong I'd love to see him in 1sts, he takes the ball right to the line which is great. But if you do that you have to learn how to take the shot as well. Cronk explained it really well, digging deep into the line is wonderful, but you are also going to get hit hard.
 
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