Onitoni Large injured

[LeonardCohen]

Where did you hear this? Nothing in the media.

He is probably pissed that he left Wests last year after they extended Galvin. Then Galvin leaves for the Dogs.

Then Manly sign Fogarty - sounds like he wants to play first grade in 2026, not 2027/8.

No idea if it’s true, just rumblings from other posters in this thread. I hate to lose him. I think he can be elite.

 

[R3]

Where did you hear this? Nothing in the media.

He is probably pissed that he left Wests last year after they extended Galvin. Then Galvin leaves for the Dogs.

Then Manly sign Fogarty - sounds like he wants to play first grade in 2026, not 2027/8.

Brooks has paved the way for Large to take over as soon as he returns from injury.
There’s no way Luke Brooks’ 2025 form should stop anyone with potential replacing him.
Brooks has gone so far backwards that I hope he retires. He doesn’t seem interested. He’s not a first grader ‘anymore’ at least!
Seems like a nice guy but the one that will always finish last in this competition

Travis Burns had so much more playmaking creativity than Luke Brooks, and I thought he was a bench hooker playing 6.

 

[XV-1]

Brooks has paved the way for Large to take over as soon as he returns from injury.
There’s no way Luke Brooks’ 2025 form should stop anyone with potential replacing him.
Brooks has gone so far backwards that I hope he retires. He doesn’t seem interested. He’s not a first grader ‘anymore’ at least!
Seems like a nice guy but the one that will always finish last in this competition

Travis Burns had so much more playmaking creativity than Luke Brooks, and I thought he was a bench hooker playing 6.

Who is going to pay 600k+ to take Brooks off our hands in 26 and 27?

 

[Disco]

Who is going to pay 600k+ to take Brooks off our hands in 26 and 27?

We need him in 26 and We'd have no problem someone picking up the tab in 27

 

[LeonardCohen]

Who is going to pay 600k+ to take Brooks off our hands in 26 and 27?

no one but they might pay 400k and we stump up the rest. The reality is pretty much every club in the NRL is paying players to play somewhere else. It’s common across the game and a factor in every club’s management of the cap.

 

[Disco]

no one but they might pay 400k and we stump up the rest. The reality is pretty much every club in the NRL is paying players to play somewhere else. It’s common across the game and a factor in every club’s management of the cap.

Disagree, someone would definitely pick up Brooks at 600k, that is a moderate price for a half in a league where a new team is joining and you have players like Flanagan, Cogger, Nikorima, Humphrey's, Sexton as regular starter alongside your Ilias, Sullivan, Clifford types getting plenty of minutes.