The Halfback Conundrum

Which potential halfback, available from November 1, should the club make the #1 priority?

  • Ben Hunt

    Votes: 7 11.9%

  • Braydon Trindall

    Votes: 8 13.6%

  • Jonah Pezet

    Votes: 27 45.8%

  • Sam Walker

    Votes: 3 5.1%

  • Daniel Atkinson

    Votes: 3 5.1%

  • Lachlan Ilias

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • None of the above - Stick by Jack Cogger and continue to nurture kids currently in the system

    Votes: 6 10.2%

  • Other (comment with their name)

    Votes: 1 1.7%

  • Ronald Volkman

    Votes: 1 1.7%

  • Toby Sexton

    Votes: 3 5.1%
  • Total voters
    59
Hunter has 5 tries and 5 try assists in 9 games, which is good, but his missed tackles are a worry - at least 3 every game and 21 tackles with 9 missed in one game.
 
Just looking at the stats for Jake Arthur and Matt Hunter and Jake Arthur is miles ahead on every stat.

He's bigger, better defender, 25 try assists in 17 games this year compared to 5 try assists in 9 games.

I've never seen Hunter play, but I can't see, from his stats, why we have signed him and not locked up Arthur instead.
 
Billy said:
Just looking at the stats for Jake Arthur and Matt Hunter and Jake Arthur is miles ahead on every stat.

He's bigger, better defender, 25 try assists in 17 games this year compared to 5 try assists in 9 games.

I've never seen Hunter play, but I can't see, from his stats, why we have signed him and not locked up Arthur instead.
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Hunter likely a development player next year whereas Arthur would need to be top 30 for it to be worth sticking around. As long as Gamble & Cogger are here as backups it's kind of pointless to add another specialty half. If one of them moves on before Arthur signs elsewhere (probably England) I reckon he will be brought back.
 
Billy said:
Just looking at the stats for Jake Arthur and Matt Hunter and Jake Arthur is miles ahead on every stat.

He's bigger, better defender, 25 try assists in 17 games this year compared to 5 try assists in 9 games.

I've never seen Hunter play, but I can't see, from his stats, why we have signed him and not locked up Arthur instead.
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pos must see a higher ceiling longterm, and initially i assume his on a development deal.
 
Yeah it’s about top 30 spots. We’ve only got 1 left and can’t give it to Arthur when we need a hooker and another prop (no idea how we’ll work that).
 
Halves we have used in reserve grade this year.

Will Pryce
Liam Sutton
Jackson Hastings
Tyson Gamble
Jack Cogger
Taj Annan
Fletcher Hunt
Jake Arthur
Haami Loza
Mitch Henderson
 
Ethan said:
Just reading the posts from the Parra supporters about Matthew Hunter before we signed him and they think he is a great 1/2 , 5/8 coming through . They said there reserve grade wasn't doing well about mid ladder until he came in and they went ahead in leaps and bounds. I think he will be 21 when he gets here so maybe they just bought the 1/2 back we will need and Brown stays at 6 but if Ponga stays what do we do with Sharpe.
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Here he is, back from the wilderness. Welcome back mate, I’m glad you didn’t wait until the Knights came good before posting again.
 
Joel.M said:
Hunter isn’t a halfback, only played 6

I think he’s just being brought in as depth

Remember we did sign Lykhan King-togia but he ended up backflipping in the cooling period
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Don’t think POS gets too caught up in whether they’re sixes or sevens. He’s a half.
 
Joel.M said:
Hunter isn’t a halfback, only played 6

I think he’s just being brought in as depth

Remember we did sign Lykhan King-togia but he ended up backflipping in the cooling period
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I read on the site that he plays half as well as 5/8 so maybe they will play him as a half and he would probably know Browns game as well ...
 
listo said:
Here he is, back from the wilderness. Welcome back mate, I’m glad you didn’t wait until the Knights came good before posting again.
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Thanks mate had some trouble with the big C but kicking its butt now . Been a Knights supporter since Leigh Maughn announced in 1987 that we were going to have a team in the ARL and would be a Knights supporter even if we never won another game , although a teary one lol.
 
Curious to know what AOB, Parr and POS is thinking for next year. We have quite a few halves options.

We know Brown is lock, but 5/8 or 7?
More than likely Sharpe 5/8 or 7?
Cogger - 7
Gamble - 6
Jake Arthur - 7
Hunter - 6 or 7

What I don’t want is the halves merry go round to continue and that’s what I’m worried about. I would like to see J Arthur get a few games run.

Do we think Brown and Sharpe are a lock?

Thoughts?
 
frankLauda said:
Curious to know what AOB, Parr and POS is thinking for next year. We have quite a few halves options.

We know Brown is lock, but 5/8 or 7?
More than likely Sharpe 5/8 or 7?
Cogger - 7
Gamble - 6
Jake Arthur - 7
Hunter - 6 or 7

What I don’t want is the halves merry go round to continue and that’s what I’m worried about. I would like to see J Arthur get a few games run.

Do we think Brown and Sharpe are a lock?

Thoughts?
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I don’t think they are a lock.

Brown yes. He’s a 6 or 7 lock.

Sharpe could be anything 1,2,5,6,7,14. Given his improvement - I wouldn’t put it past him to be working on his kicking game as soon as he can. Definitely could have a Jayden Campbell type player on our hands

I can’t really see us going into 2026 with Cogger, Gamble, Arthur, Hunter.

Gamble on a slippery slope back to NSW Cup - crazy he was the 7 for round 1 until injuries, and now he’s struggling to get a game.

Hunter worth persevering with to see what he can offer.

Arthur potentially playing for a spot in these last few weeks.

can change pretty quickly though if we give Gamble and/or Cogger permission to look elsewhere and let Arthur go to ESL.
 
bremsstrahlung said:
I don’t think they are a lock.

Brown yes. He’s a 6 or 7 lock.

Sharpe could be anything 1,2,5,6,7,14. Given his improvement - I wouldn’t put it past him to be working on his kicking game as soon as he can. Definitely could have a Jayden Campbell type player on our hands

I can’t really see us going into 2026 with Cogger, Gamble, Arthur, Hunter.

Gamble on a slippery slope back to NSW Cup - crazy he was the 7 for round 1 until injuries, and now he’s struggling to get a game.

Hunter worth persevering with to see what he can offer.

Arthur potentially playing for a spot in these last few weeks.

can change pretty quickly though if we give Gamble and/or Cogger permission to look elsewhere and let Arthur go to ESL.
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I actually think Sharpe is a better player than Campbell. I know he can play anywhere. That’s the question.

But unless J Arthur kills it I can’t see Sharpe moving from the 6 or 7.
 
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