NRL NRL 2025 General Recruitment Thread

[John Nick]

To locals it’s outrageously bad where once there no traffic, it now has 5 minutes of traffic jams in the mornings.

Tauranga has 140k people and is relatively deserted having come from Auckland., so no complaints here.

SOME roads into town (eg from Omokoroa) have terrible local bottleneck issue but a motorway is being built to fix this and being a tourist area on public holidays there can be a half hour queue into town.

Our area has a number of schools nearby & 9am & 3pm are a nightmare but apart from those times pretty good compared to say Auckland.

 

[wizard of Tauranga]

Our area has a number of schools nearby & 9am & 3pm are a nightmare but apart from those times pretty good compared to say Auckland.

The original locals just long for the good old days when tumbleweed was the only thing going down the road!

 

[John Nick]

The original locals just long for the good old days when tumbleweed was the only thing going down the road!

I guess I am one of the original locals being born here many years ago.

 

[wizard of Tauranga]

I guess I am one of the original locals being born here many years ago.

In a tent in the city park!

 

[John Nick]

In a tent in the city park!

Pretty much. Some things change.Some things stay the same.

 

[Teets]

Not a fan of this loan nonsense.

Don't blame the Storm, but these teams that agree to it.....

Agree. Unless the loaned player is going to help put you in a premiership winning situation it just delays the development/recruitment of your long term solution.

Tigers got a year of Harry Grant, were still useless, helped develop a player for a rival, and had to find a new hooker again the following season.

But yes, great deal for the team doing the lending.

 

[Wrighty]

Agree. Unless the loaned player is going to help put you in a premiership winning situation it just delays the development/recruitment of your long term solution.

Tigers got a year of Harry Grant, were still useless, helped develop a player for a rival, and had to find a new hooker again the following season.

But yes, great deal for the team doing the lending.

And what does this all say about Hannay? Nothing good in answer to my rhetorical question

 

[Tookey 2.0]

And what does this all say about Hannay? Nothing good in answer to my rhetorical question

Hard to read to much into it imo.

As a brand new coach if someone's going to offer you a top half, even for a year you're probably going to take it.

Everyone wants results from day one. If he's able to pull a move like that and go from say 14th position to 9th or 10th instead that's a big win for Hannay

 

[kos]

I m not even sure Hannah is there yet . Des went back to Sydney last week
After working and doing end of season player reviews
Titans waiting on Rcg Akp and Fifita to confirm departure then I guess Pezel will be go
Wrighty you are being a bit cruel to Hannay
Give the new bloke a bit of time !

 

[The Warrior Waka]

I m not even sure Hannah is there yet . Des went back to Sydney last week
After working and doing end of season player reviews
Titans waiting on Rcg Akp and Fifita to confirm departure then I guess Pezel will be go
Wrighty you are being a bit cruel to Hannay
Give the new bloke a bit of time !

Forgive Wrighty. He's new to league. Watched his first wahs game just last week.

 

[WHB]

Agree. Unless the loaned player is going to help put you in a premiership winning situation it just delays the development/recruitment of your long term solution.

Tigers got a year of Harry Grant, were still useless, helped develop a player for a rival, and had to find a new hooker again the following season.

But yes, great deal for the team doing the lending.

We should look into the Dolphins to loan us Naufahu for next year.
With Cobbo joining in 2026 and Bostock to return from injury.
This talented speedster goes back to reserves where he has proven too good to be playing taking his opportunities.

Silly off season thinking already.

 

[Nakiproud]

haha, yeah back in the 80's when we bought a couple of blocks around Promenade Ave it was all sand but the council had the vision and so it proved.
Great escape from a winter in Taranaki

Winters here are lovely mate...no aussies to speak of anyway!!

 

[kos]

Winters here are lovely mate...no aussies to speak of anyway!!

its a hard road to find Aussies in Sydney and Melbourne now -they must hide away in the outer suburbs - everywhere else is full of migrants. Bit like Auckland.

 

[Rick O’Shay]

Winters here are lovely mate...no aussies to speak of anyway!!

Very true although it's blowing forty thousand bastards here today and probably snowing on the mountain if I could see it

 

[kos]

Very true although it's blowing forty thousand bastards here today and probably snowing on the mountain if I could see it

Hope you ve got the sun block on

 

[Tokyo Warrior]

Turbo’s deal in doubt now. Fuck it, let’s make a play for him.

 

[CWC]

Turbo’s deal in doubt now. Fuck it, let’s make a play for him.

He can play half a season and when he’s injured Metcalf can play the other half

 

[Tokyo Warrior]

We can sew them together and get a full season

 

[Worried2Death]

We can sew them together and get a full season

Let's go full Mengele and sew Linnane on too

 

[Tokyo Warrior]

Let's go full Mengele and sew Linnane on too

Barnett too? I hate to think what will happen when one of them decides to retire.