Official thread and signing news

[sallymay]

Hell yeah

[Itzbek the Purple]

I look forward to a reboot on a web site near you of "The Ryles Files 2024"

[Scooter]

Very happy that Rylesy is returning to the Storm.

[Smitty_Accountants]

Hey y'all this is a question for those that followed the team in the ealy-mid 2000s. Does anyone remember Antonio Kaufusi being named at centre on a couple of occasions? I remember Bellamy saying he was putting him there for defensive purposes, but I don't think he actually ended up playing there on game day, so only named to play there during the week.
Not talking about Sam Tagataese, I know he definitely played a couple of games at centre, but I'm positive Kaufusi was **named** there a couple of times too.

Sorry just a random question, didn't think it was worth creating a new post for

[Mattpoet]

I think I remember Sika Manu and Ryan Hoffman but not Antonio Kaufusi sorry

[Mattpoet]

Fox Sports reporting that Tino has a clause in his contract saying he can negotiate elsewhere if Holbrook got sacked, should be making enquiries there for sure

[Bullucked]

Fox Sports reporting that Tino has a clause in his contract saying he can negotiate elsewhere if Holbrook got sacked, should be making enquiries there for sure

It'd be nice to have a big nasty forward

[blazza18]

Be cool if this news is true. We should be doing everything we can to get him back.

[sallymay]

Tino isn’t coming back …he moved his whole family to qld his wife plays professional netball on the GC

[blazza18]

I hear there are netball teams in Melbourne.

(let us have our fun please)

[sallymay]

I hear there are netball teams in Melbourne.

(let us have our fun please)

Haha and better ones too …way more professional then the Gold Coast one

[Itzbek the Purple]

blazza18 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 03, 2023 12:43 am
I hear there are netball teams in Melbourne.

(let us have our fun please)
Haha and better ones too …way more professional then the Gold Coast one

In my dreams , he can come as a prop and surely his partner could transfer to Storms' netball team the Sunshine Coast Lightning.

Keeping it in the family!

[TC]

I hear there are netball teams in Melbourne.

(let us have our fun please)

Haha and better ones too …way more professional then the Gold Coast one

What, like Collingwood?!?

[Lucas]

Katoa re-signs until end of 2027.

Hoping to be back playing in 2-3 weeks, good to finally get a bit of an update there.

[Lucas]

2027 - NAS(31), Howarth(24), Katoa (27), Munster (33)
2026 - Hughes(31), Grant(28), Coates(25), Olam(32), Warbrick(28), Welch (32)
2025 - Garlick(29), Tui(31), King(30), Paps(27), Loeiro(24), MacDonald(23), Pezet(22), Wishart(25), Chan(23), Sua, Vaalepu (26)

Reimis Smith(27) and Meaney(27) are probably next 2 that we look at re extensions. OOC end of next year.

Anderson, Sims, Nikorima, Moeroa,Jordan Grant, Jennings, Ieremia OOC end of this year. None are a risk of being poached IMO, so no urgency there. We'll retain them if they earn it or will be moved on.

EDIT - added players age when contract expires.