Brent read dce article

[Seventy Five]

It is strange, clubs usually can't wait to trumpet and parade big name signings the moment they're locked in.

[Bansai Pipeline]

I reckon we'll see a fair bit of DCE and Savala in the halves. And I like the sound of it.

Realistically Walker is bound to go down at some point during the thousand round NRL season.

[The Real King]

Hugo's "final audition" was against Cronulla?

20 games into his career, in his first season.

Are you farking mad?

The people who somehow think a person who makes his debut at age 23 is going to be our Saviour are mad.

DCE was 19 when he made his debut. DCE had 37 assists last year. Hugo "The Saviour" had 12.

Please tell me what was Hugo doing before last year? Was he playing under another name somewhere?

[The Real King]

Most of our players were below par that game. Why single out a first year rookie? Incredibly naive take

What are you talking about? No one said they weren’t below par. Who’s singling him out? This thread is about the Brent Read article in which Hugo is mentioned. Maybe talk to Brent if you don’t like it.

"However, Cherry-Evans officially becomes a free agent on November 1 and the Roosters will move quickly to get his signature on a contract in a move that is expected to have ramifications for their existing squad as five-eighth Hugo Savala prepares to head to market to gauge interest in his services.”

[milanja]

The people who somehow think a person who makes his debut at age 23 is going to be our Saviour are mad.

DCE was 19 when he made his debut. DCE had 37 assists last year. Hugo "The Saviour" had 12.

Please tell me what was Hugo doing before last year? Was he playing under another name somewhere?

DCE was 22 when he debuted.

[ism22]

Knowing the Roosters marketing team they won't even announce it we will juts have to wait for the news ltd photos of him at training....

Mike from Burwood will be given the first scoop.

‘Nah I’m SAYING bro… from what I’ve been hearing, unless something drastic happens, Daly’s a Rooster. Few things still to fall into place, but let’s just say I’ve made a few calls and it’s looking real close.’

[roosterproud]

The people who somehow think a person who makes his debut at age 23 is going to be our Saviour are mad.

DCE was 19 when he made his debut. DCE had 37 assists last year. Hugo "The Saviour" had 12.

Please tell me what was Hugo doing before last year? Was he playing under another name somewhere?

around the same age dce only had 15 assists. in 23 games

[Bates]

Mike from Burwood will be given the first scoop.

‘Nah I’m SAYING bro… from what I’ve been hearing, unless something drastic happens, Daly’s a Rooster. Few things still to fall into place, but let’s just say I’ve made a few calls and it’s looking real close.’

Nah mean.........

[Bates]

Mike from Burwood will be given the first scoop.

‘Nah I’m SAYING bro… from what I’ve been hearing, unless something drastic happens, Daly’s a Rooster. Few things still to fall into place, but let’s just say I’ve made a few calls and it’s looking real close.’

The NRL would like to know why we're paying serious overs ($600k) for DCE when he's not that much better than our Chad who was on $300k a year.

Based on the Chad scale, DCE should be worth no more than $450k a year.

[SamKerrSimp]

The people who somehow think a person who makes his debut at age 23 is going to be our Saviour are mad.

DCE was 19 when he made his debut. DCE had 37 assists last year. Hugo "The Saviour" had 12.

Please tell me what was Hugo doing before last year? Was he playing under another name somewhere?

DCE debuted shortly after his 22nd birthday.

What was Hugo doing last year? He was doing the same thing DCE was doing at the same age: playing in reserve grade because the first grade team had an established half in front of him and he was too old for the under 20s. Hugo didn't have the luxury of walking in to a team in his debut season that has recently won and lost a grand final either.

At least the other King knew how to use Wiki and Google

[Batemans Bay Rooster]

The people who somehow think a person who makes his debut at age 23 is going to be our Saviour are mad.

DCE was 19 when he made his debut. DCE had 37 assists last year. Hugo "The Saviour" had 12.

Please tell me what was Hugo doing before last year? Was he playing under another name somewhere?

Wrong.

[MKCS]

The NRL would like to know why we're paying serious overs ($600k) for DCE when he's not that much better than our Chad who was on $300k a year.

Based on the Chad scale, DCE should be worth no more than $450k a year.

Statistically DCE was a top 5 half in season 2025, was Chad Townsend even a top 5 half in NSW Cup?

[QWERTY]

What are you talking about? No one said they weren’t below par. Who’s singling him out? This thread is about the Brent Read article in which Hugo is mentioned. Maybe talk to Brent if you don’t like it.

"However, Cherry-Evans officially becomes a free agent on November 1 and the Roosters will move quickly to get his signature on a contract in a move that is expected to have ramifications for their existing squad as five-eighth Hugo Savala prepares to head to market to gauge interest in his services.”

Well, when you say Savala’s “final audition came in the semi-final against Cronulla and he failed badly,” disregarding the fact that it’s his first year and not giving mention of the whole team’s performance (senior players especially not standing up); then comparing him to Katoa, who has played 2 seasons more first grade (and rep games), seems like your throwing him under the bus.

DCE might better than Savala next year, but it’s certainly not a sure thing given his age and the fact that his form has been dipping. I’m alright with DCE if we can keep Savala. He is born and bred in Bondi, and has been one of our more promising halves prospects from our jr area, and has a good base to build on. I don’t particularly want to lose him.

[ism22]

Well, when you say Savala’s “final audition came in the semi-final against Cronulla and he failed badly,” disregarding the fact that it’s his first year and not giving mention of the whole team’s performance (senior players especially not standing up); then comparing him to Katoa, who has played 2 seasons more first grade (and rep games), seems like your throwing him under the bus.

DCE might better than Savala next year, but it’s certainly not a sure thing given his age and the fact that his form has been dipping. I’m alright with DCE if we can keep Savala. He is born and bred in Bondi, and has been one of our more promising halves prospects from our jr area, and has a good base to build on. I don’t particularly want to lose him.

I'd argue his 'audition' was the run towards the finals. Without him coming good, we wouldn't have made the 8.

The Sharks validly came good during the finals and it shytes me that we couldn't put them to the sword despite being physically dominant. However, that result's not on a young half doing his best.

Also that game's dead and buried. We can either spend all pre-season and 2026 worrying about it or focus on improving our game.

Coz people love a good Jizzy anecdote, as a competitive runner I'm never concerned about things like some random beating me with a surge at the end of a marathon or my time being a few minutes short of what I wanted. My focus is always on improving my training so that I'm continuously improving as a runner. I dare say that's how most NRL players think as they train full-time and each game/training session stacks on top of the last. Savala has a LOT of room for improvement...

[TumutChook]

Losing Sandon and Hugo in one window would be an abominable decision by the club.

Except if the powers that be don’t rate them, which they clearly don’t. Not fussed over losing either as Sandon was never the answer & a bit like Kyle was gifted far too many games in my eyes. Hugo had a couple of good games, but also not at the level required to lead the team. He tackles well & can kick, but not sure I’d rate much else. Besides by the time he nails it there are better coming through,which works perfect with the DCE retirement timing. Walker is a then 2years older & Rodwell comes in to partner,or we look elsewhere.