2026 recruitment & retention

[Damien2812]

According to the media Adam Doueihi interested in Manly??? Apparently Jake to permanent front row with Doueihi 13! Sounds interesting…..

Why not? Plenty of his mates at Manly.. 🤭

 

[eaglebuzz]

Why not? Plenty of his mates at Manly.. 🤭

As with every other tigers player we have signed - if we get him cheap enough I'd be ok with it.

But I don't think he's what we need.

 

[Buddy Love]

As with every other tigers player we have signed - if we get him cheap enough I'd be ok with it.

But I don't think he's what we need.

He's a good footballer he is just plagued with injuries. I think he could of become a very good player without all that.

As for coming to us well.. Jake needs to goto prop the game has gone past him. Us not playing jazz in the 13 has been criminal really but if douhei is a good price under 400k I'd be happy with him joining us to play the 13. He is only 26 or thereabouts and can play alot of positions adequately. At 400k He's more value than Jake 🤣

 

[Rafferty]

Hope not, while he can cover a lot of potions and would be handy in a reshuffle, his way to lazy for mine, you need players with a high work rate and Doueihi just isn’t that player.

 

[ManlyTragic]

As with every other tigers player we have signed - if we get him cheap enough I'd be ok with it.

But I don't think he's what we need.

… that’s what my wife says when she shops on Temu!

 

[Phobia]

Personally, my opinion has shifted on Jake moving to prop.

You need your prop to put out 100m+ every game. That is not Jake's strength. People try to pigeonhole him into the prop basket, but it is simply not where he is the most effective.

Also, moving him to prop has already been done this year, and IMO, that was his worst game all year. If he's not making 100m+ at lock, why would he be doing it at prop? It's literally just a different number.

Making him run a considerable amount takes the sting out of his defence, and particularly leads him to falling behind in other areas in which our team lacks - namely ball-playing middles. Being a prop at Origin level for 20 mins is very different to being a 40min+ prop at NRL level. It's a similar story for Ben Hunt playing 9 at the Broncos and not firing.

What a prop needs to do week-in, week-out, at the NRL level is demanding, and is better performed by idiot meatballs like Lodge, who are considerably cheaper. Jake playing in the valuable areas, that he is suited to anyway, is far more important. I don't get the people saying "he's not a running threat and so can't play lock". Last I checked he's still 100 kilos of muscle running at your face. Oppositions need to respect that, and do. It's an overrated perspective.

Also, you'll never hear these calls from the ex-players or the media, because they understand the value of him at lock. Supercoach has changed the meaning of a "good" game. The stats won't tell you this, but I thought Jake was better than TKO last week. Many commentators agreed.

 

[Pete W]

According to the media Adam Doueihi interested in Manly??? Apparently Jake to permanent front row with Doueihi 13! Sounds interesting…..

Big no from me. Better to give more game time to guys like Navale, Muagututia etc and bring in the highest quality recruit we can possibly land when the opportunity presents itself. He's a decent enough player but not worth a spot in our 30

 

[XV-1]

As with every other tigers player we have signed - if we get him cheap enough I'd be ok with it.

But I don't think he's what we need.

West's have upped their 350k offer - assume it's now 400k.

So, cheap is not 450k. But he is being mentored by Seibold coach Moses. But at age 27, he is not part of the I don’t need to develop and coach narrative of Seibold.

 

[mutley]

i dont think hes a bad option, canterbury have proved there is value in having utility type players who can play multiple positions. If brooks or fogarty go down or both together we dont have much experience other than untried rookies he can fill those voids and still be a 13 or bench type player

 

[Buddy Love]

Nah that's on hoppa he should of gone through the hands

 

[Simonmyers11]

We are surely looking at Luke Garner for 2026. He has been playing great. Solid in defence, can fill in at centre. Waddell is a liability, and having Burbo fill in the centre never works.

We need another solid, reliable back rower more than any other position.

 

[Thomoeagle]

We are surely looking at Luke Garner for 2026. He has been playing great. Solid in defence, can fill in at centre. Waddell is a liability, and having Burbo fill in the centre never works.

We need another solid, reliable back rower more than any other position.

We were, he knocked 3 offers back to stay at Penrith. Keeps him available for an offer from Perth also I suppose

 

[Cliffycomeback]

We are surely looking at Luke Garner for 2026. He has been playing great. Solid in defence, can fill in at centre. Waddell is a liability, and having Burbo fill in the centre never works.

We need another solid, reliable back rower more than any other position.

I'd suggest we need two.

 

[Ron E. Gibbs]

We were, he knocked 3 offers back to stay at Penrith. Keeps him available for an offer from Perth also I suppose

We should probably stop trying to get Garner back here every time he's off contract. Clearly, he's just not that into us…

 

[Eagledare2dream]

Thanks. Sounds like we're ... going shopping!

Great I'll carry the shopping bags, even push the trolley if we get a few.

 

[Eagledare2dream]

Thanks. Sounds like we're ... going shopping!

Great I'll carry the shopping bags, even push the trolley if we get a few

Hope not, while he can cover a lot of potions and would be handy in a reshuffle, his way to lazy for mine, you need players with a high work rate and Doueihi just isn’t that player.

Maybe his coach is worse than seibhole