[quote="homme vaste":tu6i5nbv]Tyson Smoothy, hooker from Brisbane on his way to the mighty Trin for 2026. Anyone know anything of him?[/quote:tu6i5nbv] Hostplus cup hooker of year 2022 season. Looks to have a good amount of NRL appearances last 2 seasons. Looks like he can field kick and is a pretty good passer of the ball. That’s from a quick search.

[quote="jonh":1vswikyc]Who are the 3? Walmsley Faatili and Atoni? Could be any of those 3 to be fair.[/quote:1vswikyc] I thought Lino’s contract ends this season. I recall that Atoni improved greatly when the work was shared with DF and good props are hard to come by.

[quote="Dannyboywt1":28155rst]Walmsley is possibly one most at risk I feel. Seem strange Faatili who Warrington were after signed of one year so possibly he's just here for the year. A quality hooker for any of them is fair enough. Like I have said the strongest squad will be next year and year after once Mills and Powell get the squad they are after.[/quote:28155rst] Were Wire really after him though? I’m not saying they weren’t but it seems unlikely given they have full quota for 2025. I see Faatili as a shot to nothing really a big like Boothroyd and Bain. Totally unproven and will see how he settles in into a full time environment. If it doesn’t work out nothing lost. If we are doing business now we must be making decisions on quota players though so I’m guessing it’s most likely Atoni or Walmsley, most likely the latter, would be strange to make a decision on Faatili with him being with the club less than a week.

They don't have to make any decision now though. In fact better not to. Those three are effectively playing for a contract in 2026

[quote="Scarlet Pimpernell":m6wc1ugg]I thought Lino’s contract ends this season. I recall that Atoni improved greatly when the work was shared with DF and good props are hard to come by.[/quote:m6wc1ugg] Lino signed 3 years around the time the take over happened till the end of 2026.

[quote="Scarlet Pimpernell":3nluy924]I thought Lino’s contract ends this season. I recall that Atoni improved greatly when the work was shared with DF and good props are hard to come by.[/quote:3nluy924] Actually I'd forgotten about him. That's 4 overseas players on their last year of contract this year.