Recruitment & Retention 2027

Morgan

Morgan

SGI NSW Cup
RufusRex said:
My feel on hookers
2027 - Watson/Liddle (depth Kyle if he doesnt f*ck off/Kodi perhaps if needed)
2028 - Liddle/Import (we hit the market Nov 1 for this signing) - Kodi again providing depth but need another
2029 - Import/Dexter Grant plus a couple more either imported or developed.
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I don't know why Connor M isn't rated. He's not much of a threat with the ball but his passing from dummy half is good and his defence is very good.
 
TheRev

TheRev

SGI NSW Cup
BekB said:
Mace signed with Penrith Mason Andrews is definitely a cracker and young Halangahu would be my picks of the forwards coming through. CJ but he ain’t playing schoolboys and his brother
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Ah yes ty, I knew something was off there, but the 2 remaining look rly promising.

RufusRex said:
My feel on hookers
2027 - Watson/Liddle (depth Kyle if he doesnt f*ck off/Kodi perhaps if needed)
2028 - Liddle/Import (we hit the market Nov 1 for this signing) - Kodi again providing depth but need another
2029 - Import/Dexter Grant plus a couple more either imported or developed.
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If Kyle does go next year though, we're still 1 Liddle hammie away from wasting the 2027 season/momentum.. i.e. we need a #3 option, but unless its already a done deal we dont know about, seems like we're going to try and rely on internal.. Connor or Fagalilo or Haele maybe.. maybe we try to pick someone up very very late if Kyle does move on.

The problem is we are definitely hitting the market come Nov 1st for a genuine 2028 hooker.. so I can understand it makes going after a young gun this year difficult to commit too.. that said seems like we missed out on Pattie and the penrith kid and im not sure if we were ever looking at Moser.. im not actually sure we want that kind of hooker though.. like a flighty lightweight hooker who struggles with defence... I think we want a 'sure thing'.

I dunno how seriously they view any of our current young ones though thats the question I rly want to know.. Connor, Fagalilo, Haele, Grant, Phillips.. they r the ones at a useful level of experience... are any of them eyed as potential first graders? I am rly interested to see how Coehlo goes out of the young ones though, but hes still many years away... esp now that Chapman moved on.
 
jodragon40

jodragon40

Staff
TheRev said:
I think we will have to eat CST/Weatherall's spots for atleast 1yr.. CST sellable if we rly want him out, though he is useful and in an injury pinch.. and another preseason.. hes alright imo.. just not a gun.... weatherall is the only one whos rly fallen behind... he isnt sellable though because noone will pick up a Top30 spot for him at this stage of his development.

CMeafou injuries held him back but def the most exciting 2nd rower in the system.. DMeafou still on the periphery.. but Mug is right in that Daniel will have to be patient now to make it with all the young forward spots taken up.. Daniel has to also have an injury free run and regain some of that talent he shows for periods... in order to put any pressure on the guys now in front of him.

The other young ones floating around are Coutts, Alhazim, Hikila, Jackson, Treweek, Carmichael.. either a cup deal or as Mug said a T&T deal but they will have to be rly good to push thru now.. it will help when/if CST/Weatherall drop out...

The 2 or 3 I'm more excited about are the younger ones playing schoolboys currently in Luka Halangahu, Mason Andrews & Mace Scofield.. feel like atleast 1 maybe 2 of those make it.. but hopefully there is enough of a gap that opportunities open up again by the time they are playing regular NSW Cup.

I think Hookers are a separate discussion to the other forwards.. thats a whole nother discussion and I have NFI what they will do.
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Muhleisen? I know he has been injured and Finau may have to keep that 9 position in house
 
Morgan

Morgan

SGI NSW Cup
Sheridan Stand said:
I like the idea of King Gutho on the bench over Atko as can cover plenty of positions and with reduced game time can add value plus crucial experience near the end of clutch games.

My question is who do you think should be our new captain?
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Gutho on the bench coming on to play hooker if there are no injuries in the backs. Seems perfect. Why wouldn't he be a much better hooker than Kyle? His defence is good. It's just he often isn't fast enough to get into position to make the tackles at fullback. Wouldn't be an issue at hooker. He's a much better talker and is faster. Passing is at least as good.
 
RufusRex

RufusRex

SGI NSW Cup
Gutho in that role is when we have Watson AND Liddle in the 17 seems hugely superflous.

Loko/Halangahu/Watson plus Webster/LKT/Nick on the bench has to be the way forward.

Neither Kyle/Gutho deserve to be anywhere near the 19 if we want success.
 
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