Certainly understand that mate, but he's had other head knocks this year I think as well, I wouldnt be risking his career at such a young age. Even Flanno said he's probably played longer than what he should have in the NRL this year.
Just like lots of young players, they can't wait to play the game but in the case of young Stewart, best in my opinion that he has a long rest from playing to make sure his head corrects itself from all of the internal bruising to the brain etc. He will have a long season next year so it should be something for him to look forward to and get the right motivation and build up his body to take more work seeing that JDB won't be around to assist. Same with the others who have had the knocks to the head and other injuries.
Warren Smith (surprisingly) and Ennis both called it forward without doubt. Ennis was actually quite vocal about how badly forward it was. The eggs on 9 were too busy all game having a wankoff over AJ and Souths, hoping he’d score a truckload last night
We always seem to be a lost cause in the NRL. Media and others just like to rub salt into our wounds at every opportunity. Even when we win it is not given the accreditation it deserves. Not only is it soul destroying for us fans but the coaches and players must feel emptiness in the guts when we cop all the negatives.
I'm not privy to negotiations but I would guess a lot of it is players like Hiroti demanding overs and the club refusing. I can understand paying overs for someone like Tino but not for Hiroti who may or may not be first grade standard. And has there been any confirmation the Dragons actually tried to recruit him? I find it very hard to believe a reserve for a team going downhill rather quickly would reject a chance to play first grade even if he thinks that team isn't on the rise.
I think someone did a survey on player transfer Dave a little while ago, and the primary motivator was money and the manager getting on with the club. I do agree in not paying overs for players at the detriment of our future, but my belief is home growing marquee players, much in the way the Panthers have done it, how many penrith juniors do they have in their squad, and still producing quality players through their pathways.
This exactly Justa. I'm thinking that DA is reviewing everybody we currently have on board, in all grades being - their good and bad points, their contract status, their ages, their experiences, their development, their strengths and weaknesses, their attitudes, their desire to want to stay at the Dragons for a good period of their league life if given a fair crack and opportunities, etc. DA needs to look at the immediate future of how to obtain success with what we have and where we are lacking and focus on who can fill these spots in the short term with who we have and if nobody can fill in those gaps from within, then source others that have much better standards of abilities to benefit the squad.
Mug Fan explained it about a week ago. You can read it here
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Thank you.Mug Fan explained it about a week ago. You can read it here
Recruitment and Retention for 2026
Rorters messed up badly with DCE. His form has fallen off a cliff. Played a year too long already. Roosters don't get many wrong, unfortunately. But this is a big one. But will probably only affect them for a year. I hope they signed him for 2 but I'd bet it's something like 1 year with a club...