Rebels 2023

[Members Section]

Young Tonumaipea, missed out on Samoa selection & was at storm training this morning. Officially off contract now wouldn't surprise me if he went back to league for the rest of the season to try to get to the RL world cup at the end of the year

 

[Wilson]

Young Tonumaipea, missed out on Samoa selection & was at storm training this morning. Officially off contract now wouldn't surprise me if he went back to league for the rest of the season to try to get to the Rugby League world cup at the end of the year

The influx of ex Wallaby and All black talent must really change the equation for a guy like him.

Edit: Or maybe not so much in the Samoan case

 

[Wallaby Man]

Young Tonumaipea, missed out on Samoa selection & was at storm training this morning. Officially off contract now wouldn't surprise me if he went back to league for the rest of the season to try to get to the Rugby League world cup at the end of the year

Actually performed pretty well this year, surprised didn’t get more game time. I guess they went the longer term option with Ripley once season was over.

NRL or Moana might be the right options for him

 

[Members Section]

Good luck Young's & super glad he gets to stay in Melbourne where he's from

Tonumaipea back at Storm

Young Tonumaipea has returned to Melbourne Storm following a four-year absence after signing a contract for the remainder of the 2022 NRL season.

www.melbournestorm.com.au

 

[Rebel man]

 

[GoMelbRebels]

The re-signings keep coming! Happy to see this one. He has shown great improvement this season.

 

[Rebel man]

The re-signings keep coming! Happy to see this one. He has shown great improvement this season.

Good to see the local boys stick fat and stay the course

 

[Pone's Mullet]

Great - Looks like, for the first time, we will have a consistency in our backline next season

 

[Members Section]

Sometimes we expect too much too soon, very glad he got a full year under his belt. Hopefully will continue to improve.

 

[GoMelbRebels]

Sometimes we expect too much too soon, very glad he got a full year under his belt. Hopefully will continue to improve.

Imagine if we also had a NRC? We can dream…

 

[RugbyReg]

Wells to the Force apparently

 

[GoMelbRebels]

Wells to the Force apparently

Did not pick that one. Hope it cheers him up.

 

[Rugbynutter39]

Sometimes we expect too much too soon, very glad he got a full year under his belt. Hopefully will continue to improve.

Vaihu big improver ABs looked good, Ripley also showed promise. Another quality centre would be good. Any candidates ie Kerevi?

 

[Rugbynutter39]

Did not pick that one. Hope it cheers him up.

Wells to force hmmm thought strange at first but i guess chance for starting at 6 now FLW (Fergus Lee-Warner) left and assume competition with anstee…Jackson Pugh and Ollie Callan and Anstee as well creates a log jam for 8.

Surprised wells moving to force as did not see that coming…

 

[Members Section]

Vaihu big improver ABs looked good, Ripley also showed promise. Another quality centre would be good. Any candidates ie Kerevi?

Hopefully, RA have to afford him 1st then he has to pick us!

 

[Rugbynutter39]

Hopefully, Rugby Australia have to afford him 1st then he has to pick us!

Why has to pick rebels..? Imagine if he went to brumbies to replace Simone at 12. Here is holding Kerevi does not like cold Canberra winters.

 

[Members Section]

Why has to pick rebels..? Imagine if he went to brumbies to replace Simone at 12. Here is holding Kerevi does not like cold Canberra winters.

With the new way RA are going down contracts basically a player at that point just chooses what team & a set amount get paid by that team.

Like when Rodda came back us, brums & the force all offered him 300k & the rest of his contact was an RA top up.

If he comes to us what happens to To'omua, does Kerevi play 13 where he has been playing in Japan or 12 at the Brumbies under Bernie where he will play for the wallabies.

Also something that no one is thinking of. He is 28 why not get on the phone to Twiggy & say mate i'll come over but you have to help set me up & mentor me outside of rugby

 

[Rugbynutter39]

With the new way Rugby Australia are going down contracts basically a player at that point just chooses what team & a set amount get paid by that team.

Like when Rodda came back us, brums & the force all offered him 300k & the rest of his contact was an Rugby Australia top up.

If he comes to us what happens to To'omua, does Kerevi play 13 where he has been playing in Japan or 12 at the Brumbies under Bernie where he will play for the wallabies.

Also something that no one is thinking of. He is 28 why not get on the phone to Twiggy & say mate i'll come over but you have to help set me up & mentor me outside of rugby

Your kidding about the twiggy I assume as Melbourne has the business connections and reason To'omua at rebels for life after rugby…

Twiggy ain’t go to set up and mentor out of rugby…nah I don’t see Kerevi going to the force…

 

[Members Section]

Your kidding about the twiggy I assume as Melbourne has the business connections and reason To'omua at rebels for life after rugby…

Twiggy ain’t go to set up and mentor out of rugby…nah I don’t see Kerevi going to the force…

Hopefully for us he doesn't but Twiggy would be worth a phone call if it were me, he has fingers in everything, you dont get to wear he is without knowing what your doing.

But RA have to win him first

 

[Rugbynutter39]

Hopefully for us he doesn't but Twiggy would be worth a phone call if it were me, he has fingers in everything, you dont get to wear he is without knowing what your doing.

But Rugby Australia have to win him first

Yeh given he knows can play in Japan and still be picked for wallabies would need to want to come home…