I have to start rifling through these, we're not too far from trials. Let's look at the Dragons Round 1 opponents:
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 2025
1. Connor Tracey
2. Jacob Kiraz
3. Bronson Xerri
4. Stephen Crichton (c)
5. Marcelo Montoya/Blake Wilson
6. Matt Burton
7. Toby Sexton
8. Max...
The SuperCoach Whisperer had some interesting observations.
Cowboys
LW: Murray Taulagi
LC: Jaxon Purdue
F/E: Tom Dearden
LSR: Jeremiah Nanai
RW: Braidon Burns
RC: Viliame Vailea
HB: Tom Duffy
RSR: John Bateman
Jake Clifford has undergone surgery so he's unavailable at the moment.
Then at...
Kaho for Norths.
Of the Broncos contingent, Philitoga for Easts made a bigger impact despite playing half the games.
Still, Hoppa is like a chip off the block in terms of his style of play. If Madge is just looking for a Jordan Pereira type of player, Hoppa fits that bill.
At the risk of...
It's one of those picks that looks good on paper, but you wouldn't lock it in with any confidence. On top of his ability to work it out of yardage, he's only played two games on the wing and that was two years ago when the season was all but over.
On paper, you potentially have the...
Glad to see you get the ball rolling, Sproj, I largely agree with your team, there's just a few changes I can see:
St George Illawarra Dragons 2025
1. Clint Gutherson (c)
2. Tyrell Sloan/Mat Feagai
3. Valentine Holmes
4. Moses Suli
5. Mikaele Ravalawa/Tyrell Sloan
6. Kyle Flanagan
7. Lachlan...
There's definitely an opportunity there if Pattie is good enough. Admittedly I haven't watched Pattie play, I'm just aware that he was too good for Jersey Flegg and spent the second half of the season playing up a level.
What type of player is he?
This is what the Oloapu camp wanted all along. Karl wanted to play for his junior club and potentially become the face of the franchise. The Dolphins had big plans for him and saw him as somebody they could market as the face of their junior development.
Of course the neck injury didn't help...
Alright back at it after a break, let's look at the Warriors Round 1 opponents the Canberra Raiders:
Canberra Raiders 2025
1. Kaeo Weekes
2. Albert Hopoate/Savelio Tamale
3. Matt Timoko
4. Seb Kris
5. Xavier Savage
6. Ethan Strange
7. Jamal Fogarty
8. Josh Papalii
9. Danny Levi/Tom Starling
10...
Who is Mik?
That's a really easy rumour to make up. The Dogs signing always just seemed like a wheel and deal type situation where Gus was going after any talent he could get his hands on. If it didn't work out, he knew he'd always have a buyer because the whole rift started when Oloapu wanted...
What do you mean political party drop from the Broncos? It was the NRL who issued his breach notice a week after his court date. The Broncos only responded to it yesterday, how long were they supposed to wait for? February? March?
I wouldn't say they've given up as much as Konstas has skipped the cue. I don't follow cricket as closely as you guys but from the outside in it seems like the average age of a Shield player is late 20s. So a lot of that generation has yet to emerge yet and players like your McSweeneys, Davies...
Not the most convincing win from the Heat but in the end the work from McSweeney and Renshaw proved the difference. I would have liked to have seen McSweeney take more control at the death but it was still a great bounce back and the Heat wouldn't have won without him.
Big game coming up on...
It's a good question and I'm not sure if Bateman will slot right into the starting team. Bateman is predominately a right-sided player but with Nanai there it may give Lawton that edge. Shibasaki for mine shapes as their most exciting prospect, but he's played less than 20 minutes of NRL coming...