2026 recruitment & retention

[mave]

Perhaps his next career will be giving head

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

 

[Highflier]

Calling it BS on the Staggs rumour. He's an OK player and all, but not required. Unless of course someone's leaving.

yes thats one position we "appear" to have ample depth ,in fact we cant really fit them all in unless someone is injured

 

[madmax]

ok that would be weird considering Staggs game has gone downhill for a while, plus the fact outside backs is where we have depth.

Maybe his game has gone down hill coz he’s not happy at the Broncos?

 

[eaglebuzz]

I don't get why we would go for Staggs when we have Waddell playing first grade regularly. Not the priority.

 

[SeaEagleSI1]

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Knowing our luck if Tom went to the Super League he'd have 5 consecutive injury free seasons and be in the best form of his life.

I hope he stays and just has a very affordable contract. Does what DCE should have done.

 

[Stewbojevic]

Knowing our luck if Tom went to the Super League he'd have 5 consecutive injury free seasons and be in the best form of his life.

I hope he stays and just has a very affordable contract. Does what DCE should have done.

If we could get Jake for $500k and Tom for $900k it’s a win

 

[MissKate]

If we could get Jake for $500k and Tom for $900k it’s a win

I agree, however do you get the feeling that the nrl will step in and screw us over into paying them more

 

[Woodsie]

Manly have opened talks to re-sign off-contract duo Siosiua Taukeiaho and Jazz Tevaga, with the latter revealing he has played the past month with a fractured rib.

Taukeiaho and Tevaga both landed at the Sea Eagles on one-year deals over the summer, and are both likely to earn one-year extensions.

The Sea Eagles are on something of a re-signing spree at the moment, with fellow forward Ethan Bullemor closing in on a four-year extension at the club.

Manly have also moved to begin talks with Tom and Jake Trbojevic, who are off contract at the end of 2026 and free agents from November 1 this year.

Talks are also ongoing with young winger Clayton Faulalo, while Manly are keen to keep fellow off-contract outside back Tommy Talau.

"We've started discussions with Jazz and Siua," Manly CEO Tony Mestrov told AAP.

Jazz Tevaga, who joined Manly from the Warriors, has been playing with a fractured rib.

"Siua came for a year, had a few injuries, but his leg speed has been great, and Jazz is a tough bugger.

"Siua and Jazz have probably been two of our best forwards this year. They've added to the culture of what we're trying to do, being tough and relentless.

"We've started discussions, just started with both, with a view to keeping them next year and extending them."

Taukeiaho's talks come after Manly offered him a lifeline over the summer, after he failed a medical at Canterbury in 2023 and was released by Catalans last year.

The former Sydney Roosters premiership winner won't face Newcastle on Thursday because of a calf strain, but has been one of Manly's most reliable players this year.

Tevaga, meanwhile, took something of a gamble when he knocked back an offer from the Warriors to move to Australia on his one-year deal.

After filling in at dummy-half to start the year, he has been particularly good in his preferred spot of lock in recent weeks with Jake Trbojevic out.

"I put all my eggs in this basket," Tevaga said.

"I'd prefer to stay. We came over here for an opportunity. I feel like I've lived up to the transaction. Hopefully we can get something across the line.

"I'm no Isaah Yeo or anything, but I feel like it's working well (at lock) and giving me a good balance."

Tevaga will go back to the bench this week with Trbojevic returning at No.13, having also required needles on a fractured rib suffered in round eight against Penrith.

"I've been battling and it doesn't help when you lose a few players, but It's getting better," Tevaga said.

"At first it was a rib cartilage, and then I copped a whack on it, and with the rib cartilage out, it just threw me in a vulnerable position.

"I was going to sit out the Sharks game ... If you watch it I just couldn't wrestle. In the play-the-ball, I couldn't fight, because it was just in pain, but the jab helps it."

 

[Phobia]

Manly have opened talks to re-sign off-contract duo Siosiua Taukeiaho and Jazz Tevaga, with the latter revealing he has played the past month with a fractured rib.

Taukeiaho and Tevaga both landed at the Sea Eagles on one-year deals over the summer, and are both likely to earn one-year extensions.

The Sea Eagles are on something of a re-signing spree at the moment, with fellow forward Ethan Bullemor closing in on a four-year extension at the club.

Manly have also moved to begin talks with Tom and Jake Trbojevic, who are off contract at the end of 2026 and free agents from November 1 this year.

Talks are also ongoing with young winger Clayton Faulalo, while Manly are keen to keep fellow off-contract outside back Tommy Talau.

"We've started discussions with Jazz and Siua," Manly CEO Tony Mestrov told AAP.

Jazz Tevaga, who joined Manly from the Warriors, has been playing with a fractured rib.

"Siua came for a year, had a few injuries, but his leg speed has been great, and Jazz is a tough bugger.

"Siua and Jazz have probably been two of our best forwards this year. They've added to the culture of what we're trying to do, being tough and relentless.

"We've started discussions, just started with both, with a view to keeping them next year and extending them."

Taukeiaho's talks come after Manly offered him a lifeline over the summer, after he failed a medical at Canterbury in 2023 and was released by Catalans last year.

The former Sydney Roosters premiership winner won't face Newcastle on Thursday because of a calf strain, but has been one of Manly's most reliable players this year.

Tevaga, meanwhile, took something of a gamble when he knocked back an offer from the Warriors to move to Australia on his one-year deal.

After filling in at dummy-half to start the year, he has been particularly good in his preferred spot of lock in recent weeks with Jake Trbojevic out.

"I put all my eggs in this basket," Tevaga said.

"I'd prefer to stay. We came over here for an opportunity. I feel like I've lived up to the transaction. Hopefully we can get something across the line.

"I'm no Isaah Yeo or anything, but I feel like it's working well (at lock) and giving me a good balance."

Tevaga will go back to the bench this week with Trbojevic returning at No.13, having also required needles on a fractured rib suffered in round eight against Penrith.

"I've been battling and it doesn't help when you lose a few players, but It's getting better," Tevaga said.

"At first it was a rib cartilage, and then I copped a whack on it, and with the rib cartilage out, it just threw me in a vulnerable position.

"I was going to sit out the Sharks game ... If you watch it I just couldn't wrestle. In the play-the-ball, I couldn't fight, because it was just in pain, but the jab helps it."

I believe one of the main reasons they signed TKO was to bring Paseka to the next level... Obviously that hasn't occured, so I think it's worthwhile to give him one more year to help him get to the next level.

Everyone else certainly deserves to be re-signed. None of them will break the bank either. Much better having these people in the low roster spots than the Mattersons and James of the world.

 

[krusty]

I agree, however do you get the feeling that the nrl will step in and screw us over into paying them more

Surely since Galvin was offered 1.1m to stay at tigers but took $750k at bulldogs and no NRL issues with that then turbo on $750k and Jurbo on $550k can’t be knocked back

 

[nightster]

ok that would be weird considering Staggs game has gone downhill for a while, plus the fact outside backs is where we have depth.

Stick him in the pack

 

[Thewestisbest]

Surely since Galvin was offered 1.1m to stay at tigers but took $750k at bulldogs and no NRL issues with that then turbo on $750k and Jurbo on $550k can’t be knocked back

You'd think so yes. The Roosters sand Storm are constantly signing players on unders "who want to win a premiership." Let's see if the V man and Abdo can apply the fair market value rule more consistently than their predecessors.

 

[nightster]

I agree, however do you get the feeling that the nrl will step in and screw us over into paying them more

Well we were up against the anti Manly, NRL CEO Greenturd back then, we were getting shafted from pillar to post then and Jurbo & Turbo are NRL favourites

 

[Pete W]

Manly have opened talks to re-sign off-contract duo Siosiua Taukeiaho and Jazz Tevaga, with the latter revealing he has played the past month with a fractured rib.

Taukeiaho and Tevaga both landed at the Sea Eagles on one-year deals over the summer, and are both likely to earn one-year extensions.

The Sea Eagles are on something of a re-signing spree at the moment, with fellow forward Ethan Bullemor closing in on a four-year extension at the club.

Manly have also moved to begin talks with Tom and Jake Trbojevic, who are off contract at the end of 2026 and free agents from November 1 this year.

Talks are also ongoing with young winger Clayton Faulalo, while Manly are keen to keep fellow off-contract outside back Tommy Talau.

"We've started discussions with Jazz and Siua," Manly CEO Tony Mestrov told AAP.

Jazz Tevaga, who joined Manly from the Warriors, has been playing with a fractured rib.

"Siua came for a year, had a few injuries, but his leg speed has been great, and Jazz is a tough bugger.

"Siua and Jazz have probably been two of our best forwards this year. They've added to the culture of what we're trying to do, being tough and relentless.

"We've started discussions, just started with both, with a view to keeping them next year and extending them."

Taukeiaho's talks come after Manly offered him a lifeline over the summer, after he failed a medical at Canterbury in 2023 and was released by Catalans last year.

The former Sydney Roosters premiership winner won't face Newcastle on Thursday because of a calf strain, but has been one of Manly's most reliable players this year.

Tevaga, meanwhile, took something of a gamble when he knocked back an offer from the Warriors to move to Australia on his one-year deal.

After filling in at dummy-half to start the year, he has been particularly good in his preferred spot of lock in recent weeks with Jake Trbojevic out.

"I put all my eggs in this basket," Tevaga said.

"I'd prefer to stay. We came over here for an opportunity. I feel like I've lived up to the transaction. Hopefully we can get something across the line.

"I'm no Isaah Yeo or anything, but I feel like it's working well (at lock) and giving me a good balance."

Tevaga will go back to the bench this week with Trbojevic returning at No.13, having also required needles on a fractured rib suffered in round eight against Penrith.

"I've been battling and it doesn't help when you lose a few players, but It's getting better," Tevaga said.

"At first it was a rib cartilage, and then I copped a whack on it, and with the rib cartilage out, it just threw me in a vulnerable position.

"I was going to sit out the Sharks game ... If you watch it I just couldn't wrestle. In the play-the-ball, I couldn't fight, because it was just in pain, but the jab helps it."

I'm a little confused. No doubt, Siua and Jazz have played well. But if they are re-signed, then our middle third list signed for 2026 is J.Trbojevic, Paseka, Aloiai, Bullemor*, Tevaga*, Taukeiaho*, Brown, Waddell, Navale, Laifai.

So the untried Laifai for Sipley is the only change our great club feels is needed for our middle third?

If Waddell is played as a middle (which he should be), then our edge foreward list is Ola'akautu, B.Trbojevic,...?

Seems that our only area of recruitment, aside from Fogarty, may be in the 2nd row. Can Staggs play as an edge forward?

 

[Highflier]

Yes we were always getting special attention from that discredited, dishonourable ,beady eyed ,bald headed dickhead. Thank god he was flushed from the NRL like the obnoxious little turd he was ,good riddance to that bad bad rubbish. Glad he is running some other sport into the ground, he was not qualified to run the school canteen let alone the NRL .
PVL and Abdo aren't perfect but compared to Greenturd its Caviar versus **** sandwich's ,which he regularly tried jam down Manlys throat
I think he was always bitter about the fact that his big sneaky coup on dismantling Manly and re assembling it at the Dogs never ended in a Premiership.
Bad luck f wit !!!

 

[47MVEagle]

-Let DCE go
-Sign Fogarty
-Re-sign Turbo & Jurbo on reduced deals
-Keep Faulalo
-Keep Talau
-Keep Tevaga
-Keep TKO

I like the look of this, looks like the bones of a good squad that also frees up some cash to get in a marquee forward.

Interesting times.

 

[JakeyB789]

Would hope those Staggs rumours are BS, absolutely zero reason to sign him with our already stacked backline.

No issue with Jazz and TKO earning extensions, they have been good contributors this year and one year makes sense unlike the multi-year contracts we have given to Waddell, Aloiai and Brown recently. Better to have guys like these continually playing for contracts rather than having long term safety.

If we do indeed have money to spend after replacing $CE with Fogarty and with whatever happens with the Trbo's, time to have a crack at Haas IMO

 

[MissKate]

If we re-sign Tom then which back(s) do we lose

 

[Thewestisbest]

The Trbojevic clan are true Manly people who love the club in the same way that Beaver Menzies did. Turbo and Jake putting the club first. Boy I hope we somehow manage to win a Premiership for these two. Ben T is fast becoming an excellent backrower. Let's smash the Knights tomorrow night!