MWSE Squad Contract Status & Top 30 List
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Bearfax
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Unfortunately we cant see behind the scenes and know what is happening day by day. New signings suddenly appear and its obvious that negotiations have been going on for weeks, maybe months. We only see the outcomes. With Walker, as with I suspect Sione Fainu, and perhaps a couple of potential extensions, negotiations are well under way I suspect. Its been reported Walker has been offered a deal to stay. Maybe he's still considering his options, maybe he's near signing, maybe he has signed but it hasn't yet be revealed ( though I doubt this one because there would be no reason to delay). I suspect Dylan has had the offer, is discussing the fine print and we'll hear he's signed soon. That's as best we can expect. Same with Sione Fainu. An educated guess as they say.
Stewbojevic
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Also one more development spot… it’ll be interesting to see where we look to bolster. Hopefully a genuine backup fullback takes one of the spots!
Another edge forward, centre/ wing can't see us having to much coin to spend but definitely need that backup fullback
ManlyTragic
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Mate it’s now the off- season.
You will probably find that he is having a pizza while playing on his ps4
Just sayin’
40 years an eagle
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It was reported here months ago that a contract had been tabled to Walker. This has been going on a looong time so I guess that initial offer was not acceptable and some type of middle ground is being sought.
Bearfax
Grizzly old fart
Bearfax
Grizzly old fart
Standard contract negotiations surely. They offer something lower than you expect, you suggest something beyond what you expect to get and eventually a middle agreement is or is not reached. Ambit claim negotiations where neither really expect the first offers and counter offers to be accepted.
ManlyTragic
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40 years an eagle
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The point I was making is that it has taken a long time already.
Bearfax
Grizzly old fart
Finger nails grow at a very slow pace but over millions of years continents travelling at that pace close oceans. Besides Manly Magic pointed out, one has to get one's priorities in order and PS4 occupies a lot of time.
The "confirmed" was my wording. I left Walker (and Sione Fainu) on the lists because they weren't officially farewelled and therefore still in the mix I assume. So yes, unsigned but not confirmed yet.
Supreme Leader
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He's obviously got in the wrong Uber to deliver the signed contract
Latu Fainu signed for 4 years along with confirmation brother Sammy contracted till 2024. Sione and Manase signed till end of 2022
Latu Fainu has just signed a contract that could result in him becoming the highest paid player still to reach NRL level.
Just months after celebrating his 16th birthday, Fainu has inked a mammoth four-year deal with Manly. If he hits the performance targets in his contract extension, the teen pivot will earn a seven-figure amount during that period.
Latu Fainu with parents Lile and Chris at their home on the northern beaches.Credit:Renee Nowytarger
Moses Suli made history as the game’s highest-paid teen when he signed a three-year, $1.3 million contract extension in 2017 with Wests Tigers at the age of 18. The Sun-Herald can reveal Fainu will outstrip that figure if he triggers a series of bonus benchmarks once the deal kicks in next season.
Rival clubs – including Parramatta, the Warriors and the Dolphins – were lining up with their chequebooks in a bid to prise Fainu from the northern beaches. However, the opportunity to secure his financial future and potentially play first-grade alongside his three brothers – including suspended Manly hooker Manase Fainu – proved impossible to turn down.
In a further boost to the club, older brother Samuela Fainu – a 17-year-old forward – also extended his contract until the end of 2024. Sione Fainu, a promising 20-year-old prop, is on the club’s books as well.
“It’s a dream come true,” Latu said. “It’s great to be able to stay here with my brothers. Hopefully we get the chance to all play in the NRL together. That would mean a lot to the family.”
(From left) Latu Fainu with his brothers Sione, Manase and Samuela.Credit:Nick Moir
Good judges believe Fainu has the talent to make it to the very top after the five-eighth was named the player of the series in the Harold Matthews Cup. The achievement is all the more impressive given he was the standout in the under-17s competition – he had a hand in four of his side’s five tries in the grand final win against Parramatta – when he was still aged 15.
Latu recently agreed to become an Adidas ambassador, and is believed to be the youngest Australian athlete to do so.
When asked what he planned to do with the windfall coming his way, Latu said: “I want to buy my mum a house. To be able to do that would be a dream come true. That’s what I want to do.”
Told about Latu’s intentions, his mother Lile – who has eight children – became tearful.
“We are just humbled they think of us,” Lile said. “Most kids now take off and live their own life. These kids always remember home and we’re just grateful and humbled they think of us.
“We’ve had to go through a lot to make ends meet when they were growing up. While growing up it was just their father [Chris] working and we were living on one income. They knew the drill; they would ask me for some money and we would have no money, it was ‘Wait until payday’.
“They knew why we had no things, why there was no money to buy a loaf of bread. The struggle is real and they understand it. I think that’s what made them push more to excel in their careers.
“My husband and I have felt it in each of them. They looked at how we’ve struggled, so they try to work hard to make their lives more comfortable. I don’t need to be rich, I just want them to enjoy their life.”
Fainu is tipped to push his way into the NRL about the same time Manly captain and playmaker Daly Cherry-Evans finishes his career.
“Latu is one of the game’s brightest stars and there was a lot of interest in him, but he couldn’t be happier to secure his future at the Sea Eagles,” said Mario Tartak of Crown Sports, the manager who also brokered the Suli deal. “Good judges believe he has the potential to become an absolute superstar.
“All four of the boys feel at home at Manly and, hopefully, they will fulfil their dream of playing in the NRL together.”
The new deal will further shine the spotlight on Latu, but big brother Manase doesn’t think he’s the best footballer in the family.
“I back Sammy [Samuela],” he said. “He’s a big boy; I’d back him to be the best of all of us. He grew up playing at half, he’s got all the skills in the world and he’s got the size, too.”
The family is hopeful it can emulate the feats of the Burgess brothers – Rabbitohs Sam, Tom, Luke and George – who were the last quartet of siblings to take the field at the same time in 2013.
“That would be something very special,” Fainu said.
Sixteen-year-old sensation signs record-breaking NRL contract
By Adrian Proszenko
November 14, 2021 — 5.19amLatu Fainu has just signed a contract that could result in him becoming the highest paid player still to reach NRL level.
Just months after celebrating his 16th birthday, Fainu has inked a mammoth four-year deal with Manly. If he hits the performance targets in his contract extension, the teen pivot will earn a seven-figure amount during that period.
Latu Fainu with parents Lile and Chris at their home on the northern beaches.Credit:Renee Nowytarger
Moses Suli made history as the game’s highest-paid teen when he signed a three-year, $1.3 million contract extension in 2017 with Wests Tigers at the age of 18. The Sun-Herald can reveal Fainu will outstrip that figure if he triggers a series of bonus benchmarks once the deal kicks in next season.
Rival clubs – including Parramatta, the Warriors and the Dolphins – were lining up with their chequebooks in a bid to prise Fainu from the northern beaches. However, the opportunity to secure his financial future and potentially play first-grade alongside his three brothers – including suspended Manly hooker Manase Fainu – proved impossible to turn down.
In a further boost to the club, older brother Samuela Fainu – a 17-year-old forward – also extended his contract until the end of 2024. Sione Fainu, a promising 20-year-old prop, is on the club’s books as well.
“It’s a dream come true,” Latu said. “It’s great to be able to stay here with my brothers. Hopefully we get the chance to all play in the NRL together. That would mean a lot to the family.”
(From left) Latu Fainu with his brothers Sione, Manase and Samuela.Credit:Nick Moir
Good judges believe Fainu has the talent to make it to the very top after the five-eighth was named the player of the series in the Harold Matthews Cup. The achievement is all the more impressive given he was the standout in the under-17s competition – he had a hand in four of his side’s five tries in the grand final win against Parramatta – when he was still aged 15.
Latu recently agreed to become an Adidas ambassador, and is believed to be the youngest Australian athlete to do so.
When asked what he planned to do with the windfall coming his way, Latu said: “I want to buy my mum a house. To be able to do that would be a dream come true. That’s what I want to do.”
Told about Latu’s intentions, his mother Lile – who has eight children – became tearful.
“We are just humbled they think of us,” Lile said. “Most kids now take off and live their own life. These kids always remember home and we’re just grateful and humbled they think of us.
“We’ve had to go through a lot to make ends meet when they were growing up. While growing up it was just their father [Chris] working and we were living on one income. They knew the drill; they would ask me for some money and we would have no money, it was ‘Wait until payday’.
“They knew why we had no things, why there was no money to buy a loaf of bread. The struggle is real and they understand it. I think that’s what made them push more to excel in their careers.
“My husband and I have felt it in each of them. They looked at how we’ve struggled, so they try to work hard to make their lives more comfortable. I don’t need to be rich, I just want them to enjoy their life.”
Fainu is tipped to push his way into the NRL about the same time Manly captain and playmaker Daly Cherry-Evans finishes his career.
“Latu is one of the game’s brightest stars and there was a lot of interest in him, but he couldn’t be happier to secure his future at the Sea Eagles,” said Mario Tartak of Crown Sports, the manager who also brokered the Suli deal. “Good judges believe he has the potential to become an absolute superstar.
“All four of the boys feel at home at Manly and, hopefully, they will fulfil their dream of playing in the NRL together.”
The new deal will further shine the spotlight on Latu, but big brother Manase doesn’t think he’s the best footballer in the family.
“I back Sammy [Samuela],” he said. “He’s a big boy; I’d back him to be the best of all of us. He grew up playing at half, he’s got all the skills in the world and he’s got the size, too.”
The family is hopeful it can emulate the feats of the Burgess brothers – Rabbitohs Sam, Tom, Luke and George – who were the last quartet of siblings to take the field at the same time in 2013.
“That would be something very special,” Fainu said.
Walker signed for 2022.
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Sea Eagles re-sign Dylan Walker
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles are pleased to announce the re-signing of Dylan Walker to the end of the 2022 season.
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And then there are 3 spots plus a Development spot.
Manly Sea Eagles
| Josh Aloiai | 2022 | 2023 | |||
| Morgan Boyle | 2022 | ||||
| Ethan Bullemor | 2022 | 2023 | |||
| Daly Cherry-Evans | 2022 | 2023 | |||
| Lachlan Croker | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | ||
| Andrew Davey | 2022 | ||||
| Sione Fainu | Released | ||||
| Kieran Foran | 2022 | ||||
| Reuben Garrick | 2022 | 2023 | |||
| Morgan Harper | 2022 | 2023 | |||
| Sean Keppie | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | ||
| Tolutau Koula | 2022 | ||||
| Karl Lawton | 2022 | ||||
| Haumole Olakau'atu | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | ||
| Brad Parker | 2022 | 2023 | |||
| Taniela Paseka | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | ||
| Jason Saab | 2022 | 2023 | |||
| Josh Schuster | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | ||
| Toafofoa Sipley | 2022 | 2023 | |||
| Jorge Taufua | 2022 | ||||
| Martin Taupau | 2022 | ||||
| Ben Trbojevic | 2022 | ||||
| Jake Trbojevic | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
| Tom Trbojevic | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
| Christian Tuipulotu | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | ||
| Alec Tu'itavake | 2022 | 2023 | |||
| Dylan Walker | 2022 |
Development List
| Gordon Chan Kum Tong | 2022 | 2023 | |
| Jamie Humphreys | 2022 | 2023 | |
| Kaeo Weekes | 2022 |
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Lawton extends to 2024
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Karl Lawton signs extended deal with Sea Eagles
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles have today extended the contract of Karl Lawton to the end of the 2024 season.
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2 really (1 kept for M. Fainu).
From club website - 09/12/21
Josh Aloiai, Morgan Boyle, Ethan Bullemor, Daly Cherry-Evans, Lachlan Croker, Andrew Davey, Sione Fainu, Kieran Foran, Reuben Garrick, Morgan Harper, Sean Keppie, Tolutau Koula, Karl Lawson (sic), Haumole Olakau’atu, Brad Parker, Taniela Paseka, Jason Saab, Josh Schuster, Toafofoa Sipley, Jorge Taufua, Martin Taupau, Ben Trbojevic, Jake Trbojevic, Tom Trbojevic, Christian Tuipulotu, Alec Tuitavake, Dylan Walker, Kaeo Weekes, two positions to be filled.
Gordon Chan Kum Tong, Jamie Humphreys, Jacob Sykes.
Train and Trial
Kurt De Luis, Viliami Fifita, Troy Dargan, James Roumanos, Jordin Leiu, Eiden Ackland, Ray Vaega
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Sea Eagles Top 30 squad
Josh Aloiai, Morgan Boyle, Ethan Bullemor, Daly Cherry-Evans, Lachlan Croker, Andrew Davey, Sione Fainu, Kieran Foran, Reuben Garrick, Morgan Harper, Sean Keppie, Tolutau Koula, Karl Lawson (sic), Haumole Olakau’atu, Brad Parker, Taniela Paseka, Jason Saab, Josh Schuster, Toafofoa Sipley, Jorge Taufua, Martin Taupau, Ben Trbojevic, Jake Trbojevic, Tom Trbojevic, Christian Tuipulotu, Alec Tuitavake, Dylan Walker, Kaeo Weekes, two positions to be filled.
Development Squad
Gordon Chan Kum Tong, Jamie Humphreys, Jacob Sykes.
Train and Trial
Kurt De Luis, Viliami Fifita, Troy Dargan, James Roumanos, Jordin Leiu, Eiden Ackland, Ray Vaega
Sea Eagles stars return to full training
Several of Manly Warringah Sea Eagles most experienced players have today returned to full-time training for the 2022 Telstra Premiership season.
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