Recruitment and Retention for 2026

RedVHeartbeat

SGI NSW Cup
On the downside the opposition did not fear our engine room even tho we had a workhorse middle that fewer attackers could breach, because we lacked an intimidating enforcer This has to change and will with KK..
 

RedVHeartbeat

SGI NSW Cup
He had a good run. Club treated him well. Was probably the right time to let him go. We won't have to wait long to see. He had a few below par games last year.
Disagree. Every player has an off day. Jack for mine had fewer and was our heart and soul. He had another year in him in his beloved RedV and with his desire to remain a one club man, he'd have killed his swan song.
 

RufusRex

SGI Jersey Flegg
the club decided that they didnt want him ... they didnt want that type of character in and amongst our excellent crop of juniors.
So whilst he may have been able to offer something on the field (for diminishing returns) the club wants and demands more from its leaders.

It is a risk because it relies on Sele being more fit than ever and Stewart stepping into the middle role but the club will be better long term putting the cancerous antics of Jack behind us.

Sele showed int he knights trial he can take it to the Knights middle (which was their starting 8/10/13) ... and is a more excellent person off field genuinely loyal to his family and a man of integrity. On field and off field leaders like him and off field mentors like BMM are going to be worth a lot to us in years to come. No hiding under the bed knowing he has done the wrong thing here.

Whilst it is your perogative to hero worship any flea you like i am happy with the club taking a stand here.
 

Eric

Staff
the club decided that they didnt want him ... they didnt want that type of character in and amongst our excellent crop of juniors.
I might be wrong but I think he's nothing but a good influence on younger players. Couchman's mentioned specifically that he's a good influence. But I agree with the club cutting him loose. Still a good player but we have 3 younger, bigger, faster versions of him in T and R Couchman and Stewart.

And purely speculative, without an iota of evidence, I wouldn't be surprised if the sales and marketing staff, the one's whose job it is to gain sponsorship revenue, are happy to see the back of him due to BBQ-gate and other things he was falsely accused of. I hope this isn't true.
 
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