congrats all great news!!

As you know Mopsey, class is permanent

Great signing, his biggest contribution might come on the training ground where his attitude and style might rub off on some others.

Great signing... Watched him on some of the premier sports stuff I have saved... Looked great against souths in this play offs... Scored a try and got stuck in with the tackling too.cronulla wanted to keep him,so not just a cast off.. A bit more fire power in the forwards suits me fine...

Fantastic signing. Wherever we play him, Miller needs to be on his shoulder. That combo could be very fun to watch.

Suprised you say hes past it Vastman at 31. Brad Drew was well past it when he joined us he had lost his speed. Topou had plenty of games under his belt last year. The guy will play under Brian Smith and his character suggests he will want to play aswell. Top signing by the MIGHTY TRINITY!

People talk about props not maturing until they're about 30.
SL is a totally different beast to the NRL.
Tupou is 31 and will be 32 at the start of next season, still plenty of miles in him yet.
On the highlights, Pomeroy always seemed to be lurking where Tupou was running.
Pomeroy may not be quick but he's a big lump of a player and can pass a ball.

Just watched video of Anthony Toupou and he looks like a good signing. Plays a similar game to Ali Lauititi with great offloads and with similar running skills. Great signing for the club by the looks of things. Maybe 2016 is going to be a lot better season. Come on you Trin.

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Don't think vasty said he was past it,he said he was probably past his absolute best,going on the highlights I saw his strength looks to be a running game and while 31 isn't old particular for a forward any sportsman will tell you legs are first thing to go so all that's been said is hopefully we've got a player near the level we've seen on film

I think this guy is in the Menzies/Morrison class of player and should have more than enough left in his legs.
What worries me far more is our older stand off who hardly had anything in his legs in the first place.

I liked Morrison a lot but Tupou's cv is far better.
I think he'll be great for us and Super League as a whole.

I'm not surprised in the least that you didn't read my post properly.

"He's clearly past his absolute best" is nothing like saying he's past it! He was at his peak 6 years ago when he was getting origin and test selection - that is clearly no longer the case is it!!

Hence we are not getting that player, but we are still hopefully getting a really good one - not rocket science is it?