Tronc Close To Signing

[Bucking Beads]

Re: No Idea What's Going On - Tronc Linked

We must keep Setu he is a true talent IMO. He needs to be guided he is still pretty young.

 

[Charmamba]

Re: No Idea What's Going On - Tronc Linked

We must keep Setu he is a true talent IMO. He needs to be guided he is still pretty young.

+1 Teo as well


*or TAO if your foxsports*

 

[Bucking Beads]

Re: No Idea What's Going On - Tronc Linked

We must keep Setu he is a true talent IMO. He needs to be guided he is still pretty young.

+1 Teo as well


*or TAO if your foxsports*

but I suppose we can't keep all our backrowers because 2 of them will probably be in QLD cup.

 

[Charmamba]

Re: No Idea What's Going On - Tronc Linked

would be hard to run a club :(

 

[Foordy]

Re: No Idea What's Going On - Tronc Linked

I hope we sign Tronc because a pack of

8. Kenny
9. McCullough
10. Tronc
11. Te'o
12. Thaiday
13. Parker

Bench: Gillett, Sims, Anderson and Setu

Looks good to me. I would have Glenn in the centers till Hodges, then depending on injuries and form he would probably have to move back to the bench, but i would still have him in the team somewhere.

 

[Foordy]

Re: No Idea What's Going On - Tronc Linked

Hancock over on rleague grandstand forums says

No player will be released and Tronc could be back as early as next week.

most of the time his info seems pretty accurate

 

[ningnangnong]

Re: No Idea What's Going On - Tronc Linked

Hancock over on rleague grandstand forums says

No player will be released and Tronc could be back as early as next week.

most of the time his info seems pretty accurate

Thanks for passing it on Foordy.

Finally some good news for the Broncos!

 

[Foordy]

Re: No Idea What's Going On - Tronc Linked

Hancock over on rleague grandstand forums says

No player will be released and Tronc could be back as early as next week.

most of the time his info seems pretty accurate

Thanks for passing it on Foordy.

Finally some good news for the Broncos!

your welcome :D

 

[Professor47]

Re: No Idea What's Going On - Tronc Linked

so 100% we have Tronc and what round can he play?

Ill take anyone at this point!

 

[Kimlo]

Re: No Idea What's Going On - Tronc Linked

There is no 100% but I'd say 90% chance he'll be in our lineup for the Cronulla game.

 

[Professor47]

Re: No Idea What's Going On - Tronc Linked

There is no 100% but I'd say 90% chance he'll be in our lineup for the Cronulla game.

Sounds good.

Can we get 3/8 before Izzy or someone in the backline comes back?

 

[Kimlo]

Re: No Idea What's Going On - Tronc Linked

There is no 100% but I'd say 90% chance he'll be in our lineup for the Cronulla game.

Sounds good.

Can we get 3/8 before Izzy or someone in the backline comes back?

If we beat St Merge and that's a huge IF, we will have no problem beating the sharks and we can potentially be 3/6 realistically though 3/8 IMO 4/8 if we have a huge turn around in attitude and no more shit luck with injuries.

As long as we can win half our games we will make the finals.

 

[Bucking Beads]

The losing isn't really the probelm it is the way in which we lose that does my head in. I really don't care if we make the finals or not I just want the old Broncos back!!

 

[Kimlo]

The losing isn't really the probelm it is the way in which we lose that does my head in. I really don't care if we make the finals or not I just want the old Broncos back!!

I don't know about you but I reckon the boys put effort and heart in against the roosters but we just didn't have the players to capatilise.

 

[Bucking Beads]

Seriously, Tronc is a machine. I'd be stoked if we can get him before the Sharks game or even if we can just get him at all!

His Super League stats are super impressive... He is basically the premier prop over there. He would be a massive step up playing in Brisbane

 

[Foordy]

[quote="The Rock":7x0e6xeb]Seriously, Tronc is a machine. I'd be stoked if we can get him before the Sharks game or even if we can just get him at all!

His Super League stats are super impressive... He is basically the premier prop over there. He would be a massive step up playing in Brisbane[/quote:7x0e6xeb]

IIRC, he was one of the form props in the NRL last season.

 

[Foordy]

THE Broncos are confident they will have former Cowboy Shane Tronc stitched up for a return to the NRL by next week.

Tronc, who left North Queensland for the Wakefield Wildcats in the English Super League at the end of last season, has been a stand-out, but struggled to settle into the lifestyle overseas.

Brisbane have been in talks with the giant prop's manager for the past two weeks and confirmed yesterday the Wildcats had granted Tronc a release from the remainder of his two-year contract.

Broncos CEO Bruno Cullen said yesterday he hoped to have a deal finalised by Monday next week.

''Things are a little delicate. Wakefield, like anybody else, are probably a bit disappointed they signed a guy for a couple of years and it's not working out,'' he said.

''But, like every other club - us included - if it's not working out, or he's not happy there or can't settle there, you don't really ever want to force them to stay because you're not going to get anything out of them anyway.''

Despite being unsettled, it hasn't stopped Tronc from picking up where he left off with the Cowboys, where he was squeezed out after six seasons by salary cap restrictions.

After eight rounds of the ESL, the no frills 28-year-old is the No. 1 metre earner among the forwards and third overall behind Australian fullbacks Amos Roberts and Ryan McGoldrick.

While a deal appears as good as done, Tronc is unlikely to play for the Broncos until late this month.

As part of the release, Cullen said it was agreed the 193cm, 113kg wrecking ball would remain in England until after the Wildcats played their Challenge Cup clash against Harlequins on April 17.

''He's a big forward, he's a good yardage man and he might fit well for us this year,'' he said. ''It's no secret we're probably down a front-rower at the moment - we're down a lot of players at the moment, actually. But at the start of the season with the squad we have it's an opportunity for us to pick someone up.''

Tronc will only be signed until the end of 2010, but Cullen did not rule out extending the stay.

''It's a chance for him to put his hand up and say 'hey, don't let me go at the end of this year and keep me for another couple years','' he said.

Tronc joined the Cowboys in 2004 and played 125 first-grade games.

http://www.townsvillebulletin.com.au/ar ... wboys.html

Thats great news for us icon_thumbs_u

 

[Foordy]

Shane Tronc's 2009 NRL Stats

Appearances = 24
Tries = 2
Minutes = 1160 (average = 48.3)
Offloads = 47
Tackle Break = 21
Runs = 369 (average = 15.4)
Meters = 2794 (average = 116.4)
Tackles = 693 (average = 28.9)

There pretty impressive stats.

Last year we only had 2 forwards averaging 100 meters; Thaiday and Kenny (both 101). Parker made the most meters by any of our forwards making 2383 (he also played 27 games to Tronc's 24)

http://203.166.101.37/NRL/index.html