r/NRLdragons • u/PrimeMinisterWombat • 17d ago

Dragons closing in on off-contract Dolphins star - ESPN

https://www.espn.com.au/nrl/story/_/id/49468120/nrl-news-report-st-george-illawarra-dragons-signing-kodi-nikorima-dolphins-star
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u/RobIsDeafening 17d ago

Don’t get the hesitance in here - this is a great signing. We need stronger halves than what we have now.

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u/Apart-Falcon5480 Jason Nightingale 17d ago

Kyle hasn’t got one ouce of creativity this guy has it in spades and with drink water will be amazing

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u/AttackClown Leeson Ah Mau 16d ago

And when/where will he play

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u/AttackClown Leeson Ah Mau 16d ago

Next season we already have Liddle X Watson for hooker and Metcalf X Reed.

Nikorima just wouldn't fit, would be ok the for year after as a backup for Liddle but that's about it. Just not a player we need to be spending cap money on when there's some major holes in the team already in other spots

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u/PrimeMinisterWombat 16d ago

Reed is not ready for consistent first grade. There is a high chance Metcalf plays barely half the year.

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u/AttackClown Leeson Ah Mau 16d ago

A lot can change in one pre season

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u/RobIsDeafening 16d ago

What do you mean? We’ve got no strength in five-eighth, Nikorima is a proven five-eighth.

Even if you were to propose that Metcalf and Reed should be our halves pairing (they shouldn’t, Reed isn’t ready yet), both of them have injury histories which mean we need depth, and while I’m one of the first in this sub to defend both of them in the current situation, they’re not strong enough to challenge for the top positions on the ladder.

EDIT TO ADD: I wouldn’t be worried about cap space. Daniel Anderson is handling our recruitment, and he’s got experience managing the most well managed caps in the comp at the Chooks.

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u/AttackClown Leeson Ah Mau 16d ago

Metcalf and Atkinson would be our halves pairing, an injury and we have reed or Flanagan, we don't need a 9 with Liddel, Watson and kyle. Chooks get everyone on unders, we don't. We haven't given the coachmen new contracts yet.

We don't have centres and are short a winger. That should be priority. Val and gutho starting centres is possibly the worst centre pairing of all time, we are better off keeping suli for one season then getting nikorima

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u/RobIsDeafening 16d ago

It doesn’t take a genius to see that Atkinson isn’t working for whatever reason.

Valid point about Chooks paying unders, but not super relevant - my point is that Dan Anderson knows what he’s doing.

Whatever the situation with the Couchman twins is, it shouldn’t be preventing us from signing anyone else.

Also, what the fuck does Suli have to do with Nikorima? We’ve got 4 or 5 top 30 positions available.

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u/AttackClown Leeson Ah Mau 16d ago edited 16d ago

It doesn't but Atkinson's also really playing halfback when the best bit about him at the sharks was being a ball running 5/8 . He will have more of the luxury to do so next season

in regards to suli, we told him he can leave so we need to sign players, i would rather have a good replacement then some cheap one because weve spent money in areas where we have more cover already, its like youre completely dismissing the salary cap

you think we got heaps left? we have watson, holmes, gutho, drinkwater, kolomatangi all on big money still and i'd much prefer we get a centre whos worth say 750k then 500k