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Steve Williams (59)
Looks pretty good. Would prefer Taqele over Clarke and Holloway over Hanigan though.
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Looks pretty good. Would prefer Taqele over Clarke and Holloway over Hanigan though.
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Trevor Allan (34)
Surely the rebels don't have the room to actually sign him though. Shipperly, Fau, English, Hutchison. None of these guys are going to get into the starting team, and they have other youngsters from the Rising too.
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Dick Tooth (41)
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Steve Williams (59)
Bit of a shame that 18 year old who was the u20s star when he was 17 who the Rising had on the wing (name escapes me) is going to miss out with all the big names ahead of him. A real talent. At that age it's really got to be a their local team that picks them, hard to see the Tahs focusing on picking someone up that young over other young talent in NSW.
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Alan Cameron (40)
Based in Geelong.
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I think we will find this year a bit of a transition year, Force players are staying loyal to Wessels and as a group apparently have issues with the other unions supporting the culling of their team. Also since it happened so late in the season, there weren’t many NH opportunities and the other Super Rugby clubs had rightfully or wrongfully tied up a large chunk of their budget and positions.
I’d be interested to see the duration of many of those players contracts, but I suspect many of those Rebels players coming off in 2018 contract will look elsewhere for opportunity given the influx of competiton for positions across the team.
I’d be interested to see the duration of many of those players contracts, but I suspect many of those Rebels players coming off in 2018 contract will look elsewhere for opportunity given the influx of competiton for positions across the team.
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Tony Shaw (54)
And by 2019 the "recruiting genius" that is Daryl Gibson will also be gone, so the Tahs can start getting some proper recruitment planning in place.
Up the Guts
Steve Williams (59)
Will be some great derbies next year though. Hooper and Dempsey up against Pocock and Naisarani/Valentini will be a massive contest for the Wallaby backrow. And Beale, Folau, and Foley against Hodge, Koroibete, and DHP could really sell drive the ticket sales.
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From the media release, maybe Gibson was reading these forums and felt it was time:
Lock Nick Palmer, midfielders Alex Newsome and Lalakai Foketi, and openside flanker Will Miller have signed with New South Wales, alongside exciting young prop Cody Walker and his fellow front rower Shambeckler Vui.
In addition, Harry Johnson-Holmes and Lachlan Swinton have each signed a 3-year deal. Both are graduates of NSW’s Gen Blue programme, the elite youth development pathway designed to identify and retain talent from an early age.
Newsome, Vui and Walker all signed for two years while Palmer, Miller and Foketi have signed for one year
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Lock Nick Palmer, midfielders Alex Newsome and Lalakai Foketi, and openside flanker Will Miller have signed with New South Wales, alongside exciting young prop Cody Walker and his fellow front rower Shambeckler Vui.
In addition, Harry Johnson-Holmes and Lachlan Swinton have each signed a 3-year deal. Both are graduates of NSW’s Gen Blue programme, the elite youth development pathway designed to identify and retain talent from an early age.
Newsome, Vui and Walker all signed for two years while Palmer, Miller and Foketi have signed for one year
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Desmond Connor (43)
Excellent. Finally some signings. Happy with these players. Hope they do well
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Trevor Allan (34)
Don't understand the need for so many 7's. Has Foketi been good for Bay of Plenty i.e. regularly starting or not?
Hmmmm I'm not sure about this one. Credit to the Tahs for backing their development pathways, but other than Vui and maybe Foketi none of these guys excite me at all.
It's hard to believe that of the whole Force roster we may only end up with a winger and reserve prop. Even more so considering a lot of the Force guys are from Sydney or NSW in the first place.
Still a few players available, so I hope we'll hear of more new players soon. But I'm skeptical.
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It's hard to believe that of the whole Force roster we may only end up with a winger and reserve prop. Even more so considering a lot of the Force guys are from Sydney or NSW in the first place.
Still a few players available, so I hope we'll hear of more new players soon. But I'm skeptical.
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