Official Braden Hamlin-Uele

[Deleted member T1]

I have him out of our starting 17 for Rd1 based on how poorly he finished the season and needing to push his way back in.
Also heard a rumour a few weeks ago that I took with a grain of salt about a prop that’s from left field that maybe more believable if BHU goes

Do share

 

[bort]

Might make sense of we're getting a prop soon... As part of the touted Miller to Newy deal is as good a rumour.

They don't have a first grade quality prop they can really afford to part with though.
Two Siafiti's & Hetherington who will spend half the season suspended. Croker and Thompson I guess are okay and you'd take them for Miller if he was desperate to leave and you knew BHU wanted out. They are leaving themselves very shallow up front though.
I guess kind of opens up spot for Friz as a bench middle but we are pretty small making that exchange.

I have him out of our starting 17 for Rd1 based on how poorly he finished the season and needing to push his way back in.
Also heard a rumour a few weeks ago that I took with a grain of salt about a prop that’s from left field that maybe more believable if BHU goes

I do think Hunt was in the box seat to hold the start but I didn't have BHU out of 17. Even if he was we used like 8 middles last season not including McInnes or Finucane or Graham/Wilton filling into front row so we need quality depth at that position.
I'd want something pretty significant to be releasing BHU.

 

[Thresher]

I think BHU has been one of our better forwards when he can string a few games together.

Seems to take a while to get back to good form after injury.

 

[CrazyMatt]

Rumour going around he has requested an immediate release to join the Warriors

I find that hard to believe considering what he said about taking less to stay at Cronulla because of how he feels about the club last year. Unless he’s had a bust up with Fitz which would be a shock.

Sorry but I’m putting this in the ‘no’ pile for now. Hope I’m not proven wrong because I love Big Ham.

 

[bort]

I think BHU has been one of our better forwards when he can string a few games together.

Seems to take a while to get back to good form after injury.

He has had some very good stints at times but lacks a bit of consistency with it, injury being a big contributing factor

 

[HaroldBishop]

I find that hard to believe considering what he said about taking less to stay at Cronulla because of how he feels about the club last year. Unless he’s had a bust up with Fitz which would be a shock.

Sorry but I’m putting this in the ‘no’ pile for now. Hope I’m not proven wrong because I love Big Ham.

You don't know his personal situation though. What if it's something like he has a terminally ill parent in Auckland that needs care?

Could be many different reasons.

 

[HaroldBishop]

because I love Big Ham.

Jesus where to start with this haha.

 

[Spanner shark]

Will Oregon Kaufusi be able to fill the void?​

 

[beaver2233]

Fwiw: Think he is/has been in NZ for his brother's wedding recently.

 

[bort]

You don't know his personal situation though. What if it's something like he has a terminally ill parent in Auckland that needs care?

Could be many different reasons.

Nobody in a current first choice 17 would ask to go there for an opportunity so it would have to be a personal matter.

But if it's so pressing why would priority 1 be Warriors contract.
If it is urgent then ask for leave to go and then worry about trying to organise something. You wouldn't keep training with Sharks hoping they might agree to release you (likely after extensive negotiations with Warriors) if it is so urgent.
Maybe he is in Auckland right now, but last we saw he wasn't.
Could also have gone over xmas/new year break and asked for a release on return I guess, but again if he is only willing to go if he can get a contract it isn't that urgent.

Fwiw: Think he is/has been in NZ for his brother's wedding recently.

Caleb is also contracted to us though (train and trial)
And lived with him as of early last year although that may well have changed now (but also given Caleb has yet to secure a full NRL contact decent chance it hasn't changed). So going to NZ for his wedding doesn't really correlate to a request to shift there.

 

[HaroldBishop]

Nobody in a current first choice 17 would ask to go there for an opportunity so it would have to be a personal matter.

But if it's so pressing why would priority 1 be Warriors contract.
If it is urgent then ask for leave to go and then worry about trying to organise something. You wouldn't keep training with Sharks hoping they might agree to release you (likely after extensive negotiations with Warriors) if it is so urgent.
Maybe he is in Auckland right now, but last we saw he wasn't.
Could also have gone over xmas/new year break and asked for a release on return I guess, but again if he is only willing to go if he can get a contract it isn't that urgent.

Who knows. We'll have to wait and see.

 

[HaroldBishop]

Will Oregon Kaufusi be able to fill the void?​

Not from an impact perspective.

 

[bort]

If we wanted a forward from Warriors
Bunty Afoa is in last year of contract there so I could see them letting him go for BHU. Him and Rudolf starting together would be kind of glorious.
Kepu twins are meant to be pretty promising although I haven't really seen them, maybe you try get both them for Braden and Caleb.
Tom Ale presumably they'd let go for BHU in an instant, haven't seen much of him but pretty comfortable not too see much more.

Curran presumably still in hot water for punching a kids teeth out, not sure what the go with that is. Doubt Fitz would look that way though. Maybe why they would need a forward.
AFB they wouldn't release and given his issues not sure Fitz would try fight for it either.

Who knows. We'll have to wait and see.

Probably wait and see nothing

 

[Gumby]

Warriors signed Isaac Liu to replace BMM.

Only way I’m letting uele go is if they give us one of Tohu Harris/AFB.

We need a prop already now. No way we should be releasing another one then leaving us 2 props short. Uele will turn out to be a good consistent player. His injuries haven’t been great. He shouldn’t of returned last year. Bloke literally played with 1 arm.

 

[HaroldBishop]

Probably wait and see nothing

I'd be OK with that.

 

[Thresher]

Maybe Braden found out that Fitz was bringing this guy in for the morning wrestle sessions


and that he'd refused to lay off the garlic

 

[Blix]

Not from an impact perspective.

100% agree. For him to become an impact player is going to mean completely changing how he plays…..

 

[Deleted member 2543]

Uele quote from when he re-signed on 20 May 2022.

“It was reported I was happy to stay at the Sharks and play for nothing,” Hamlin-Uele joked. “But in all seriousness, I’m happy here at the Sharks, I think we have a squad that can really do something over the next few years and I never really wanted to play anywhere else".

 

[Western Sharkie]

I’m calling BS unless something serious has arisen with family and he feels he needs to be in NZ.

 

[Tiger Shark]

Didnt his brother just get a train and trial deal ? So if it's family related does that mean both players want to go ?