Ahhhh Ben

[ChookMaster]

with the Bulldogs withdrawing from Hunt, leaving just the Broncos and are we still in the running but at lower $$? if thats the case, id say we are back in the running because it could come down to where he and his family want to live

Broncos have signed him apparently. 2 yr deal

[Qld Chook]

I don't read too much into what's being said in the ppaers or online. I really don't think they have any odea about our cap. It could very well be that we could afford to go higher for Ben Hunt but the club doesn't want to go that high. Maybe they don't think he represents value for money in which case it's easier to say we can't go any higher due to salary cap issues rather tthen to say 'we don't think he's worth that money'

You need to spend your cap space somewhere though and the fact we have offloaded so many players and are yet to make any significant signings supports what media is saying. Terrible cap management if true.

I'm fine with not signing Ben, but we have holes in our squad that need filling imo. 5/8, hooker, FRF, backup fullback and another decent goal kicker would be handy.

[ChookMaster]

The only thing I can think of is we’ve front loaded our re-signings.


Otherwise whoever’s taking care of the books need to be looked at.

[The Lip]

Hunt and his management have played it a treat.

[Bates]

Broncos have signed him apparently. 2 yr deal

And you chipped me for trawling social media sites. lol

[Mickie Lane]

I bet he does as well. Then we can both turn around later and say we told them so!

We were wrong.
Welcome Moses Mbye.

[milanja]

I’m glad, never liked his attitude, and didn’t want to see him in our colours.

[Schooner]

We have a good group of younger players mainly from SG Ball who finished strongly in reserve grade at the end of the year. Maybe we are going to put them in the top 30 to stop them looking elsewhere. But I dont think we would be looking at playing many of them in first grade during the year

[ism22]

Starting to look like this ship's sailed.

Serious question - is this guy one of the most over-rated in NRL history?

- Single handedly a premiership for the Cowboys while wearing a Drongos jersey (in let's face it a weird year where neither team deserved to be there).

- Buggers off to St George where he's best utilised as a hooker but refuses to play hooker. Plays in the halves after having a sook and is the Dragons' diversity inclusion for QLD/Australia.

- Suddenly he wakes up with 1-2 years left of hia career and decides he's worth $1.2m+. A bidding war follows and he ends up bagging $$$ for... what exactly? The best half available in a conp where all the top-tier halves are locked into long-term contracts that they don't wanna break.

Woulda been a good cheapie who wants a crack at a premiership. However he's not worth $$$. Otherwise the Dragons woulda had a better track record and begged him to stay.

IMO he's like an upgraded Townsend without the premiership to his name. Dunno what happened between Townsend and that fat guy with the nicotine gum who always seems to beat us (due to corrupt as fark reffing, generous scheduling, sweltering 40'C heat with 100% humidity...etc) and then face the presser chewing 10 sticks of nicotine gum, saying 'the comp is corrupt and the refs totally favoured the Roosters out there tonight because they are a Sydney club with $$$ backing'. However IMO he could be a hidden gem.

[Vasco]

Does anyone know if Hugo Savala is staying?

["gaz"]

He is in our train and Trial squad

[HDTONE]

I'd have liked Hunt for his experience. Seems Walker too was happy him coming.

BUT no way at $1.2m that's huge overs. Anyways we'll do the best with what we got.

Mind you the draw is another thing that really puts on the pressure.....but then it's not done for sport it's done for TV $$$

[The Lip]

Hunts 1.2 is over two years no? The dolphins offered him 800 and 600 so i read - so broncs haven't paid 1.2 per year they've paid 600. Good deal both ways i reckon. they need him way more than us other than for the first half of next year.

[Headless Chook]

You need to spend your cap space somewhere though and the fact we have offloaded so many players and are yet to make any significant signings supports what media is saying. Terrible cap management if true.

I'm fine with not signing Ben, but we have holes in our squad that need filling imo. 5/8, hooker, FRF, backup fullback and another decent goal kicker would be handy.

Spending money for the sake of it doesn't make a whole lot of sense either. That's something Wests Togers would do. We can easily spend it in other ways if there isn't a player on the market that we need or want. You can front end contracts, upgrade existing players which would all make sense when there isn't much out there to choose from.

[HunchoRooster]

I have a high opinion of Hunt as a player but not to the extent that I felt it was absolutely vitaI for our hypothetical premiership chances to get him.

However I do fear us running Sandon and Townsend in the halves for 75% of the season. Yikes.