Re: Randell in 19 man Squad : Mon Sep 04, 2017 10:02 am  

Not seen the Salford game but early signs for Randall look great! He needs to show this toughness he's supposedly renowned for on Thursday to shut down Roby who I think is back to his best.

Re: Randell in 19 man Squad : Mon Sep 04, 2017 1:01 pm  

roopy wrote:

They both played under 20s for the Knights - Tyler for 4 years off and on, Tyrone for 3 years. Knights also had Will Smith and Ryan Stig as halves at the same time, so Tyler and Will looked for new positions. Will mostly played fullback or centre, and Tyler mostly played lock with a bit of time at hooker.
There were times Tyler and Tyrone were halves partners, mostly when Stig was injured, as he often was.
Tyler and Tyrone were also both country boys who boarded with families in Newcastle, so there's a chance they lived together as teenagers.

That's an interesting bit of back story
It's defo the case that good pals often follow each other to another club but I can't see us being that lucky in Tyrone coming to trin though although that's more down to his wage demands

Would be amazing if it did, he's not a first choice half from the bits of NRL I've watched this season is he and he's still not signed a new contract

Re: Randell in 19 man Squad : Mon Sep 04, 2017 1:06 pm  

musson wrote:

That's an interesting bit of back story
It's defo the case that good pals often follow each other to another club but I can't see us being that lucky in Tyrone coming to trin though although that's more down to his wage demands

Would be amazing if it did, he's not a first choice half from the bits of NRL I've watched this season is he and he's still not signed a new contract

Roberts set to sign a new two year deal at the Titans, according to Rugby papers his morning,

Re: Randell in 19 man Squad : Mon Sep 04, 2017 1:15 pm  

LyndsayGill wrote:

Roberts set to sign a new two year deal at the Titans, according to Rugby papers his morning,

Looking on the web I wonder if Roberts is going to bin the gold coasts off after they've messed him about so much with playing position and his contract

I guess we will see in the coming weeks

Re: Randell in 19 man Squad : Mon Sep 04, 2017 11:14 pm  

Roberts has too small a motor to be a really good NRL player.
He was cut from the Knights because he spent years as the junior halves partner of either Gidley or Mullen without ever looking like he would take on the senior role, because he just didn't have the motor to take on a high workrate.
Having said that, he does some very good things, and should thrive in the ESL with the slower pace of the game allowing him to use his skills to effect.

Re: Randell in 19 man Squad : Tue Sep 05, 2017 6:44 am  

Sounds like he would be a really good addition to us if it was offered and came over.

Only time will tell.