Wingers beyond 2026?

[Mickie Lane]

Smith was always around it was only injury preventing him from playing more. I don't think Suaalii would have played left centre if Smith didn't get injured.

As for Toia, the club have known for some time that he was a first grader. Only injury prevented him from playing earlier.

Yes mate I know about Smith & Toia.
At the start of this season a backline with Smith, Toia & Marky was a worry but as it turned out they all played pretty good football so my point is we won’t be buying rep wingers who are going to be payed their highest ever contract money we will have players who will be on start out money & hopefully they develop into top line players.
If the Roosters went & paid Coates or Warwick double what they’re on now we would lose someone like Collins or Whyte or Wong or Gus.
Trust me we ain’t paying premium money for Coates or Warbrick.
Clubs like St George or the Bears will though.

[Rooster_Mark]

Greg Inglis, Israel Folau, Gareth Widdop, Cooper Cronk, Michael Crocker, Adam Blair, Kevin Proctor, Dale Finucane, Tohu Harris, Marika Koroibete, Kenny Bromwich, Jesse Bromwich, Felise Kafusi, Josh Addo-Carr, Brandon Smith....

Melbourne are such a good development club they're always going to lose talent they want to keep. The salary cap comes for every club (Well at least when they stopped cooking the books).

Almost all of those were let go because they had ready made replacements, some of those had baggage that only they knew about, and some were pretty much done.

[Vasco]

No they won’t.

OK.

[Vasco]

Yes mate I know about Smith & Toia.
At the start of this season a backline with Smith, Toia & Marky was a worry but as it turned out they all played pretty good football so my point is we won’t be buying rep wingers who are going to be payed their highest ever contract money we will have players who will be on start out money & hopefully they develop into top line players.
If the Roosters went & paid Coates or Warwick double what they’re on now we would lose someone like Collins or Whyte or Wong or Gus.
Trust me we ain’t paying premium money for Coates or Warbrick.
Clubs like St George or the Bears will though.

I was more referring to paying big money for the right player, whether they're a fullback like Ponga, a front rower like Haas or any other elite player.

[theGman]

Tommy Talau is unwanted by the Eagles and remains unsigned.
Still young, an experienced campaigner and covers both wing and centre. Plenty left in the tank.

[On the Nose]

Yes mate I know about Smith & Toia.
At the start of this season a backline with Smith, Toia & Marky was a worry but as it turned out they all played pretty good football so my point is we won’t be buying rep wingers who are going to be payed their highest ever contract money we will have players who will be on start out money & hopefully they develop into top line players.
If the Roosters went & paid Coates or Warwick double what they’re on now we would lose someone like Collins or Whyte or Wong or Gus.
Trust me we ain’t paying premium money for Coates or Warbrick.
Clubs like St George or the Bears will though.

I know your looking through red, white and blue coloured glasses but our recent recruitment is no better than the dragons. We've paid overs for a dud winger every year since 2020.

[Rooster90]

Tommy Talau is unwanted by the Eagles and remains unsigned.
Still young, an experienced campaigner and covers both wing and centre. Plenty left in the tank.

Is he still dating Jess Sergis? makes sense if so....i can see him having a Junior Pauga type effect

[Fishwa]

Ill throw a name into the mix for 2027 and beyond on the wing.... Joey Manu. would be early 30's, maybe done by then with Union after 3 seasons and looking to come back to Australia to settle and i am sure would be welcomed back to the club

[Michael Jones]

Mark might also sign up with R360 after the Rugby Union World Cup - Supposedly the NRL players being targeted could earn double plus what they are currently being paid to defect to R360.

[Vasco]

I know your looking through red, white and blue coloured glasses but our recent recruitment is no better than the dragons. We've paid overs for a dud winger every year since 2020.

Well the person who made most of those decisions has been moved on. Hopefully this bloke from Canberra does a better job.

[theGman]

Is he still dating Jess Sergis? makes sense if so....i can see him having a Junior Pauga type effect

He sure is. Good style of a bloke. They looked resplendent last night.

[Rooster_6]

Almost all of those were let go because they had ready made replacements, some of those had baggage that only they knew about, and some were pretty much done.

Just because they had ready made replacements doesn't mean they didn't want to keep them.

Jonah Pezet is a ready made halves replacement should they lose Munster, but doesn't mean they don't want to keep him.

Take Brandon Smith as an example, when they lost him they put in a complaint to the NRL and the 10 day cooling off period was changed as a result of the Storm's frustration of losing him. On the surface of it they already had Harry Grant and a ton of utilities but ultimately they still wanted to keep him.

Two things can be true at the same time.