I'm amazed Cade Cust hasn't been linked to us yet

There is a part of me that hopes we don't just to see what would happen.

Very true. Just like whinging about it every day doesn't mean we haven't or won't. Round and round we go!

Hope not hes rubbish, an Aussie accent doesnt make him better than local youth options

Many are mentioning Harman, but from the Reserves and Academy games this year, Medforth has been the better of the two in my opinion. Good to have some talent coming through in the halves though

i ll be really disappointed if we dont bring a reserve 7 in on friday.club keeps saying we need to look to youth,its a perfect match to see how a local half will go.playing houghton or lovodua at 7 would be ludicrous.

You just did

I think a few of the recent team selections have been a bit cowardly. Players like Dwyer, lovodua , lane have constantly been playing subpar this year. On the other hand Balmforth, staveley and Harman/medforth have ripped it up at whatever level they’ve played. Surely they deserve a shot. Especially now our seasons ended.



Reality is he dropped Dwyer and McIntosh but replaced them with other first team players. Is staveley the only academy debutant this season? He only got 10 minutes at the end of a game as well

https://twitter.com/LeagueScenePod/stat ... cILBg&s=19 Drew Hutchison expected to sign for Canterbury

https://twitter.com/LeagueScenePod/stat ... cILBg&s=19 Drew Hutchison expected to sign for Canterbury

100% agree, Balmforth and Staverley could definitely have played more this year.



We are getting there slowly, Litten could end up with nearly 20 appearances which is good, he is a year older than the two mentioned, so hopefully next year will be the break through year.



Harman and Medforth only 18 and still eligible for the academy, hopefully at least one of them will debut next year if not this week.

Really please we didn't sign him, not a halfback we need to replace Clifford,



Schneider to Panthers too, good move for him, learn off the best, will get a few games too, with injures and Origin.

Staveley probably unlucky with his knee injury prevented him with first team opportunities when short on SR's. Having said this, he should certainly be given a game on Friday, Lane on bench to cover.



Balmorth is a more tricky one, even though he's been given an extension I just don't get the impression he is going to be in Tony's plans going forwards.

https://twitter.com/LeagueScenePod/stat ... 2mz5g&s=19 Shocked to see Shane Flanagan has signed Kyle for next season

https://twitter.com/LeagueScenePod/stat ... 2mz5g&s=19 Shocked to see Shane Flanagan has signed Kyle for next season

not too bothered about hutchinson,flanagan or schneider,but the pool of available halfs is shrinking.

Has any one listened to the airlie bird podcast with griffin. Feel like we treated him poorly in the end. Wanted to stay and make up for it.



Tony smith forcing him out to sort culture but signing Okunbor and ashworth who come with a ton of baggage.



Think griffin leaving made our 2024 recruitment a lot harder

Think Griffin will be missed. Been a good player for us. But that's his side and as everyone knows always 2 sides to a story . We needed a clear out and as Smith alluded to not all his choices are going to be met with approval by some. We have been shouting out for years for this upheaval.

Yet to listen, so in no position to judge. But on face value Smith never saw Griffin in his plans, even with his improvement in form. The hefty ban gave him the opportunity to shift him mid-season. Rightly or wrongly, we want change and Smith to oversee it.

Have to take any perceived rough with the smooth with Tony Smith. I cant imagine anyone telling him to eff off on the training field and continuing at the club.

He’s a head strong coach, who can no doubt be belligerent, but he’s what we’ve needed for a long time.

Lets hope it's going to be a Clifford rather than a Reynolds.

I honestly think the club are targeting a fullback who can play in the halves and a hooker who can do the same rather than a direct replacement for Clifford.

Watch us sign Cust and Walker

Not confident at all Grifin will be replaced with a better player, same with Swift and Clifford.



Looking stronger at prop at the moment, weaker I a few other areas.

Wonder where Austin will end up?

Looks like a Leigh type of signing to me.



Wonder if Grix will bring anyone in from Halifax with him?

Kayal Iro?



Can cover 1, 3, 4 and 6

Not for me, we need a halfback to replace Ckifford not a centre who can cover 6, we already have two of them