NRL NRL 2026 General Recruitment Thread
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Roosters play the NRL on easy mode it seems
Would imagine for 2027 if true, hard to imagine it is though?
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Wouldn’t be surprised if Spencer Leniu moved clubs - While contracted to 2028 he’s on a big money deal playing off the bench and they have leaned into extending Naufahu Whyte.
God I wish Whyte were homesick
Whyte and Casey McLean and we’ve got a dynamite team
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Good point brother.
You have made me see things differently.
We have played alot of utilities in that role more than specialists.
Issac Luke i think??? was our longest serving specialist in this era.
Would of played plenty more if not for them suspect suspensions.
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He's more of a cat than Walsh.
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Storm to make an announcement tomorrow!
Possibly re Lomax
Possibly re Lomax
Crichton to defect to Australian rugby for World Cup tilt
Kangaroos and Origin forward Angus Crichton is set to become the latest Roosters NRL star to defect to rugby after agreeing to a deal with Rugby Australia.Crichton has agreed to a one-year deal with RA in a bid to play for the Wallabies at the 2027 Rugby World Cup in Australia, according to informed sources not authorised to comment publicly. He will depart the Roosters and the NRL after the 2026 season.
The 29-year-old will play for the Waratahs and is being looked at as either an inside centre or a loose forward.
Crichton featured in Scots College’s first XV, and made the Australian Schoolboys side in 2014, where he played as a centre and a No.8. Many of his best friends are rugby players, and he was sighted in Europe in 2024 watching the Wallabies on their Spring Tour.
The news of Crichton’s switch comes after former Roosters teammate Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii’s high-profile defection to rugby in 2024, and tricolours teammate Mark Nawaqanitawase having signed a deal to play rugby Japan in 2027, also in a bid to play for the Wallabies at the 2027 Rugby World Cup.
Crichton has agreed to a one-year deal with Rugby Australia in a bid to play for the Wallabies.CREDIT: NRL IMAGES
Crichton, who came close to a cross-code switch with a move to the Western Force in 2023, said last year he was still interested in making the move.
“I haven’t played the sport in 10 years, so I’d be interested to see where I stack up,” he said.. “It would be a different path, something that I’m open to.”
Rugby Australia have been approached for comment.
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The biggie with these few defections is … who stays on playing Union and who moves back to League after the WC.
Bit anticlimactic with just a promotional video of them being built different. Think the initial post hinting at the announcement has been deleted
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Amazes me how they can keep all their middles even with their huge splurge on AFB. Don't think they lost a single forward over that.
