He's better than most of the ones we currently have, so yes.

if your hoping he will come you will be disappointed

Think with 8 props we're sorted in that dept.

Yeah just wishful thinking really.

A player I would be looking at is Liam Kay. Always been impressed with him, really versitile and a great attitude.

Used to play in our academy. Not sure where he gets in our team now.

I think he has played everywhere except prop. Hence his versitility is valuable.
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Guy Armitage is a fantastic addition. A backline of Ok, Armitage, Taufua is one physical 3/4 line and throw in the try scoring capabilities of Gill or Myers and that is some serious set of backs.

The awesome foursome have moved from being Props to being the 3/4 line haha

Squad pretty much done by the looks of it. Maybe another winger needed to cover for Taufua and Okunbor but expect Myers to cover wing and centre next year.

A solid looking squad assembles and as Bullseye says, that's probably it now (28 players is it?). Good to have everything sorted before pre-season. Having the full group together (inc coach) for this cannot be underestimated.

Pressure is on to deliver now....

Solid looking indeed. Nice to see some size in the team, a good big un beats a good little un (usually).

Decent looking squad and going to be really interesting to see where every fits in. Think there is likely to be some decent players missing out, so Nobby is going to have to use all his experience to keep the squad happy.

In terms of squad depth, I think we are covered really well in the halves and forwards but look weak in the back line. If Holmes gets an injury, there is only really Billy Jowitt who has done that but is he going to stay fit?

I can see Myers bouncing about a fair bit and its a shame given how good he has been this year. However, you have to play Armitage in front of him for size, experience and being able to handle the bigger occasions. Myers is one for the future no doubt, but does have that tendency to have a brain fart in big moments (the Fev ball steal and Toulouse tip tackle for examples).

Really big season ahead and looking forward to it already.

From what im hearing its likley 1 more could be on the way

Meadows plays as a Fullback, so him and Holmes will be ahead of Jowitt.

Looks like Waqa Blake could be on his way from Saints.

Struggled at Saints. But then look at Okunbor. I was livid when we signed him. But did very well for us. Could be a shrewd signing.

May have been poor at Saints but he looked good at Parramatta before last season and ought to find Championship easier.

Would be another huge signing.

It'd be another good signing if we can pull it off. The pressure is certainly on for next season, but i honestly can't remember being this excited for a season to begin and its still November.

He might of struggled but still managed to bag 11 tries in 24 games for them. If he signs on too, I'm struggling to agree with myself who our strongest line up would be







Overall the squad does look stronger, especially when you compare the original squad that started the 2024 season, with those who have come in (either mid-season or new for 2025):

1. Tom Holmes
2. =#FF0000Ben Blackmore =#008040Jayden Okunbor
3. =#FF0000Joe Arundel =#008000Guy Armitage
4. Kieron Gill
5. Jorge Tuafua
6. =#FF0000Lee Gaskell =#008000Joe Keyes
7. Jordan Lilley
8. =#FF0000Jordan Baldwinson =#008000Franklin Pele
9. =#FF0000George Flanagan =#008000Tyran Ott
10. Ebon Scurr
11. =#FF0000Brad England =#008000Emmanuel Waine
12. =#FF0000Chester Butler =#008000Matty Gee
13. Michael Lawrence
14. =#FF0000John Davies =#008000James Donaldson
15. Dan Smith
16. Mitch Souter
17. =#008000Eribe Doro =#FF0000Ronan Michael
18. Kevan Appo
19. Sam Hallas
20. Billy Jowitt
21. Jayden Myers
22. =#FF0000Will Oakes =#008000Waqa Blake???
23. =#FF0000Dan Okoro =#008000Nathan Mason
24. =#008000Aidan McGowan =#FF0000James Meadows
30 Eliot Peposhi

=#008000Jacob Bateman
Logan Bayliss Brow
Sam Ackroyd
Jamie Gill

I think the only argument you could have is that Doro is hard to replace (Michael is no doubt a good player, but not at the same standard of Doro) and Meadows doesn't really replace McGowan, but certainly adds depth and quality to the halves.

That back line does have an air of 2003 about it!

Does anybody think we may see Doro back on loan next season?

Hopefully not more than enough quality in the forwards also know for a fact club dont want to go down loan route

No, he’s SL quality and will be in the HKR 17

I’m optimistic that once he’s fully fit Bayliss Brow could fill Doro’s shoes. Fitness is key for Nathan Mason too, he looked really good when he was on his loan spell with us in 2023 but has looked well short of fitness when he re-joined in 2024. He needs a big pre-season. Meadows has apparently played a bit of fullback so could cover for Holmes there if needed. Think the signing of Donaldson is v important. We miss the leadership of the likes of Lawrence and Smith sometimes and with them missing a few games with injury we needed to address that. Donaldson is a leader and pretty durable so should be a lynchpin in the side. His display at Fax in 2023 was really good when he was the best forward on the field.

Mason Corbett signed. Leeds Academy hooker. Let go by Leeds at the end of the season.