NRL NRL 2025 General Recruitment Thread

[UpTheWahs]

Who are the guys and are they the equivalent of warriorholic or better?

POS would be Ponga….

No idea who the guys were and I couldn't find the video later. Idk much about warriorholic other than its a podcast?

Ponga was my first thought too, unless we are looking at someone else at the knights.

 

[Boats n Hoes]

Right, so in this little fantasy land of ours u have the pick of…
Ponga 1.4M
Bula 9,00,00
Drinkwater 750,000
Who would u take?

Easy.

Drinkwater at 750K is an absolute steal.

71 try assists in the last 3 seasons, by far the most by any NRL player (to put that into perspective Charnze over the same period has 17!)....the other 2 arent even in the frame.

In a team lacking strike imagine the different picture a fullback who creates like that would give us.

If im targeting a fullback...it'd be Drinky hands down.

 

[Noitall]

View: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DRnC__tkk3W/

This is the type of fullback we need again

 

[ROCCO]

Metcalf and Drinkwater could be a deadly duo...

 

[Noitall]

Ponga predicament in awkward halves puzzle as glaring void exposed — Knights State of Play

Ponga predicament in awkward halves puzzle as glaring void exposed — Knights State of Play

www.foxsports.com.au

Just won’t go away all this Ponga speculation, admittedly it’s a story for media to roll when it’s quiet. Article talks about the options with us listed as one but talks about roosters his best option for a premiership. I believe we’re as close as them and by 2028 with him being 30, it’s hard to know what factors could change the equation by then?

 

[CWC]

Ponga predicament in awkward halves puzzle as glaring void exposed — Knights State of Play

Ponga predicament in awkward halves puzzle as glaring void exposed — Knights State of Play

www.foxsports.com.au

Just won’t go away all this Ponga speculation, admittedly it’s a story for media to roll when it’s quiet. Article talks about the options with us listed as one but talks about roosters his best option for a premiership. I believe we’re as close as them and by 2028 with him being 30, it’s hard to know what factors could change the equation by then?

How's their forward pack, cuz their spine would be pretty gangster from this season, depends on if they have the pack to win it, otherwise we'd be a better option like right now when he's still young-ish

 

[Noitall]

How's their forward pack, cuz their spine would be pretty gangster from this season, depends on if they have the pack to win it, otherwise we'd be a better option like right now when he's still young-ish

Forwards is where they’re going to struggle. They’ve picked up some good players but they need a lot to go from the worst attacking team and third worst defensive team last year

 

[Noitall]

Storm and roosters are keen on Cooper Bai, Marcus Bai’s boy at the titans. Panthers are the latest to show interest, surely the PNG will too?

 

[Defence]

Storm and roosters are keen on Cooper Bai, Marcus Bai’s boy at the titans. Panthers are the latest to show interest, surely the PNG will too?

Shit I thought he had re-signed already?
Titans will be shitting bricks if that’s the clubs chasing him (there’s probably more than just those 3 as well if he’s still available).
Gun player- they’ll be desperate not to lose him.

 

[Tookey 2.0]

With 360 no longer an option, do we see Papz signing for a new club?
What teams realistically have a chance at signing him for 2026, considering most teams have their recruitment sorted.
Or are there any teams who would be willing to drop what they have at fullback now to get him for 2026?

Only teams I think who would be willing to drop what they have for Papz would be
Bulldogs
Sharks
Dragons
Cowboys
Maybe Tigers

 

[Defence]

With 360 no longer an option, do we see Papz signing for a new club?
What teams realistically have a chance at signing him for 2026, considering most teams have their recruitment sorted.
Or are there any teams who would be willing to drop what they have at fullback now to get him for 2026?

Only teams I think who would be willing to drop what they have for Papz would be
Bulldogs
Sharks
Dragons
Cowboys
Maybe Tigers

Maybe warriors

 

[Noitall]

Cowboys have signed Matt Lodge for 1 year. Cowboys forum in meltdown

 

[Defence]

Cowboys have signed Matt Lodge for 1 year. Cowboys forum in meltdown

Thanks for the tip- there’s some quality posting going on over there
He can’t play round one coz he can’t get into America

 

[kos]

Thanks for the tip- there’s some quality posting going on over there
He can’t play round one coz he can’t get into America

How many clubs has Lodge played for?