DCE confirms career call for 2026

[Jacks Fur Coat]

Of course I will support him.

he is a dik, but he will be our dik.

I don't see any 'dik' in DCE. (this statement is not to be consumed literally in any form).

Rather, he presents as an intelligent, dte honest cat. Before you even look at his footy credentials.

If he's a dik, I'd hate to see your appraisal of Mam, mate.

[Rooster_6]

I don't see any 'dik' in DCE. (this statement is not to be consumed literally in any form).

It's 2025 mate, there's nothing wrong with consuming it should you so wish.

[bondi.boy]

We won titles with SBW and Cronk in the old system, 2 referees.
Since 2020 and the new game rugba leeg started, one ref and 6 agains, we've struggled to adapt and are now also rebuilding.

I just switched off the Broncos v Titans game, one ref...Klein...blatant 2m forward pass by Broncos was let go.
Now I'm watching Youtube, much more interesting than that nrl game.

[Bates]

DCE and Mam are chalk and cheese!

Mam has made numerous poor reckless decisions that almost cost innocent people their lives. He's made his bed etc etc.

DCE is a cleanskin. The consummate professional and a great ambassador of the game however, I get why people call him a knob. Keno Jaxxxx is also a knob. The knob detector always goes off when Keno Jaxxxx post lol

[Mr Whippet]

As one of the biggest No supporters give or take, I have said I will support him 100% as soon as he runs out in RWB and hope he kills it. At the same time I will give him the same criticism I gave Townsend as soon as it's clear he is costing us games. A bit hard to drop a $1M player down to NSW Cup though. I hope it never comes to that because I can't see Robbo dropping him.

Is that a million for two years, surely not one.

[Bates]

We are not signing DCE. Trust me

We reached out after the Titans game and asked to be kept in the loop.

Things have changed for us since then.

[Mickie Lane]

We are not signing DCE. Trust me

We reached out after the Titans game and asked to be kept in the loop.

Things have changed for us since then.

Has that come from your wifes brother in laws cousins boyfriends sisters best friends dads sons under 6 football coach?

[Bates]

Has that come from your wifes brother in laws cousins boyfriends sisters best friends dads sons under 6 football coach?

Not quite and definitely not from the same fella who told you that Savala will be joining Souffs

Savala imo will be a Rooster next season.

[ARD]

This is just flat out dishonesty on your part. You are referring to this post below which you've conveniently reworded to take another petty shot at me.



This assertion of yours that teams have to complete at 80% at a minimum just to be able to compete doesn't stand up to any kind of critical analysis.

It still bemuses me that your own club have proven this theory inaccurate when we went back to back and yet you still hold on so strongly to your conclusion;

2018

- The Bulldogs ranked 1st for completion rate but finished 12th on the ladder
- The 2018 Grand Final was the Roosters (ranked 12th for set completion %) Vs the Storm (ranked 14th for set completion %)

2019
- The Bulldogs again ranked 1st for completion rate but yet again finished 12th on the ladder
- The 2019 Grand Final was the Roosters (ranked 14th for set completion %) Vs the Raiders (ranked 3rd for set completion %)

Here's a breakdown of the 2018 season as an example by final ranking on the NRL ladder and then final ranking based on set completion % rates, there's absolutely nothing there that suggests there is a correlation between set completion rate and a teams success.




And I know the retort is going to be "it was less important pre 6-again blah blah blah", so look at last years ladder and it tells a very familiar story.




Lets also look at the team I cited earlier, the Bulldogs as an example. Once they started to move away from the Dean Pay & Trent Barrett's high completion rate style of football and rebuilt their squad with attacking based players who weren't so obsessed with completion rates they started to improve their results. Now this isn't to say that the style is the most important factor, obviously the players and coach are of a higher quality it's just worth noting that irrespective of their style of play they've been able to succeed moving away from a high completion rate style of play which contradicts everything you've been saying about the importance of completion rates.




None of this is to say the high completion football isn't a style that works in the NRL, there are equally as many coaches & clubs who have achieved a lot of success playing a high completion rate style of football, I think of Bennett at the Dragons and Cleary at the Panthers. It's just not the only way to play the game, and this is my point you are blindsided by assuming there is only one way to play the game and be successful.

This is not to be misconstrued with games where there are a lot of fundamental errors in bad field position like the Roosters V Raiders. When and where you make your errors is super important to any style of play and fundamental errors in poor field position is never going to be conducive to positive outcomes.

When I talk about different styles of play I'm talking about Sam Walker throwing a cut out ball in a 4 on 3 overlap because that's what his coach encourages Vs an Andrew Webster as coach who would encourage his team to play one pass, through the hands footy to exploit the overlap. The cut out pass is far more effective but it also comes with greater risk.

Put simply I think all Rugby League fans know that all errors are not equal and this is where the set completion rate % becomes a flawed statistic because it just measures the total number of errors, not the value of the errors.

This is why it's important to use statistics within the context of also watching the game and forming your own opinions irrespective of the stats.

Clubs don’t look at statistics in isolation… Post contact metres is one of the latest that’s not always advantageous… I know you were called out on completion rate but it did play a major part in multiple important losses this season, from a negative play side - but I agree in general again with you that context matters. Overlaying things like field position and tackle count should be included. In any case; our ball handling needs to improve and you can agree with that.

[ism22]

Many pages in. DCE has still confirmed nothing... right?

[MKCS]

I just can’t understand this decision from DCE’s perspective..

After playing 14 seasons at the same Club and also captaining them why would you switch to one of their rivals for one or possibly two years at the age of 37,what’s the thought process behind it?

Wouldn’t it be better to either retire or go play overseas?

Very confusing from his end to be honest.

Probably wants to experience something new, he can still command a decent wage (Although I don't think he'll get a million) and perhaps most enticing is that if he joins the Roosters he'd go into a team that is primed and ready to win a premiership which likely appeals to him.

Savala imo will be a Rooster next season.

Hopefully not as a starting half or we can say goodbye to being a premiership threat in 2026. I like Hugo but DCE in 2026 along with Sam Walker is a premiership winning halves combination. Savala/Walker not so much.

[bondi.boy]

By the time DCE decides what he wants to do and the music stops...there might be no chair left for him.

[milanja]

I don't see any 'dik' in DCE. (this statement is not to be consumed literally in any form).

Rather, he presents as an intelligent, dte honest cat. Before you even look at his footy credentials.

If he's a dik, I'd hate to see your appraisal of Mam, mate.

DCE is that smug kid at school who thinks he is better than everyone else, he has undermined his club,fans,coach and ceo, past and present players don’t like him.

unfortunately I have many friends who are manly supporters, throughout his career it’s about 60/40 of love hate for him.

do I want him here, no, will I support him if he is here, 100%, everyone is better as a rooster.

[GrubBER]

We are not signing DCE. Trust me

We reached out after the Titans game and asked to be kept in the loop.

Things have changed for us since then.

Man i hope you’re right

[Rooster90]

Sharks should be the ones chasing DCE...they have a good squad just need an actual #7 to tie it all together