2026 Squad

[257Matt]

ROOKIES IN TOP 30

LJ Nonu (20)
Positions: Wing, Centre
Junior Clubs: Werribee Bears (VIC), Redbank Bears (QLD)
NRL 18th Man 2025: 2m
NRL Pre-Season 2025: 2m, 3t
QCup 2024-25: 23m, 9t
NRLQ 2025: 2m, 1t
U19 Mal Meninga Cup for Redcliffe 2024
U19 Queensland 2024

Brian Pouniu (18)
Position: Second-Row, Lock
Junior Club: North Lakes Kangaroos (QLD)
NRLQ 2025: 1m, 1t
U16 Cyril Connell Cup for Redcliffe 2024 (winning captain)
U19 Mal Meninga Cup for Redcliffe 2025
U19 Queensland Emerging Squad 2025

Elijah Rasmussen (20)
Position: Prop
Junior Club: Point Chevalier Pirates (NZ)
NRL Pre-Season 2025: 1m
QCup 2025: 10m, 2t
NRLQ 2025: 3m
U19 Mal Meninga Cup for Redcliffe 2023-24

 

[Josh]

ROOKIES IN TOP 30

LJ Nonu (20)
Positions: Wing, Centre
Junior Clubs: Werribee Bears (VIC), Redbank Bears (QLD)
NRL 18th Man 2025: 2m
NRL Pre-Season 2025: 2m, 3t
QCup 2024-25: 23m, 9t
NRLQ 2025: 2m, 1t
U19 Mal Meninga Cup for Redcliffe 2024
U19 Queensland 2024

Brian Pouniu (18)
Position: Second-Row, Lock
Junior Club: North Lakes Kangaroos (QLD)
NRLQ 2025: 1m, 1t
U16 Cyril Connell Cup for Redcliffe 2024 (winning captain)
U19 Mal Meninga Cup for Redcliffe 2025
U19 Queensland Emerging Squad 2025

Elijah Rasmussen (20)
Position: Prop
Junior Club: Point Chevalier Pirates (NZ)
NRL Pre-Season 2025: 1m
QCup 2025: 10m, 2t
NRLQ 2025: 3m
U19 Mal Meninga Cup for Redcliffe 2023-24

Pouniu is on the top 30? Not a development contract?

 

[257Matt]

Pouniu is on the top 30? Not a development contract?

Yes Pouniu is Top 30.

 

[257Matt]

There's a lot of misinformation out there about Elijah Rasmussen. He's a prop, he turned 20 in 2025 and he's from New Zealand he was picked up around the same time as Tevita Naufahu and John Fineanganofo. Rasmussen played in the NRL Pre-Season Challenge against North Queensland earlier this year.

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In that trial only two regular NRL players played in that game being Kurt Donoghoe at fullback and Jake Averillo at 5/8 who played a combined total of 2 NRL games in those positions during the season.

Tevita Naufahu played centre in this game and Aublix Tawha was at second-row both would later make their NRL debuts.