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We should be able to keep players like Hunt. All the top sides seem to be able to keep these guys. Hunt is a real country boy. I can't see him fitting into city life. Hunt is 8 months older than Winter, but has already played 30 NRL games and scored 18 tries across 2 season. A lot of players...

Heard Kevin Naiqama on TV, talking about his love for Fiji in a broader Aussie accent than I could ever manage.

Getting Frankie one on one with a weak defender has been the go to move in reserve grade for a while. You have to be a good defender to stop Frank.

Most of the players are from Australia or NZ with some from PNG, Eng and France and a smattering from other places. It's like in the Union WC you could make up at least 4 teams of players born in NZ across about 15 countrys.

Parr might be on a promise to work for Wests after the Knights. I see Gardner is currently in charge of a project worth 69 mill to build serviced apartments at Nelsons Bay. In short, Wests are a very big business with lots of well paid jobs for guys with Parr's skills.

https://www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/9367464/dylan-brown-on-knights-grand-final-heartbreak-and-2027-return/ Article on Brown that says nothing in about 2000 words. Closest thing to a return estimate is he says he doesn't want to play 10 games next year - he wants to play 20 or more.

Winter and Hunt are both future firstgraders. I don't know which will be better. Winter has better footwork and pace, but Hunt is bigger, stronger and more robust.

Winter has mostly played fullback as a junior. They moved him to right centre when they decided Gagai was going. I think he'd only played fullback and wing before that. I think Winter should mostly train as fullback, at least till Ponga gets back.

negative gearing can be deceptive. he might have an 8 mill loan

https://www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/9367040/newcastle-knights-coach-justin-holbrook-buys-in-merewether/ Article says he has bought a 3.3 mil beachfront house in Merewether. Goes through his other property and it all seems to add up to 10 mil or more for the 6 different properties - all...

I don't know when the cap for football department came in, but I know Bennett was the highest paid coach in the NRL when he was here, his head trainer was the highest paid trainer by a long way, and Rick Stone was being paid head coach money to coach reserve grade - we also employed a former...

Saw a facebook post that claimed to be from the Samoa RL that said Marzhew is out for medical reasons. If true, it might be good to have Greg back earlier for pre-season, so he doesn't lose the fitness he's worked hard to get this year.

So we all know V'landys and co have been trying to change the rules to make the game faster and more attractive to watch. My question is, has Holbrook become the first coach to really embrace and exploit the new rules? We were beaten in the GF by a team using the same old plan of grinding out a...

We should try to get Dane Campbell - as part of my plan to have a former Knights halfback in every position at the club. Dane has spent years being a great promoter of the game across the globe. Great guy.

all on 7 and 7plus The game pre-views don't show any pay TV option, so those who don't have free to air will have to sign up for 7plus I suppose.

How many tries will Manu score against France on Friday night? I'll say 3. I see the game is on 7mate - seems an insult.

The right coach would turn him into a star. Ricky Stuart maybe. Brisbane doesn't seem a good fit.

I don't like long contracts for coaches, but 3 years for nearly winning a title is very fair. If we win the title next year, we'd never be able to afford him, so locking him up now could be our only shot.

Another reserve grade signing is Hamish Wilson from Forster - played Flegg and 8 games of Reserve Grade for Canterbury in 2025 - centre/second row.

Butler only did limited time with the top squad last pre-season because he was still at school. I suspect they used him for his excellent kicking game before Brown and Smith joined the squad. He played 5/8 for Aus Schoolboys last week and looked OK against the physical PNG squad. Many of the...