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2020 was his best opportunity and that was off a premiership. However he was ruled out due to a calf injury, while Tedesco was also racing the clock and Turbo had been ruled out after a bad year with injury. If we play the 'fully fit' game, he's not displacing Turbo. I think he would have...

I'm pretty sure it was actually set by Melbourne which makes things worse. He's reportedly on $1.1 million and he's re-signed for $800K. When you take that piece of context out of it, I can see $800,000 for Papenhuyzen but with that in mind it obviously fails the pub test. To answer my...

How do you figure? Hetherington and Paix are on around $600K total, Mam likely isn't going to come under the no-fault stand down policy. You'd have to sweeten the pot more for it to pass the smell test.

If this is the best roster he can organise, he's done a pretty ordinary job. How much is Edwards on again?

That's a fair comparison, I'd just add that when it comes to representative football, Matt Bowen is best remembered as a bench utility. I think that's an important distinction and for mine that's a step below representative superstar. As it stands, Papenhuyzen hasn't even reached those heights...

If you take injuries out of the equation, at best, he would have been a bench utility. Trbojevic and Tedesco clear him pretty comfortably and now he's got Edwards to contend with.

Always thought they reserved the Come With Me treatment for Origin? Struggling to remember what it was like during the mid 00s-late 00s but Darude's Sandstorm being the prelude to Let's Go Broncos. Fatboy Slim's Right Here Right Now also got a fair work out but I'm pretty sure that was just for...

It's certainly unfair, but it's not unprecedented. In the NFL, they have an eighteen round competition with thirty-two teams with each conference playing each other twice. It's a flawed system but it still draws huge TV ratings. If Rugby League continues to expand in Queensland, then it should...

Hopefully this holds true.

Dummy half was always his preferred position, but he did spend a fair amount of time at lock in both NYC and Colts.

I wouldn't be against it. I have doubts over Reynolds and he's a better player than the current options.

From the clubland perspective, quality halfbacks rarely enter the player's market. So when there's a rep quality half you'll take a chance even if you have a solid halfback because it could just snare you a premiership. From the Bulldogs perspective, while they rate Sexton, they also have young...

I'm happy with the Lachlan West signing. He was a stand out player in the 2023 Colts but failed to receive any NRL attention. He went up to the Pride and proved a really handy replacement for Chester at fullback. He was too good to be a fill-in fullback and has obviously got himself an...

The Roosters tried to play coy and pretend they could afford both of them, but they obviously couldn't and Pearce was quickly shipped out. Even if you buy into the idea that clubs can't announce signings until they're under the cap, Cronk reportedly signed a $2 million over two years with the...

Better half, but you could argue Ben Hunt is the better player and his rep history makes him a more valuable player. The Roosters had to give up Mitchell Pearce to sign Cooper Cronk when Cooper was Hunt's age. I doubt Cooper was on a cut price deal.

Not a terrible signing. I was a fan of Hayze's coming through the grades but he hasn't kicked on in the top grade. Still, there's some versatility there (can cover fullback, centres and five eighth) so it makes sense. As far as the training contracts go. Vaihu always appeared on the cards as...

They're adding some GST, but it was a ridiculous contract. The club saw him as the unofficial captain and Seibs had a huge opinion of him. They went back a few years when Lodge was coming through the Storm system. That's why I never let Seibs completely off the hook when it came to recruitment...

Opened to all offers, but he still has his priorities.

I'd be surprised if Hunt stays in Sydney. He's been outspoken about returning to Queensland.