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  1. Scorpio

    The Bully files

    I could be wrong, but I think that Bullemor's attributes would be more effective against tiring defenses, rather than him just making a lot of hit-ups and tackles at the start of the game to set the tempo for the rest of the squad. A lot of his highlights aren't him making big hits or tackles...
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    The Jazz thread ... all that Jazz

    Simpkin is 23 and has played 47 NRL games... so with Croker out injured, if the coach (having seen what he brings to the table both in NRL games and at training) now picks Tevaga as a starting hooker, then I would suggest that Simpkin is not going to be the immediate solution at #9 that some...
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    I see Top 4 and expect it

    Top 4 would be the aim, but what I want to see is continuous improvement... Ladder position is important, but so is the manner in which we get there, and how we perform in finals. 2021 was a great sugar hit when we finished 4th... but we got there largely on the back of one of the greatest...
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    V’landys wants POTUS Trump in Vegas for NRL season opener

    I find it improbable (though not impossible) that a sitting US President would attend a rugby league event with no American representation, even though it's in Las Vegas. I suppose it can't hurt to ask though.
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    Coach Seibold thoughts so far.... so good

    Online gaming is a good alternative:
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    DCE to announce retierment

    I don't think this is rocket science. He is very fit and looks after himself... but if DCE constantly took hit-ups as often as Cleary (i.e. runs hard and direct into the opposition defence and wear a big hit in doing so) and was also the main goal kicker... then I would suggest that he would be...
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    [Resurrected] Lachlan Croker

    Ask yourself, if the coach/club were entirely convinced with Croker, then why do you think they signed Simpkin, a junior Origin representative, mid-season when we already had 2 hookers plus Lawton? I think they're entirely aware that hooker is a position where we can improve, but they were...
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    [Resurrected] Lachlan Croker

    Simpkin was displaced by not only Croker, but also by GCKT on the bench at the end of the season. This suggests to me that, in the opinion of the coach, he was not consistently executing his instructed tasks well enough to warrant keeping either of them out of the top 17. Maybe there are some...
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    Most 'Important" position in modern NRL

    Shane Perry is another.
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    Which NRL club is selling assets due to financial strife?

    I think for the most part the sport just isn't big enough and there isn't enough actual news when you consider the number of people who are paid to write/talk about NRL.
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    The Manly Way

    If we are not in a good place when DCE retires, then what are we now? We haven't seriously competed for a premiership in over 10 years. He is a fine player, but when he retires it would allow us to change the identity and balance of the squad, which is perhaps what this squad needs.
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    The Bully files

    Billy Slater himself was at least once dropped back to NSW Cup... not because there were more talented fullbacks at the Storm, but because there are standards/expectations that the coach demands. Ethan has all the talent he needs, but as others have noted earlier sometimes I have observed that...
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    2026 recruitment & retention

    If clubs were able to reduce the contracted salary cap footprint of a player mid-contract, while that player continued to play for them, that would open Pandora's Box in terms of salary cap manipulation...
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    2026 recruitment & retention

    I am pretty sure the NRL does not permit this once the contract is registered.
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    Confirmed: PNG Team Coming 2028

    Not sure who exactly this is directed to... but for reasons posted earlier, I don't see this deal as a politically partisan issue as some people here think it is. Given that there is an upcoming Federal Election, if the Coalition is convinced that this PNG NRL team proposal ($60 million per...
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    [Resurrected] Gordon Chan Kum Tong

    Just from observation, a hooker can usually only have a quick dart out of dummy half if the defense is already retreating, and/or we get a quick play the ball with 0 or 1 markers, AND there are no better options for the hooker to pass to. If those things do not happen then a quick run out of...
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    One has to go ... who ?

    It's not a problem now... but given that he's listed at 190cm tall and only 82kg, it would be reasonable to expect that he's going to be adding a fair bit of weight to that frame over the next year or two... and (hopefully barring injuries) it's yet to be seen how that will impact his speed...
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    One has to go ... who ?

    Lehi is already very fluent in pretty much everything he does on the field. But... I was a little bit concerned in the Tonga vs Australia match when he couldn't chase down Tom (who had the ball in hand) at the end of the year. It's not a huge concern as Tom is still an elite player. However...
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    One has to go ... who ?

    It could work but I see two problems. If the club wants to move him to backrow, then surely he would need an off-season to train there and adjust body weight/type as needed. So either that happens now (given pre-season training has been underway for weeks already) or for 2026. And if TT...
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    The Daly Cherrygraph

    That would presumably mean Brooks would be steering the ship with Tom as a non-kicking 5/8... I'm not buying it.

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