Re: Recruitment rumours and links : Sat Jun 24, 2023 10:28 am  

Lachlan Fitzgibbon signed yesterday for next season. Not sure on the length of the deal yet. Don't know when it will be announced.

We'd also agreed terms with Wakey for Jai Whitbread for an immediate transfer, but Warrington pulled out yesterday due to player injury.

Re: Recruitment rumours and links : Sat Jun 24, 2023 10:29 am  

Currie can play loose if he’s lucky enough to be in the 17. Anyway we’ll leave it to Holbrook to sort out the mess Powell has left behind. Justin will be livid when he sees we’ve got rid of Clark and brought Dwyer in.

Re: Recruitment rumours and links : Sat Jun 24, 2023 10:31 am  

Lord Tony Smith wrote:

I’ve heard we’re not signing Croker.

We've spoken to his agent over the past couple of weeks, but I don't think anything will come of it.

Re: Recruitment rumours and links : Sat Jun 24, 2023 10:36 am  

ratticusfinch wrote:

Currie can play loose if he’s lucky enough to be in the 17. Anyway we’ll leave it to Holbrook to sort out the mess Powell has left behind. Justin will be livid when he sees we’ve got rid of Clark and brought Dwyer in.

Matautia CAN play loose forward, whether he, or Fitzgibbon should is a different matter. Surely at this stage of the recruiting for 2024 we’re looking at cornerstones to the squad, not fillers with the remaining cap.

Powell has already recently said in one of the Guardian articles that he likes Currie on the left edge, and it’s settled and stable. So it’s either Nicholson is no longer in vogue, or we’re picking people out of position in Plan A.

Re: Recruitment rumours and links : Sat Jun 24, 2023 10:44 am  

Abe Froman wrote:

We've spoken to his agent over the past couple of weeks, but I don't think anything will come of it.

Yeah all this talk on here of him signing a 2 year deal and it being announced in the next couple of weeks is premature.

Re: Recruitment rumours and links : Sat Jun 24, 2023 10:50 am  

What the club doesn't need is aging imports who are injury prone & will take up a hefty wedge of lucre & a quota spot . Commitment & effort is what the "scouts" should look for in incoming players & not blokes who are constantly longing for a tinny on Bondi Beach with a suntanned Sheila .

Re: Recruitment rumours and links : Sat Jun 24, 2023 11:24 am  

I think Nicholson could make a pretty decent 13 tbh.

No idea about Fitzgibbon as don’t follow the NRL. Hoping he’s a strong running back rower?

Re: Recruitment rumours and links : Sat Jun 24, 2023 11:57 am  

Alffi_7 wrote:

I think Nicholson could make a pretty decent 13 tbh.

No idea about Fitzgibbon as don’t follow the NRL. Hoping he’s a strong running back rower?

Wigan saw him as a 13. Think he’s keen to get to the NRL as soon as possible though.

Re: Recruitment rumours and links : Sat Jun 24, 2023 12:05 pm  

Alffi_7 wrote:

I think Nicholson could make a pretty decent 13 tbh.

No idea about Fitzgibbon as don’t follow the NRL. Hoping he’s a strong running back rower?

Big strong solid runner, can break the line. Actually a decent signing for once.

Re: Recruitment rumours and links : Sat Jun 24, 2023 12:11 pm  

Fitz is a very clear no 12 in the NRL