We have swapped robbie mulhearn for luis johnson with warrington and we are close to signing 2nd row Marata nuikore from paramatta eels.Nuikore is 24yrs old.6ft 2 and played 10 games first team
last season the last being in the play offs against melbourne.Would be a great signing if it comes off.

According to Total RUgby League it’s Brad Takarangi you are in talks with

Mulhearn for Johnson could be a win for all parties. Circumstances have meant we’ve overburdened RM and I think it has slowed his progression. He’s at that point where he has to start looking for success if he doesn’t want to end up looking back on his career as a disappointment. We’re probably 2 years away from being middling - if things go well. Johnson also looks like he could do with a new opportunity, and could add a bit oomph to our backrow. It’d leave us needing a new prop though.

Think you are being a tad generous on Mulhern, sounds like a really nice lad, but this season he has been very, very poor, hence Smith going with 2 second rowers in Hauraki and Lawler as our main props. If Smith had any confidence in Robbie than he would be number 1 on the team sheet

He will do,on similar lines to linnett,been playing centre and second row.

Agree 100%,when he got picked for england he had enormous potential,but a couple of injuries have set him back,only time will tell, Luis johnson showed plenty when he was with us before,so im happy on that.

Would be a fantastic signing, think he attacking game would really suit SL, would be your best signing IMO.

I agree dave i was hoping it was takairangi but got told different,have to see how it works out.

That's happened then.
Not sure about Johnson but i really think we got as much as we could have done out of Mulhearn.
When he came to Rovers in 2016(was it) I thought he was awful.
17 and 18, incredible progression.
Last couple of years he's lost his mojo, I think a move is good for him and even if he comes back to haunt us it's the right decision.
I wish him well, he gave his best and I hope he goes well with the rest of his career.

It’ll be interesting to see how he goes as part of a prop rotation. With what happened to Scruton and Jewitt in 2019 and Masoe and Garbutt in 2020, it was always a huge ask. He’s not currently a player who can strap a team on his back and carry it forward. The weight loss meant he could do more minutes to help fill the gaps, but they were less effective minutes in already lightweight packs. I was curious to see how he’d go alongside Vete and Sims but he’s been here during some really lean times (27 wins and 62 losses in SL games since he joined) and that has to be wearing. A fresh start will likely do him good, especially at a team that should win more than they lose, and we couldn’t offer that.