Young Joash papa extends

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Cʜɪᴇғy Mclovin July 11, 2025 at 2:21pm

I think there's your answer to the 5/8 2026
- LB > Cʜɪᴇғy Mclovin July 11, 2025 at 3:22pm
  
  Not exactly. Samrani re-signed does that mean he is our Centre moving forward. Papali'i would be playing 6 if that is the case i reckon.
- Frank The Tank > Cʜɪᴇғy Mclovin July 11, 2025 at 5:50pm
  
  If that's the case based on what we've seen he's not the answer. Unless he starts to brain it, I just can't see him making that jersey his.
The Badger July 11, 2025 at 2:21pm

Good re-signing. We are building up a very good NSW Cup squad with all these currently fringe first graders.
- Uncle Wizardssleeve- Indigenous Elder-Freemason Hunter -He/Him > The Badger July 11, 2025 at 2:38pm
  
  Exactly. And yet you watch the excitement and slaps on the backs we will witness on this thread in the coming hours. Our answer to not being able to land a big trophy fish seems to be spending our cap on a whole lake of mullet.
  
  " we are building nicely " should be the site's permanent banner.
  - Frankie Fong > Uncle Wizardssleeve- Indigenous Elder-Freemason Hunter -He/Him July 11, 2025 at 3:22pm
    
    All hail Jim Sarantonis and Mark O'Neill , the club is destined for greatness with these two . At any other club these two people don't have a job , but at Parramatta we are special and thrive on having bottom of the barrel people running things .
    - Seraph > Frankie Fong July 11, 2025 at 3:28pm
      
      Patience Frankie & Wiz, we are building. Nothing against the signing, I like the kid, but not sure what the plan would be or how he will be utilised. Don't know about 5/8... almost seems a bit like a Talagi situation - trying to get him to fit a position he isn't ideally suited to.
      
      Parramatta Eels - Forever Building
      - LB > Seraph July 11, 2025 at 3:52pm
        
        Good point on 5/8 Seraph. He earlier on in the year was playing too good to keep out but Iongi was playing well too so where do you put him? Train him into a role that he needs to learn on top of learning to play NRL. I never fully bought Ryles being interested in playing Papali'i at 5/8. He used him v Gold Coast as a place holder having nobody else really and he did a basic job, enough to get the win.
- LB > The Badger July 11, 2025 at 3:30pm
  
  Yet people complain we have no depth. Depth is usually NSW Cup quality players.
  - The Badger > LB July 11, 2025 at 3:44pm
    
    This year's FG team regularly has several depth players.
    
    Looking forward to seeing what our "war chest" is going to do to get FG regularly into the pointy end of the comp.
    
    Are we just going to give our juniors a shitload to stay a few years or actually buy a select few very good players in positions we are lacking?

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"I think thats the problem. He is too good for NSW cup so we are trying to jut fit him into the NRL team somehow . But in reality he is not a 6 or a 9. Just a fullback right now. During the recent pre-season Papalii only spent time training with…"

"The chances of him being our 6 next year are very low, if he was a serious consideration he would be playing 6 now with dylan at centre. I'll be very surprised if he is our starting 6 next season unless he gets a lot more time there this season. "

"I think Joash is a good player, but from what I've seen only at fullback or on the wing. Those positions we've got pretty well covered, so I guess he's a great back up option. I'd like to see him in 1st grade, but I dont know how he fits in?"

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