It is up for debate whether Rudyard Kipling would approve but with the Eels, Bears and Tigers all converging this week we have something of the rugby league equivalent of The Jungle Book playing out in real time. The Tip Sheet looks at the latest happenings from Parradise and the NRL as the Perth Bears table an eye-watering offer to Junior Paulo.
Parramatta go big cat hunting for the second week running as they look to bring down the drama-laden Wests Tigers in the NRL. It is Magic Round in the NRLW as our girls look to try and build on a heart breaking loss to the Warriors in what was a greatly improved team performance. The boys break down all of the big news from TLT across these grades and all the way down to the Jersey Flegg.
The Tigers have dominated the news cycle in the last week following the sudden feud between coach Benji Marshall and top player Adam Doueihi. What is it all about and where has it left the joint venture? Newcastle are reeling from a devastating loss that cost them both Dylan Brown and Dylan Lucas for the season. Is it time to put the red line through them?
The discussion on recruitment is, unfortunately, more of the same that many of us have had issue with over the years.
We are reactive, slow and ultimately ineffective in the recruitment market. Our current roster issues are completely of our own doing and we are gathering momentum to enter 2027 with more holes in our roster than previous years.
Additionally, we are appear to also be heading to November with several key players unsigned (Tuivaiti, Williams, JAC to name a few). How our R&R team continue to make the same mistakes year after year and remain in position is baffling.
So many of our roster issues could have been easily avoided with competent, decisive management – what is it going to take to get this part of our club in order???
Very well said. Seems those in charge of recruitment are a “protected species”. We are the laughing stock of the NRL behind the Tigers. Constant failures in this department but tolerated by a large portion of the fan base – 40 years of failure will do that to a club I guess. I guess we will just wait for change, and continue to tolerate the results in between.