could be absolutely nothing but my internet sleuthing noticed on an nrlw page’s post listing departing NQ players that Bri Clarke liked all the comments hoping for shaniah power to the broncos.
I reckon we’re bound to sadly lose some of our heavy New Zealand contingent to the warriors and Ratana has played there before. Just hope we keep Lafaele, I reckon she’s only going to improve.
Controversial call, but if we lose Mele I’m not too fussed. She’s awesome to watch but I think she’s a bit of a novelty in the centres a la Hurrell and Te Whare. She has her moments but I’d rather trade the flashes of brilliance for a physical yet athletic monster in the Biddle, wiki or Leianne Tufuga mold.
Shaniah and Brianna are best mates, so she’d be pretty excited to have her join us.
Personally I’m not sure on Shaniah, as she’s either dropped off due to injuries and inconsistency, and/or the rest of the comp has caught up - I mean Romy was still a fullback when Shaniah was a dominant second rower. That and she hasn’t played a lot of top grade footy recently - only averages 5 games a season for NRLW and 6-7 for BMD.
Maybe a change will do her good, and if she’s on the outer she might come cheap. She did play for the Warriors as well so they may look at her again.
re NZ girls, I think we’ll keep Gayle, Mele and Stacey for the upcoming season at least, but I think a couple will go back to end their careers at home, which you can’t begrudge them that.
Mele I think played injured for a lot of the latter half of the season, and combined with Waaka going down, that really hampered our go-forward when it mattered and Robbo and Dam were our only source of meterage from the back 5.
I think currently you take the 2 or 3 games where she scores 3+ tries and wins the game with the knowledge that might be all you get out of her for the year, but as the season continues to extend it might be something looking at going into 2026 and beyond.
