Does Jake Turpin have a future with the club?

[Sproj]

I think Kevvie has been waiting for Hetherington to be available. He can play both Hooker and Lock and will be given time (hopefully rest of year) to cement his spot

Remember, they have been saying they are moving on who they do not want to keep. The only way to do this is to try them (Levi, Croft, ...) Those who do not show grit and heart will be moved on.

This is precisely the reason they will try to keep Gamble and I believe Hetherington - mongrel and grit. To put it in another way, they seem like footballers and not just athletes, which is exactly what we have been needing

DP

Which does raise the questions of:

1. Why wasn't Hetherington just upgraded instead of bringing Levi in?
2. Why hasn't he yet been re-signed? (A 'scoop' for Badel no doubt)

 

[Foordy]

Which does raise the questions of:

1. Why wasn't Hetherington just upgraded instead of bringing Levi in?
2. Why hasn't he yet been re-signed? (A 'scoop' for Badel no doubt)

1. was Hethrington a development player last year ... because if he was, then it is in our best interest to keep him as a development for the full year (as we'd get a 10% discount off the cap on his salary)

2. he's been offered a contract, we're attempting to re-sign him

 

[BooKhaki]

It's baffling. Is he trying to work out which player should get more minutes or something? One of them should be playing for 55-60mins and the other should be making up the difference.

But that's the thing, Levi fucking sucks. The only ever way he should be near the NRL is in short bursts. And the only way Turpin should be in the NRL, is playing 55-65mins each week, with creative halves.

He has the recipe, unfortunately Kevvie is struggling with how to use it.