[quote="Trojan Horse":3o12x01m]Hostplus cup hooker of year 2022 season. Looks to have a good amount of NRL appearances last 2 seasons. Looks like he can field kick and is a pretty good passer of the ball. That’s from a quick search.[/quote:3o12x01m] If this turns out to be true it would be a real sign of intent signing a player in a position we need to improve. Whilst he played last year for Brisbane the reality is he’s well down the pecking order there under Maguire as it’s a position they have identified they need to improve and with Ben Hunt, Walters and a young prodigy coming through in Blake Mozer he will be lucky to get game time so not shocked he’s on the outer. Having said all of the above he’d be a very good pick up for us and his style probably better suited to SL than the NRL, he’s very much in the Matt Parcell mould. Interesting to see who he would replace on the quota though. Again if it turns out to be correct it’s great we are getting our business done early for 2026, I think the lack of stability has left us in the past behind most other clubs in this respect.

[quote="jonh":33blvkx0]Who are the 3? Walmsley Faatili and Atoni? Could be any of those 3 to be fair.[/quote:33blvkx0] Walmsley the most vulnerable for me but we'll find out how they all perform in SL soon enough.

I don’t know, I think Atoni could be just as vulnerable. One things clear if true, there’s 2 spots for 3 and it could be based on form early season. No excuse not to put best feet forward which as professionals in positive they will do.

[quote="Trojan Horse":3qxo1oxp]I don’t know, I think Atoni could be just as vulnerable. One things clear if true, there’s 2 spots for 3 and it could be based on form early season. No excuse not to put best feet forward which as professionals in positive they will do.[/quote:3qxo1oxp] Agree vs Atoni, he needs to prove it against the big boys, ok romping against part timers. He hardly pulled up flags in SL a couple of year back, albeit our team was awful.

[quote="Trojan Horse":3pu9s5vf]I don’t know, I think Atoni could be just as vulnerable. One things clear if true, there’s 2 spots for 3 and it could be based on form early season. No excuse not to put best feet forward which as professionals in positive they will do.[/quote:3pu9s5vf] Although I like Atoni, picking Walmesley is more about the ease to replace him. A lot more English wingers available than props.

[quote="jonh":1vswikyc]Who are the 3? Walmsley Faatili and Atoni? Could be any of those 3 to be fair.[/quote:1vswikyc] I thought Lino’s contract ends this season. I recall that Atoni improved greatly when the work was shared with DF and good props are hard to come by.