OFFICIAL 2025 Roster

PLAYER ROSTER FOR 2025 AND BEYOND
Red: final season of contract.

PLAYER		2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
Adam Reynolds	Half	2025	Coach?
Ben Hunt	Half, hooker	2025	2026
Ben Te Kura	Prop	2025	2026
Billy Walters	Hooker, half	2025	2026
Blake Mozer	Hooker	2025	2026	2027
Brendan Piakura	Second row	2025	2026	2027
Coby Black	Half	2025	2026
Corey Jensen	Prop	2025
Cory Paix	Hooker, half	2025
Deine Mariner	Centre, wing	2025	2026	2027
Delouise Hoeter	Centre, wing	2025
Ezra Mam	Half	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
Fletcher Baker	Prop, Second Row	2025
Israel Leota	Wing	2025
Jack Gosiewski	Second Row	2025
Jaiyden Hunt	Prop, Lock, Second Row	2025
Jesse Arthars	Centre, wing, Fullback	2025	2026
Jock Madden	Half	2025	2026
Josh Rogers	Half	2025	2026
Jordan Riki	Second row	2025	2026	2027
Josiah Karapani	Centre, Wing	2025
Kobe Hetherington	Lock	2025
Kotoni Staggs	Centre	2025	Rumored 'til 2029
Gehamat Shibasaki	Centre, Wing	2025	2026
Marty Taupau	Prop	2025
Patrick Carrigan	Prop, lock	2025	2026	2027	2028
Payne Haas	Prop	2025	2026
Reece Walsh	Fullback	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
Selwyn Cobbo	Wing, centre, fullback	2025
Tyson Smoothy	Hooker	2025	ESL
Va'a Semu	Prop	2025	2026	2027
Xavier Willison	Prop	2025	2026	2027

DEVELOPMENT (2025)

Bailey Trew: centre, wing

Cameron Bukowski: hooker

Hayze Perham: fullback

Jett Bryce: second row

Va'a Semu: prop

STOCKS

Front Row
Carrigan, Haas, Hunt, Baker, Willison, Jensen, Te Kura, Semu, Marty Taupau

Second Row
Baker, Piakura, Riki, Taupau, Hunt, Gosiewski

Lock
Carrigan, Hetherington, Taupau, Hunt

Hooker
Hunt, Mozer, Paix, Walters, Smoothy

Half
Hunt, Reynolds, Mam, Walters, Paix, Madden, Rogers, Black

Fullback
Cobbo, Walsh, Arthars

Centre
Staggs, Shibasaki, Mariner, Arthars, Cobbo, Hoeter, Karapani

Wing
Cobbo, Arthars, Shibasaki, Mariner, Leota, Hoeter, Karapani


ETHNO MAP

QLD
Ben Hunt, Ben Te Kura, Billy Walters, Blake Mozer, Brendan Piakura, Coby Black, Corey Jensen, Corey Oates, Cory Paix, Delouise Hoeter, Ezra Mam, Israel Leota, Jack Gosiewski, Jaiyden Hunt, Josh Rogers, Kobe Hetherington, Patrick Carrigan, Reece Walsh, Selwyn Cobbo, Gehemat Shibisaki, Tyson Smoothy

NZ
Deine Mariner, Brendan Piakura, Jesse Arthars, Jordan Riki, Xavier Willison, Marty Taupau, Josiah Karapani

NSW
Adam Reynolds, Fletcher Baker, Jock Madden, Kotoni Staggs, Payne Haas

Indigenous
Ezra Mam, Jordan Riki, Kotoni Staggs, Reece Walsh, Selwyn Cobbo

Tonga
Kotoni Staggs, Delouise Hoeter,

Samoa
Jesse Arthars, Payne Haas, Marty Taupau

Cook Islands
Brendan Piakura, Xavier Willison

 

[McHunt]

Just had a look at every team’s back row this week for rnd 5.
Warriors have the bye, not included.

Even with a fit Riki, on current form, I am really struggling to find a back row duo worse than ours.

Cowboys, maybe?!

I know I’m critical of the 4 potatoes that are currently eating away at the Broncos salary cap under the guise of being first grade footballers, but am I far off?!
I would rather have the Parra or St Merge back row than ours.

I'd rather have our spine, including depth, than any other club's. We could even happily lose a couple of cap nibblers without noticing.

 

[McHunt]

DAD'S ARMY

We have 3 of the 6 oldest players in the NRL.

 

[Harry Sack]

The Mark Nicholls one always surprises me tbh. Just doesn't feel like he's been around that long.

 

[theshed]

Because we live in a salary cap world, every expensive talented player needs to be offset elsewhere by a less talented, less expensive player. That being the case, having poor quality in a certain position is only an issue if you’re losing - if you’re winning, then it is perfectly balancing your squad.

I’ll let you know what I think about our second row depth in early November lol

 

[ningnangnong]

The Mark Nicholls one always surprises me tbh. Just doesn't feel like he's been around that long.

He took a while to establish himself, didn't he?

Edit: Just had a look - debut at 22, but not really a regular first-grader until he was 29. 12 matches in his first season at Souths, then far more consistency after that.