Who do we think the club retains, lets go of, as well as which juniors do u believe will be elevated to top30 contracts for 2027. In my opinion I think we will be seeing a major change in the roster after this year, whether it be through signings of exterior players or elevating our juniors.
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Iongi - Papalii - Simonsson - Penisini - Samrani - Kelly - Nanva - AddoCarr - Talataina - Luai - Moses. (11)
Da Silva - Smith - Edwards - Moretti - Doorey - Guymer - Hopgood - Tuivati - Teancum - Su'A - Kautoga - Williams - FunaIuta - Latu. (14).
That's the top 30 contracted for next year up to my knowledge. Not sure if Talataina is Dev or top 30 next year. In any case, that's 25 players.
I can imagine 5 of: Bamblett, Bloomfield, Fletcher, Talagi, Koina, Petrus, Coinakis will be made Dev deals for 2027. Maybe a Visconti instead of one of them.
And I think we might sign: A backup half, left centre, one middle. So that's three more taking us to 28. Maybe another backup winger so 29.
From the rumours, seems the club is heading towards this, but who knows.
EDIT: I imagine one of the out of contract elder guys, Paulo or De Belin, will stay, so that's 30.
Renzo is dev next year.
Popo & Nunn could get dev deals next year too.
Indeed. I think Bamblett, Bloomfield and maybe Fletcher if we sign a backup half might be too early for a Dev deal.
Fletcher could be on a top 30 next year deal apparently. Confident he has a dev deal at a minimum.
I would give my dev deals to Popo, Koina, Petrus and Bamblett. Thats if they dont give any of them an NRL deal. Nunn & Bloomfield 2028 dev deals.
Top 30:
Dev:
Confirmed Departures:
Likely Departures:
Likely Resigned
So Koina, Petrus, Coinakis, Bamblett, Popo, Visconti and Lokeni will be strong canidates for development deals if they don't already have one. Perhaps even top 30 deals. Nunn, Bloomfield and couple others probably a year off as the club don't really over development deals to u18s. Hopefully we manage to move on Alamadine.
Looking at the lineup I created, can cleary see we are lacking a centre and middles for next year. Would want a back up winger as well.
Yeah I don't know what happened to Alamadine...he looked promising then in the last 18 months he has gone backwards, he must be injured at the moment.
Fletcher should be in the top 30 next year, he's probably our best prospect coming thru.