Reni Maitua signed one year contract with Cronulla.
Not even dinner with Rusty Crowe could get the Reni "BRA BOY" to join Johnny Sutton at Bra boy Bunnies.
Just replacing one trouble maker in Bird with another.
Maybe a run at the shire will help Reni pull his head in.
Now all the Dogs need to do is flick Te Maari and Roberts and the Bulldogs have a much more Canterbury Bankstown feel with good leaders , solid citizens and less big headed ego maniacs.
Out has gone, Mason, Williams, Maitua and Tonga sadly Price, Thurston, and O Meally had to make way for the 2 main mercenaries in Mason and Williams who both turned their back first chance they got.
With a heavy off season the Doggies will have a markedly different feel and look about next season with the additions of Hannant, Ennis and Stagg from the Broncos, Josh Morris from the Dragons, Buddy Gordon, from the Bunnies, Hodgson from the Titans and Noddy Kimmorley.
Heres a possible starting 17 for the dogs next season.
1 Patten
2 El Masri
3 Morris
4 Millard
5 Idris
6 Holdsworth / Barba
7 Kimmorley
8 Hannant
9 Ennis
10 Hickey
11 Hodgson
12 Ryan (c)
13 Stagg
14 - Harrison
15 - Armit
16 - Sullivan
17 - Williams
Good to see the *smile* heads being moved out of Canterbury. Shame they cant do the same with a lot of their fans.
For Cronulla Sutherland the Sharkies should threaten next year with Barret replacing Kimmorley to join a fit Brett Seymour, Brett Kearney, Paul Gallen, Anthony Tupou, Pommeroy, Ross, Covell and now Maitua.
If Cronulla couldve hung onto Isaac De Gois and had Greg Bird not imploded geez they'd be my favourites for their first flag in 09.
No Bird and no DeGois will hold them back a little but Maitua and Tupou are handy additions to the Sharkies.