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Re: 5 worst overseas signings …… : Fri Dec 30, 2022 2:08 pm  
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Tetevano's up there, bang average but paid like a super star, Thank god its his last year.

But is it?????? Every time Rohan mentions him he goes out of his way to praise him. It's going to be very interesting to see what they do with the overseas spots this year, especially if the likes of Tetavano are prepared to take substantially reduced contracts. For the record I hope he does go, but I'm not 100% sure he will.
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Re: 5 worst overseas signings …… : Fri Dec 30, 2022 2:12 pm  
Falloon, Mullins, Lolohea, Eastwood and Mark O'Neill would all be up there. Extra man Paul Bell.

Falloon and Lolohea would be tops because they were signed into absolutely key positions and were awful. You can get away with a centre being a bit meh, but not supposedly your star halfback and hooker. I'm glad Lolohea has turned it around, but turning up at Leeds in the state he was physically was a disgrace for a pro sportsman. Letting him play while looking like he could just about play half a game for a pub football team was a mark of a weak coach and a team that had utterly lost its way.

Tetevano would probably be OK if he's on a vastly reduced wage. Smith certainly seems to like his attitude in training etc as a good influence round the club, but at some stage he has to transfer that to the field or its all a bit pointless. It could all just be about getting the best out of him for one year - having seen what happened this off season I've no doubt he'll get flicked if he doesn't pick up a fair bit.
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Re: 5 worst overseas signings …… : Sat Dec 31, 2022 1:09 pm  
I think we need to be clearer on criteria here. There's a big difference between a big name on big money (e.g. Brett Mullins), an NRL struggler who doesn't live up to expectations in SL (e.g. Lolohea at Leeds), an NRL reserve-grader who doesn't cut it (Achurch, Vickery), and a potentially decent player who was just unlucky with injuries (Paul Bell).

In SL, while we've had plenty come over from the NRL who haven't set SL on fire, I think we've been lucky to avoid some of the outright howlers of big money signings that other SL clubs have punted for, e.g. Mark Carroll, Matt Orford, Gareth Widdop, Chris Sandow, and pretty much everyone Warrington have thrown big contracts at in the last 15 years.

While it is fair to say that we wanted to see more from the likes of Hurrell, Merrin, Toopi, Galloway etc, all of them gave us solid service in their own way.
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Re: 5 worst overseas signings …… : Sun Jan 01, 2023 7:47 am  
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But is it?????? Every time Rohan mentions him he goes out of his way to praise him. It's going to be very interesting to see what they do with the overseas spots this year, especially if the likes of Tetavano are prepared to take substantially reduced contracts. For the record I hope he does go, but I'm not 100% sure he will.

Its his last year on his mega contract either way, really hope we dont retain him, but if we do, it would be easier to stomach if he's on a contract that reflects his performance.
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Re: 5 worst overseas signings …… : Sun Jan 01, 2023 8:25 am  
If you're on the big money you have to play like it.

If you were to ask someone, who wasn't aware, who the Rhinos prop on big money was you'd get the answer Oledzki
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Re: 5 worst overseas signings …… : Sun Jan 01, 2023 9:20 am  
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If you're on the big money you have to play like it.

If you were to ask someone, who wasn't aware, who the Rhinos prop on big money was you'd get the answer Oledzki

Absolutely. It's just that Rohan, and Agar before him, really talk Tetevano up.
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Re: 5 worst overseas signings …… : Sun Jan 01, 2023 11:16 am  
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Absolutely. It's just that Rohan, and Agar before him, really talk Tetevano up.


Jarrod O'connor speaks highly of him too

Which is nice.

But we didn't sign him to be just spoken highly of unfortunately

He has failed as a signing on such an enormous scale only a cup or GF win could change that
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Re: 5 worst overseas signings …… : Sun Jan 01, 2023 12:47 pm  
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He has failed as a signing on such an enormous scale only a cup or GF win could change that


There'd be a lot of terrible overseas signings if the they were judged on what trophies they'd won...
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Re: 5 worst overseas signings …… : Tue Jan 03, 2023 8:43 pm  
Having re-watched the Wigan play-off, there's a quality moment from Tetevano in which he puts a belter of a legal tackle on Smithies, which stopped Wigan in a crucial position. IIRC he put on a similarly legal hit in the GF.

I thought Tetevano improved markedly since the large ban he received after clothes-lining Hurrell. There's a good chance he will redeem himself further in 2023. It may be more of a Clinton Toopi style redemption (especially if he sticks with the legal hard tackles), but I'd take that in a more competitive pack.
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Re: 5 worst overseas signings …… : Tue Jan 03, 2023 11:37 pm  
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Its his last year on his mega contract either way, really hope we dont retain him, but if we do, it would be easier to stomach if he's on a contract that reflects his performance.
I think he will find a club in the NRL now that their cap has increased by 25%.He would have to improve loads to be offered a decent contract.I would be looking at Matty English to replace Tet.
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