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  Parrafan101 March 11, 2026 at 10:59am

  Samrani is gun, why we getting rid of him. Get rid of paulo and hopgppd all they do is lay down in the ruck and make so many errors.
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    Richard Jackson > Parrafan101 March 11, 2026 at 11:17am

    I want Samrani to stay, he's coming along nicely. If we were to import a new forward for 3 years, as good as he is, he'd eventually be blocking a host of young forwards coming thru. Lets reward our juniors
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      Parrafan101 > Richard Jackson March 11, 2026 at 11:26am

      Samrani is the one we can't let slip. We need to sacrifice and get rid of paulo, hopgood can stay as he shows plenty. Paulos time is up as an eel and we need to let tuivati, moretti, Teacum Brown, Ryda etc all play. Need to let go of simmo and put Richard in, we need youth in this team more than we need experience. Also papali needs a spot, i've said before we have Iongi who is like Hayne and Papalii who is like a Benny Barba. We are wasting youth on old heads like simmo, Paulo, hopgood. 
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      LB > Richard Jackson March 11, 2026 at 1:14pm

      To some no such thing as blocking.
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    LB > Parrafan101 March 11, 2026 at 1:14pm

    I wouldn't say he is a gun but he is a decent player who can get better. Hell i even think we should look into him replacing Russell at Centre in 2027.

    You are right though, he is signed for 2027, we should keep him.
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      Parrafan101 > LB March 11, 2026 at 4:22pm

      I have a sneaky feeling tago might come to parra.
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        LB > Parrafan101 March 11, 2026 at 6:26pm

        

        I actually agree I feel he will come for nothing in return so they clear cap space.

        Yeah he's going through things it seems off the field but usually players sit out entirely, but he is playing Cup.

        Call me a conspiracy theorists and yeah I don't know nor should I know but chance there is more to this than letting on.
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    Zip zip > Parrafan101 March 11, 2026 at 5:19pm

    So if we land him, next year we'll have Dad's Army in our forward pack. Jr, JDB, Walker and Barnett

    Lets hope he chooses Broncos over us. Don't want to lose Samrani and $860k for 3 years would basically mean we won't be shopping for any top line 5/8 or centre.
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      Cʜɪᴇғy Mclovin > Zip zip March 11, 2026 at 6:13pm

      JDB isn't signed

      Jnr isn't signed.

      Waker isn't signed 

      We're not signing all three probably 1
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        LB > Cʜɪᴇғy Mclovin March 11, 2026 at 6:27pm

        JBD does have a deal but only if we agree. 
        Paulo already in talks and Walker I believe will continue.

        So two of them might stay.