2024 Squad - Speculation Thread

[Garry Owen]

Brendon Paenga Amosa

Huge signing for us, but unfortunately sounds like 2025 not next year.

[todd4]

Huge signing for us, but unfortunately sounds like 2025 not next year.

Is there a link to article?

[Burgs]

Is there a link to article?

Am assuming it is this one?

https://www.theroar.com.au/2023/07/2...o-super-rugby/

[andrewg]

Update In and Out for Aussie SRP teams - currently 18 In and 47 Out (~40%).
(Kiss has a hard job at the Reds if he's only starting now as they have 0 In and only 2 Out).
The rest of SRP teams 14 In and 52 Out (~30% - same as for the WF).
Total: 32 In and 99 Out. Still a loooong way to go for 2024.
You have to wonder from where they are all coming?

[todd4]

Will there be a flurry of signings after the world cup?

[Sheikh]

Will there be a flurry of signings after the world cup?

You'd have thought that the majority of European teams would have their squads together already; the French season starts in September, and the English and URC leagues in October (ie, before the end of the world cup).

Maybe players who haven't found a spot might want to come down here, but we have the Japanese and American leagues to contend with, and they offer big(ish) money for the standard of play.

[Tazzmania]

I suspect some contracts already concluded but will probably only be announced as membership drive revs up, and they need to get some impetus.

[WFDom]

https://www.greenandgoldrugby.com/co...post%2D1343482

https://allafrica.com/stories/202002070567.html

[andrewg]

22yo Twins from Botswana who went to school in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape.
Both about 1.8m and 106 kg. (weight looks like old data as look bigger in pics)

Bame and Basi Malesu who have been with Pau (FRA) for 3 years.
No stats so they don't appear to have played in Top 14.

Also announced: https://all.rugby/transfers/logs/

Linked as Academy player at:
https://all.rugby/transfers/super-ru...xz4mKdcBFaidRI
Isn't 22yo is too old for the Academy? WTG?

[Tazzmania]

Bami and Basi in the Force gym

[andrewg]

Bami and Basi in the Force gym

Surrounded by Force Academy members.

[Burgs]

Might not be anything official yet (not unusual from Force HQ...) but both lads already list Force as their Rugby team on their respective Insta profiles.

Still short an experienced Prop, but future stocks continue to firm up.

[tjs10]

Might not be anything official yet (not unusual from Force HQ...) but both lads already list Force as their Rugby team on their respective Insta profiles.

Still short an experienced Prop, but future stocks continue to firm up.

Both are playing for Paly reserves at the moment.

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=773859011414601

[Garry Owen]

So did Palmyra bring them over or did the Western Force? Seems strange if it was the Force that they would be allocated to the team who is top of the ladder in 1st and 2nd grade so they can play bench in reserves when they could be starting in premier grade for one of the clubs that are struggling??

[The InnFORCEr]

I believe Paly only provided the plasma screens, not the full transfer