2023 Recruitment & Retention Thread

Telegraph reporting a 3-way race between Knights/Tigers/Bulldogs for Frizell (guess they haven't heard about the Raiders yet). Also says some clubs have already been made aware that Elliott & Hetherington could both be available.
 
mullenmagic said:
Telegraph reporting a 3-way race between Knights/Tigers/Bulldogs for Frizell (guess they haven't heard about the Raiders yet). Also says some clubs have already been made aware that Elliott & Hetherington could both be available.
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Elliott will probably go to the roosters and follow his Mrs, hetherington hopefully moves on. Have to say both have been quite disappointing and wouldn't mind seeing both **** off.
 
JOJO82 said:
Last I heard about Alamoti is that there is already a club interested and in talks......could that be us? Are we clever enough to pull off something like that ?
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Cowboys, Payten has already said they meet with him inbetween the Tigers and Eels games when we stayed down there the whole week.
 
I know how defeatist this sounds, but I would only sign a hooker if we didn’t have to give anything up. We have a pretty good crack in games but we’re not going to make finals and I can’t see the club giving up any assets to sign a hooker in a season that’s a lost cause. Crossland was awful tonight but I think by the end of the season Jones will get some games, and hopefully be the 2nd choice hooker next year that everyone is desperate for.
 
I haven't seen Riley Jones play but does anyone know what style of hooker he is whether he is like Jayden Brailey a pass first hooker and strong on defence. Or more the Harry Grant type where he is fast and has that game breaker ability.
 
He looks like a really good runner from what I’ve seen, very skilful too. Harder to gauge defence in NSW Cup but I didn’t see any red flags on that end.
 
Celticman98 said:
I haven't seen Riley Jones play but does anyone know what style of hooker he is whether he is like Jayden Brailey a pass first hooker and strong on defence. Or more the Harry Grant type where he is fast and has that game breaker ability.
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His running game is superb. In 3 games he's played since returning from injury he's scored a 60m solo try and had multiple line breaks leading to tries. His delivery is great being a 5/8 as well, crisp long balls. However he is the epitome of a utility. played 5/8, 7 and 13 in juniors. But that happens in juniors. 9 seems to be his maker though. He'll get a debut at home soon, maybe against roosters to freshen th side up as it was very high intensity game and Crossy was absolutely spent by fulltime. When he is picked, either Crossy or Mann are dropped, as we cant have two utilities on the bench.
 
the telling thing for Riley is how he handles 1st grade intensity. He'd have to be brought off the bench once opposition start to tier. His defence will get severely tested, but that's how you make it in grade. his energy as a bench rotation could be a great asset in final 10 games.
 
Tomacles said:
SPOTTED


Newcastle already has one of the NRL’s best home grounds – and it’s about to get a whole lot better. The state government is funding the installation of two giant high-definition screens at either end of McDonald Jones Stadium. They are six metres wider than the old screens and will be ready for the start of next season.
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Happy with this but it's pretty astounding that the screens would be government funded. There are a zillion other things taxpayer funds should be spent on.
 
Lefty said:
I totally agree as the budgetary constraints on NSW government are well known.
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Compared to other grounds though, our screens are pretty poor. From memory we got the second hand ones from the old Parra stadium when they tore it down.

Long due for an upgrade, and as a NSW gov owned asset, the onus is on them to keep investing in it.
 
Vagabond89 said:
Compared to other grounds though, our screens are pretty poor. From memory we got the second hand ones from the old Parra stadium when they tore it down.

Long due for an upgrade, and as a NSW gov owned asset, the onus is on them to keep investing in it.
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Not to mention one of them is busted. It's pretty poor really.
 
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