From what i am hearing Weyman is staying home as well. I thought Costigan was ok and a liitle bemused to see how much flack he is getting.With so many changes it will take a great coach to do well ,is Chester a great coach?

I thought costigan was excellent our best defender by a mile

Hopefully the loss of his good defence will be lessened by having other better defenders in the squad than previously,to cover, time will tell, end of the day if they don't want to be here we're better off without them!

If Weyman does stay at home that means Rovers have lost
Poore
Costigen
Walker J
Weyman
Hodgson J
Lovegrove
Netherton
That's six players who either were front rowers or could cover the prop position too many IMO with none coming in looks bleak to me What makes it worse there are none around half as good as the worst of the bunch Come on Chester and Smith now earn your money do something about it NOW

What's the odds on one or both of them re-surfacing under their old mentor Wayne Bennett at Brisbane ?

its gonna be a roller coaster ride for sure

Fearing the worst for next season tbh, new back line and halves is bad enough, but a new pack as well?! All this with an inexperienced coach... we're going to struggle

I'm suddenly starting to get a bit worried.

Is it Chester? Have they seen enough of him they want to get away?

Is cancelling the Tenerife trip such a good thing in hindsight?

Do they do refunds on season passes?


Roll on February

If Costigan goes to Brisbane it will confirm that Bennett is officially senile.
At Newcastle he got rid of a heap of young guys and filled the roster with guys on the wrong side of 30 who were once great.
So far at Brisbane he has got rid of 3 or 4 great young prospects to make way for old favourites, and he is mostly got rid of props.
Costigan has had a great career, but he must be ready to retire now.
If he pops up at Brisbane, Bennett's 1.4 million dollar paycheck looks like the worst investment in RL history.

so roopy who is availble over in aus forward wise for kr to sign

Newcastle can't find any props.
Bennett let Hannet, Kennedy and another go from Brisbane and they all got snapped up.
We got young Jack Stockwell from Saints.
I hear Merrin from Saints is on the market for $800k a season - and he might get it in the current market. In the last few days old Willie Mason, Richie Faaoso and even Danny Wicks have got contracts.

Look like. Fui Fui Moi Moi at 35 looks a good prospect

He doesn't even look good in reserve grade these days.

There were fears that Weyman might stay in Aussie but apparently he is returning to Hull Kr next season.

the broncos were over or close to the salary cap though for next season, release younger players who probably would have salaries raised over the next few seasons and bring in over the hill players at a cheaper rate to fill the roster!