Official 2026 NRL General Discussion

Blue_Eyes84 said:
As bad as our years were, the Sharks were never as bad as the West Tigers. What a joke of a club.
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Our players at least stuck solid together, no matter how much of a debacle the front office was. They had 1000 more important reasons they could have refused to play.
 
CrazyMatt said:
So Benji buckled. Douehi’s back in the 7. Man, if this was Fitz i’d be livid with him.
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If (big if) anything that has been leaked/reported is true, so would I, but Benji's options are limited right now.
They don't score, they keep leaking points and losing, and he's trying to salvage something from this season after such a promising start.
I don't know if Benji will one day be a good coach, but this is clearly part of his learning experience.

My take, at this stage for the best course of action, put Douehi at 7 as he did. If it works, enjoy the win despite the upcoming headaches with the inmates running the asylum. If it doesn't (likely since their issues go far beyond Douehi) name him at lock the following week or let him sook in reserve grade. And work to try and change the culture at the club (big ask with the old boys all coming back at the club).
 
Kodi Nikorima rumored for the Drags next year.

How are they affording all these guys next year? Has someone in Dragons management not read that the tax free exemptions are only for PNG??

This is one of greatest recruitment drives in recent memory.
 
buzz67 said:
Kodi Nikorima rumored for the Drags next year.

How are they affording all these guys next year? Has someone in Dragons management not read that the tax free exemptions are only for PNG??

This is one of greatest recruitment drives in recent memory.
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Saved up all the money from the dud players they have atm
 
stormshark said:
yep im not entirely buying the narrative how that clubs presenting it
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Hard to imagine it is still tenable long term for him to play under Benji
But maybe they were able to truly clear the air

apezza said:
I get what you’re saying but the undisputed fact is the he chose not to play with his team mates.

Everything else comes second in my opinion.
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He should have just played there without an issue, maybe had a chat about it after they got towelled if anything.
But plenty of the playing group would be mates with him and can imagine a world where they are more pissed at Benji 'dumping' Adam, contributing to their trashing, than Adam deciding not to play if not his preferred position
 
Blue_Eyes84 said:
As bad as our years were, the Sharks were never as bad as the West Tigers. What a joke of a club.
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Didn't stop their degenerate fans calling for the Sharks to be relocated - I don't feel sorry for them. I hope they never play finals again and just go broke, **** em. Or just bring back the Maggies and **** off the Tigers

2009-2011 might have felt like a hole we were never gunna get out of at the time but for perspective we had 3 bad years. That isn't very long over the course of a player generation or the existence of a club. Rebuilds can take 5+ years

Without those 3 bad years we might not have become the club we did or get the staff in place (Flanno, Lyall ect.) to eventually win a comp in 2016.

We might have just continued along as a somewhat likable mid table team that played finals here and there for instance and accepted that as good enough because our results were decent and we kept our nose out of the paper and paid our bills.

I haven't forgot about 2014 either btw - that was a weird year but it's been gravy since. The bad years forced us to face some tough realities in the public eye, it forced us to make long term structural and cultural changes or fold trying.

Tigers been a joke almost 20 years, a rebuild shouldn't take 2 decades unless your club is inherently flawed (which they are). The Sharks used the bad times as a catalyst for change. The Tigers use the bad times as a crux, it's part of their identity. They can't face the issues or they don't know how to address them. The culture stinks and culture can be hard to change - you need the right people to take that step.

This **** just wouldn't happen at the Sharks, not anymore. If it did it probably wouldn't be out in the public within hours driving an absolute gossip train of media and fan speculation and criticism. We would nip it in the bud

We can be proud of where the club and the people who represent it are at because we know where we have had to come up from. I love the fact their are no embarrassing or disgusting scandals or off field dramas, we have taken our survival and finances into our own hands more or less and our players and coaching staff all seem like stand up good people that we can support and get behind.

Even the Trindall thing a few years ago which was a rare off field drama the club and player handled it about as well as could be asked and it's now somewhat of a feel good story. It's the sorta thing that would have melted a piss weak club like the Tigers.
 
Gards said:
Didn't stop their degenerate fans calling for the Sharks to be relocated - I don't feel sorry for them. I hope they never play finals again and just go broke, **** em. Or just bring back the Maggies and **** off the Tigers

2009-2011 might have felt like a hole we were never gunna get out of at the time but for perspective we had 3 bad years. That isn't very long over the course of a player generation or the existence of a club. Rebuilds can take 5+ years

Without those 3 bad years we might not have become the club we did or get the staff in place (Flanno, Lyall ect.) to eventually win a comp in 2016.

We might have just continued along as a somewhat likable mid table team that played finals here and there for instance and accepted that as good enough because our results were decent and we kept our nose out of the paper and paid our bills.

I haven't forgot about 2014 either btw - that was a weird year but it's been gravy since. The bad years forced us to face some tough realities in the public eye, it forced us to make long term structural and cultural changes or fold trying.

Tigers been a joke almost 20 years, a rebuild shouldn't take 2 decades unless your club is inherently flawed (which they are). The Sharks used the bad times as a catalyst for change. The Tigers use the bad times as a crux, it's part of their identity. They can't face the issues or they don't know how to address them. The culture stinks and culture can be hard to change - you need the right people to take that step.

This **** just wouldn't happen at the Sharks, not anymore. If it did it probably wouldn't be out in the public within hours driving an absolute gossip train of media and fan speculation and criticism. We would nip it in the bud

We can be proud of where the club and the people who represent it are at because we know where we have had to come up from. I love the fact their are no embarrassing or disgusting scandals or off field dramas, we have taken our survival and finances into our own hands more or less and our players and coaching staff all seem like stand up good people that we can support and get behind.

Even the Trindall thing a few years ago which was a rare off field drama the club and player handled it about as well as could be asked and it's now somewhat of a feel good story. It's the sorta thing that would have melted a piss weak club like the Tigers.
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Tbf their structure is terrible. The HB Group are the real issue there, nothing is going to improve until they can somehow get rid of them which is easier said than done.

But yeah agree with everything you've said about us, we've been stable for a long time now.
 
HaroldBishop said:
Tbf their structure is terrible. The HB Group are the real issue there, nothing is going to improve until they can somehow get rid of them which is easier said than done.

But yeah agree with everything you've said about us, we've been stable for a long time now.
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Have you considered just selling your stake back to the club mate?
 
Just seen this quote from a former NFL players, I can imagine similar coming out about the Tigers from an NRL player one day

Plaxico Burress compared playing with the Jets to prison: "They're both kind of similar because when I walked into prison on my first day, I was like, 'damn man you a ****ing loser.' And I had the same damn feeling every day I walked through the door with the Jets."
 
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