2025 Other NRL Clubs News, Updates & Signings

[257Matt]

2025 Other NRL Clubs News, Updates & Signings

 

[257Matt]

Reece Robson signs Roosters 4 years

Brandon Smith's days are very numbered maybe should have taken that Dolphins deal originally too late now JMK and Plath way above him

 

[257Matt]

Only one club undefeated after 4 rounds.

Clubs who are struggling can learn a lot from what Gus Gould has done at the Bulldogs.

Last Saturday night showed how incredibly fit the squad is, how well connected they are in everything they do, how the scrap for everything possible, they will fight for a 5c piece and Gus has the pathways firing with Todd & Hayes excellent additions to the bench rotation.

Cronulla expected to win, Canterbury wanted to win and Josh Curran recently said in an interview during pre-season he arrive for training at 7am and not get home until around 6pm and Canterbury trained 5-6 days a week during pre-season and even the odd Sunday. It's how showing just how much fitter, sharper and more connected they are compared to the rest.

 

[257Matt]

Josh Dolphins can learn a lot from the only team that's 4-0 this year especially when it comes to fitness, training, hard work, attitude, desire and desperation to win every play. Gould is now confident bringing in the pathways players with Hayes having a breakout year and Todd going well on debut. The try-saver from Hayes shows the desperation to win every play.

 

[257Matt]

Red

to tell us all how good the Dogs are? How they are on the cusp of 11 premierships in a row. How they are so Incredibly fit compared to every other team. How Phil Gould is the master negotiater. How the coach is a new super-coach. How Crighton is the best centre ever. Is there anything I missed?

When the Dolphins play Bulldogs, feel free to remind us of all that again in the main forum. Is it ok?

Fitness - this was showed on Saturday night with their willingness to scrap for every play and their desperation to stop anything that moved or dive on the loose ball. Harry Hayes had no right to save that try he did through sheer hard work they do at training.

Premierships - Canterbury was the club who ended St George's 11 in a row eliminating them in the prelim final with Kevin Ryan as captain/coach who was one of the true St George legends in their last 7 premierships it's ironic the boss, coach and captain of the Bulldogs all from the Penrith system.

Gould - when you add up his coaching, administration and pathways management close to the best in the games history what he's done building Roosters, Penrith and now Canterbury is off the charts.

Unfortunately and it's really sad but Dolphins are in a massive world of hurt this year.

Dolph
"They are doing it all only having spent about half the salary cap."

Gus said they're 700k under the cap and I believe him because it adds up no player is on over 850k there.

 

[257Matt]

After Gould sacked him, then in became apparent the club bosses overruled Gould and wanted him back, Cleary returned and didn't make any secret of the fact Gould was not in charge of the team or anything else. He was just hanging around the for sake of a paycheck.

But anyway, doesn't whatever Phil Gould is doing or saying belong in the Bulldogs thread?

2025 Other NRL Clubs News, Updates & Signings

2025 Other NRL Clubs News, Updates & Signings

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As a Bulldogs fan I'm so glad Gould is with us and not elsewhere.

I would love for Dolphins to be his next year he would make them into such a superpower with the access to pathways the Dolphins have and Gould has turned Canterbury into a powerhouse at junior level let alone NRL level.

 

[Equaliser]

As a Bulldogs fan I'm so glad Gould is with us and not elsewhere.

I would love for Dolphins to be his next year he would make them into such a superpower with the access to pathways the Dolphins have and Gould has turned Canterbury into a powerhouse at junior level let alone NRL level.

Good. You are welcome to him. No one else seems to want him. Penrith certainly don't.

 

[257Matt]

Good. You are welcome to him. No one else seems to want him. Penrith certainly don't.

I would love to see NRL throw the book at Gus to head up Perth or PNG if they get off the ground. His job is nearly complete at Canterbury and Ciraldo is firmly entrenched in the coaching role.

 

[Equaliser]

I would love to see NRL throw the book at Gus to head up Perth or PNG if they get off the ground. His job is nearly complete at Canterbury and Ciraldo is firmly entrenched in the coaching role.

Sounds to me you are nervous about salary cap cheating and are hoping Gould takes the fall for the club. Not gonna happen. It doesn't work like that.

 

[257Matt]

Sounds to me you are nervous about salary cap cheating and are hoping Gould takes the fall for the club. Not gonna happen. It doesn't work like that.

I'm expecting a 1980's like dynasty of premierships for the Bulldogs. Gus has the books very well managed.

PNG and Perth when/if they enter the NRL need to be successful and the best way for success is the pathways to be humming. Gus is the best when it comes to setting up clubs and pathways his success is unmatched with Roosters, Panthers and Bulldogs.

 

[257Matt]

Success as a coach when he was doing that. He could have been the master coach if he stayed at it.

During the 1990's he was coaching club, coaching NSW 1992-96 & so involved in the ARL-News war too involved. I watched on a podcast recently where he was interviewed he said his plan was just a couple of years out of club coaching and than back into it but said he just landed one job after the next and never got around to it we don't always know what is believable. Even Wayne had 2 years off on field coaching 1986 & 2022 so it is common to do something else in the game.

Gould as a coach will be more remembered for State of Origin because his premiership at Canterbury came after Warren Ryan era and his premiership at Penrith has largely been over shadowed by their other successes. Gould's legacy other than Origin is now setting up the pathways and academy legacies at Penrith and Canterbury and his coaching of Canterbury, Penrith and Roosters comes distant third.

Now thinking about it he probably should have stayed at coaching for another decade than move into that Penrith role he took in 2011.

Bennett loves the pure coaching of football and I think Gould loves fingers in every pie which in his two roles at 9 and Bulldogs he can be.

Bennett's legacy will be if the Dolphins succeed or fail. His record as a coach speaks for itself the only fail mark on Bennett's record is how clubs go after he leaves them excluding Canberra. There's been reasons for their failures but with Dolphins he pretty much set them up himself and created the future direction. Dawn of the Dolphins gives an amazing insight into Bennett.

Gould's legacies will be Origin, Penrith and Canterbury but would love to see him take on PNG or Perth.

The great coach we all seem to forget about because his last appointment was the one too many was Tim Sheens. He was the first coach to make Penrith a competitive club on the field another achievement so long forgotten.

 

[257Matt]

We finally got there.

After putting fact in front of you.

You didn’t say he had integrity, but you implied it, and then held him in high regard whilst talking him up to be a god. I was just trying to bring you back to reality mate. Now that he is a mere mortal, we can leave that he is dodgy as fuck, and that I wouldn’t want him near anything I support.

Yes, he has success. However check my post about choosing the right jobs brother. Could he do the same at the Dragon? No, and he rejected their flirtation many times, and made every excuse under the Sun not to take their rich advances. Yes he has success, but easy one’s. It’s like Bayern Munich, winning everything in a shit league. Gould doesn’t back long shots.

One thing I can’t argue with is his success. He has won shit. But remember, he has chosen well. And credit to him.

Trust me I never ever implied he's got integrity or honesty. He's blocked me on twitter for something petty when all I wrote in a conversation with someone else about the fitness (or lack of) trainer Canterbury had in 2021 and early 2022 funnily enough Gus sacked him two weeks later.

I know Gus says one thing and does another we all know he's trying to get DCE and Galvin and he's doing it by trying to scare Roosters and Eels into not signing them two respectively. He told Ryles not to take the Saints job and at the same time was talking to Hunt about an early release. I have no doubt he was trying to get Katoa who he brought into the halves academy as a 14 year old.

Success yes for sure. If you don't aim up Gus won't care he will get rid of you from the club.

Him and Cleary didn't see eye to eye and if he put out stuff on 9 he was just protecting himself that's how he operates. I never believed the Bennett stories for a minute because Wayne runs his own race it's why Wayne fell out at Broncos and on Dawn of the Dolphins he made it clear to Reader and O'Sullivan who was in charge.

 

[257Matt]

Bulldogs first time 6-0 start to a season since 1938
Bulldogs first time in club history to keep their opponents scoreless in successive games
The crowd of 65,305 is the largest crowd for a stand-alone regular season game in premiership history

Storm favourites, Bulldogs second favourites and massive gap to the rest.

 

[257Matt]

Terrible time for a game. Can I keep it together for the 80min? Even if Dolphins are handily losing? Melbourne are seriously good this year. At present I can't see any side getting near them. If Broncos are firing to the best of their individual ability, maybe but still the Broncos spine even at full strength is far inferior to Melbournes. Apart from Haas, Melbourne have their measure across the rest of the field also.

Bulldogs the only undefeated team and keeping teams scoreless for fun.

Storm favourites, Bulldogs their only challengers with Broncos a distant third.