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Re: 2014 Official thread and signing news

Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2013 10:05 pm
by sallymay
If you read Craig Bellamys book he talks about a forward that comes back after the off season for the last two seasons overweight and high skin folds I recken the player is Vaves

Scooter when I posted that article I was 90 % sure I'd read it the way u read it but posted it anyway...either way anthony will do a good job

I donno why I'm not happy About Dayne but I think it is sad about Vaves and Somi not getting contracts

Re: 2014 Official thread and signing news

Posted: Sun Oct 06, 2013 12:33 pm
by Ice
FP was on SEN during the week and said the roster is all but tied up for next year except looking an experienced player in the halves (5/8 from memory) just to add some depth. IMO that makes sense given we're thin in that position if Hampton doesn't come up.

Re: 2014 Official thread and signing news

Posted: Sun Oct 06, 2013 12:44 pm
by Mattpoet
Considering that we had 34 total players this year and I only count 30 for next year, does this mean that a couple more NYC players have been signed up on 2nd tier contracts?

I'm thinking Welch, Petterson-Robati and maybe Chang.

Re: 2014 Official thread and signing news

Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2013 6:41 pm
by Storm99
Apparently we have signed this young bloke.
big and strong
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3evk9GRwN8

Re: 2014 Official thread and signing news

Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2013 11:05 pm
by brisbanestorm
I don't think it has been said anywhere else yet but given that the owners of Kooga have been rebranding all their other teams to their "BLK" arm, it's fair to say we will probably have BLK on our jerseys next year instead of Kooga. Tbh not sure why the change is necessary but goodluck to them with their rebranding.

Re: 2014 Official thread and signing news

Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2013 12:38 pm
by absentee
brisbanestorm wrote:I don't think it has been said anywhere else yet but given that the owners of Kooga have been rebranding all their other teams to their "BLK" arm, it's fair to say we will probably have BLK on our jerseys next year instead of Kooga. Tbh not sure why the change is necessary but goodluck to them with their rebranding.
We're the featured team for the "pro teams" section of the BLK website and have been for some time.

The basic story is that there's a dispute over the name KooGa. KooGa Australia don't own the KooGa name in the UK and were getting a little pissed that the UK company were taking credit for everything KooGa Australia has done (especially during the last RWC). That's why they're changing their name to BLK. They've been so slow about doing it all but it looks like they're finally making the change official.

The Wallabies will be wearing BLK for the rest of the year but that's only because they're moving to Asics in the new year and KooGa want to squeeze a little more value out of them before their contract ends.

Re: 2014 Official thread and signing news

Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2013 7:02 pm
by brisbanestorm
absentee wrote:We're the featured team for the "pro teams" section of the BLK website and have been for some time.

The basic story is that there's a dispute over the name KooGa. KooGa Australia don't own the KooGa name in the UK and were getting a little pissed that the UK company were taking credit for everything KooGa Australia has done (especially during the last RWC). That's why they're changing their name to BLK. They've been so slow about doing it all but it looks like they're finally making the change official.

The Wallabies will be wearing BLK for the rest of the year but that's only because they're moving to Asics in the new year and KooGa want to squeeze a little more value out of them before their contract ends.
Ahh okay makes sense then, Kooga Australia has obviously come a long way over the last 5-10 years. Thanks for clearing that up

Re: 2014 Official thread and signing news

Posted: Sat Nov 02, 2013 10:28 am
by Scooter
Guess where Kirisome Auva'a is playing next year?

...

that's right the South Sydney Storm oops sorry Rabbitohs.

Re: 2014 Official thread and signing news

Posted: Sun Nov 03, 2013 1:57 am
by sallymay
Bullshit..he said he was staying..damn it Somi now I'm sad

Re: 2014 Official thread and signing news

Posted: Sun Nov 03, 2013 8:04 pm
by Bourbon Rat
And our pre season info,(according to the blurb on NRL.com)
STORM
Return to training: November 7
Key ins: Travis Robinson, George Rose, Cody Walker, Hymel Hunt
Key outs: Gareth Widdop, Maurice Blair, Jason Ryles, Brett Finch, Junior Sa'u, Lagi Setu
Key focus for 2014: Keeping the 'big three' of Cameron Smith, Cooper Cronk and Billy Slater fit and firing after another gruelling off-season – last year it was playing the World Club Challenge, this time it's the World Cup. Queensland Cup player of the year Cody Walker arrives with the five-eighth spot up for grabs after the departures of Gareth Widdop and Brett Finch.
Been here many times before ::)

Re: 2014 Official thread and signing news

Posted: Sun Nov 03, 2013 8:27 pm
by blazza18
Need one of these newbies to bring some x factor to the team. Wonder how Bellamy and the coaching staff will change things up so we keep everyone fresher.

Re: 2014 Official thread and signing news

Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2013 6:24 pm
by mattystorm1987
vave staying? knights? broncos? wtf is he doing

Re: 2014 Official thread and signing news

Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2013 8:02 pm
by Mattpoet
I saw somewhere that the parrasites were interested in him too.

Re: 2014 Official thread and signing news

Posted: Wed Nov 06, 2013 6:51 am
by Scooter
Sallymay, sorry to be the bearer of bad news re: Somi.

http://www.rabbitohs.com.au/playerprofi ... uva'a/7859

Re: 2014 Official thread and signing news

Posted: Wed Nov 06, 2013 8:49 am
by blazza18
How typical.