Trey Mooney discussion

[Celticman98]

Knights player #366
Knights debut vs Cowboys Round 1 2026
NRL debut Raiders vs Roosters Round 13 2022

 

[Sheent14]

Thought his first stink was average, but he really stepped up in his second stint. Very similar to his performance in the all stars game.

 

[HarVeeGee13]

J Saf is I think is usually better in stint 1 than stint 2 so that kind of works out.

It’s one game but I feel like we saw why many of us have been saying that we need a prop like Mooney more than we need one like Leo irrespective of who’s better.

If we could add a Carrigan style lock to those two we’d have a great balance.

 

[slotmachine]

He's an interesting one. On my limited viewing he appears to be a prop who wants to score tries more than take tough carries. Strongest runs are in the opposition half

Carrigan style lock

Hello Cody Hopwood

 

[HarVeeGee13]

That’s kind of just modern rugby league tactics though. Payne Haas takes a bunch of runs like that every game & they actually use him a bunch on an edge in attack. You ride out the tough periods with the backs taking tough carries and then if you find a bit of momentum you have the pigs turn a little bit of momentum into a real roll on.

 

[Sheent14]

He will warm into this season once he builds up consistent minutes.

 

[Jon Snow]

Yeah he was decent, hopefully improves as the season goes on. I also like that he generally just looks mean, gotta count for something.

 

[HarVeeGee13]

We got a lot of joy off his offloads in the first stint and I thought his defence was really good all game. Defence was the big knock on him when he first hit first grade but I saw nothing to complain about.

He’s not Payne Haas or Joe Tapine but he brought a lot of stuff we need.

 

[Aidos]

His mobility and speed off the mark are great assets to have in our pack through the middle. He's also a very good defender imo

 

[Beatell]

I thought he was great again today, TBF his efforts and off ball work is Newcastle all over everything we could ask for, this was from what ive read and felt why we didnt like Leo. Leo was a proxy of what could be great but low desire, Mooney may not be quite as good but desire and effort (and offloads) IMO is way better. Just how i see it.

 

[Mclovin]

I actually think he may have offloaded the ball more today than KPP did in his entire stint at Newcastle

 

[Goz]

Trey is the man

 

[Beatell]

Trey is the man

Nice betting mate! Well done

 

[HarVeeGee13]

More like Trey Money.

 

[MattyM]

He got that dawg in him.

 

[MBQLD]

I think being second fiddle to the pack at the raiders must play into some great performances ahead. Show everyone what they are missing by overlooking him. He appears to want to lead and that’s certainly something Newcastle has needed more of.

 

[Battler]

He's a great robin to JSaf's batman. Jacob was great today, and is our only battering ram, for lack of a better word. Mooney's work rate is an excellent foil. If we were to add Barnett to the rotation, well, POS has gone close to building a solid squad...

 

[HarVeeGee13]

I take back everything negative I’ve ever said about Ricky Stuart. Such a kind and compassionate man to allow Trey Mooney to blossom in the heartland of rugby league.

 

[HarVeeGee13]

Trey looks like a real character from the socials, big personality, a lot of energy. Good to see, always feel like a good side needs some of those guys.

 

[Seano]

Apparently used to play poker at Queanbeyan Roos and was well-liked.