Re: Recruitment and retention for 2024 : Tue Dec 05, 2023 2:15 pm  

Reboot wrote:

Never mind a fringe NRL reject hooker, we need quality in the halves and centres. Meadows and Leyland simply not good enough for SL and likewise Grant and Macani, jury out on Bassett. That said I have no idea who has been retained, maybe the Fijian 7 ?

I don't think he will come to play hooker, more likely back-row where we are light on, but I get your point. Catalans are also interested apparently, so I wouldn't be surprised if we get pipped to the post. Lets see what happens.

I like Henry and I think he could still do a job for us next season, but I made the point previously that he's a very similar type of half to Oli. I thought we saw the best of Henry when Corey came in, but I guess you could say that about most the squad. Again Meadows is a similar type of half to Oli, so if we don't end up retaining Corey we still need an out and out 7.

Alternatively we put our faith in the Oli/Meadows partnership with a view to that being the way forward after next season. There's a finite amount of first grade level players available right now.

Re: Recruitment and retention for 2024 : Tue Dec 05, 2023 3:02 pm  

Knocker_White wrote:

I don't think he will come to play hooker, more likely back-row where we are light on, but I get your point. Catalans are also interested apparently, so I wouldn't be surprised if we get pipped to the post. Lets see what happens.

I like Henry and I think he could still do a job for us next season, but I made the point previously that he's a very similar type of half to Oli. I thought we saw the best of Henry when Corey came in, but I guess you could say that about most the squad. Again Meadows is a similar type of half to Oli, so if we don't end up retaining Corey we still need an out and out 7.

Alternatively we put our faith in the Oli/Meadows partnership with a view to that being the way forward after next season. There's a finite amount of first grade level players available right now.

Forwards look like Butler, Beinek(?), Kennedy, Adibiyi, Stock, Williams, Waine, Storey, Lovell, Parata, Natoli, no idea on Albert, with Leyland and Davis. Putting aside quality, there are numbers there.

Beyond that are a bunch of player, who, granted helped get us promoted, but beyond Walker have no recent SL experience and several of whom have come from Skolars. There really is a lack of quality. Last time we went up Walker, Dixon, Kear, Morgan, Williams, Abdull, Smith / Cunningham .... where are these players equivalents plus the quality off the Pitts, Battye, Fozzard, Yates ,,,,

Re: Recruitment and retention for 2024 : Tue Dec 05, 2023 6:40 pm  

So the Mike Eccles interview does seem to confirm that the 5 signings we’ve seen: three old boys, the lad from Keighley and Kennedy are what we’ve signed. I have to say that is a surprise but perhaps shouldn’t be after last two recruitment cycles where we have gone about our business in a ‘unique’ way. Big job ahead.

Re: Recruitment and retention for 2024 : Wed Dec 06, 2023 8:35 am  

BigTime wrote:

So the Mike Eccles interview does seem to confirm that the 5 signings we’ve seen: three old boys, the lad from Keighley and Kennedy are what we’ve signed. I have to say that is a surprise but perhaps shouldn’t be after last two recruitment cycles where we have gone about our business in a ‘unique’ way. Big job ahead.

Total RL reporting a Super League club is "interested" in signing Jarrod Sammut following his departure from Barrow.....

Re: Recruitment and retention for 2024 : Wed Dec 06, 2023 11:15 am  

Hankinson has left Fev.

Re: Recruitment and retention for 2024 : Wed Dec 06, 2023 11:47 am  

Mason Caton-Brown has given up hopes of being brought back and has bought a hotel https://www.totalrl.com/ex-salford-red- ... rst-hotel/

Mason Caton-Brown has given up hopes of being brought back and has bought a hotel https://www.totalrl.com/ex-salford-red- ... rst-hotel/

Re: Recruitment and retention for 2024 : Wed Dec 06, 2023 11:53 am  

The Curtism wrote:

Hankinson has left Fev.

Did a job for us before- worth a punt?

Re: Recruitment and retention for 2024 : Wed Dec 06, 2023 12:12 pm  

RfE wrote:

Did a job for us before- worth a punt?

Gone to Salford I believe

Re: Recruitment and retention for 2024 : Wed Dec 06, 2023 4:24 pm  

Knocker_White wrote:

Gone to Salford I believe

He was excellent for us but, as you say, has gone to SRD. We appear to be fishing in a different pond at the moment but he would have been a Championship player who had previously represented us that would have been very welcome. He also benefits from not being of pensionable age.

Re: Recruitment and retention for 2024 : Thu Dec 07, 2023 10:03 am  

Well there we go https://www.totalrl.com/london-broncos- ... ague-2024/

Well there we go https://www.totalrl.com/london-broncos- ... ague-2024/