Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Wed Aug 10, 2022 4:14 pm  

CobraCraig wrote:

Yeah, he’s not catching the eye flaring up at people (as you say smarter play) like he did in his early days with us and Canberra (making his mark on the NRL). The only question is if he is worth Marquee money? Is any second rower worth marquee money? That I’m not too sure of.

Is any winger worth marquee money too?

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Wed Aug 10, 2022 4:31 pm  

CobraCraig wrote:

Yeah, he’s not catching the eye flaring up at people (as you say smarter play) like he did in his early days with us and Canberra (making his mark on the NRL). The only question is if he is worth Marquee money? Is any second rower worth marquee money? That I’m not too sure of.

Bill Ashurst would have been worth every penny.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Wed Aug 10, 2022 7:55 pm  

Hull KR have signed centre Tom Opacic from Parramatta. That is a really good signing.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Wed Aug 10, 2022 10:15 pm  

sergeant pepper wrote:

Is any winger worth marquee money too?

I suppose it’s a case by case basis and the fact we seem to have been so strong in the back row in recent years maybe makes me take the position for granted.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Thu Aug 11, 2022 12:16 am  

sergeant pepper wrote:

Is any winger worth marquee money too?

When the winger is scoring regularly, when everytime he gets the ball everyone in the stadium is out of their seat then yes.

John Ferguson
Martin Offiah
Jason Robinson
Inga Tuigamala

All the above are wingers from my time that I would class as 'marquee worthy' if playing in the modern era. Would I add Bevan French to that? Yeah, I probably would.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Thu Aug 11, 2022 1:27 am  

What Matty said. And Bevan is not just just scoring tries, he's chipping in with a fair few assists too.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Thu Aug 11, 2022 5:25 am  

MattyB wrote:

When the winger is scoring regularly, when everytime he gets the ball everyone in the stadium is out of their seat then yes.

John Ferguson
Martin Offiah
Jason Robinson
Inga Tuigamala

All the above are wingers from my time that I would class as 'marquee worthy' if playing in the modern era. Would I add Bevan French to that? Yeah, I probably would.

I would put Brett Dallas to that aswell

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Thu Aug 11, 2022 5:42 am  

Dallas was good but not in the same league as those mentioned for me. Not even close.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Thu Aug 11, 2022 6:22 am  

Newcastle Knights reporting they have signed Will Price and KPP for the 2024 season however they are working to try to get them both over for 2023.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Thu Aug 11, 2022 8:19 am  

jonh wrote:

Newcastle Knights reporting they have signed Will Price and KPP for the 2024 season however they are working to try to get them both over for 2023.

So ... no mention of Bevan?

Presumably, if he's going there for '23, they'd be in a position to announce it by now?