One-year deal
The Newcastle Knights are pleased to announce the signing of New Zealand International David Fa’alogo on a one-year contract.
Fa’alogo, who has played 142 NRL games, will join his former New Zealand teammate Jeremy Smith at the Knights for the 2013 season.
After spending nine seasons playing for the South Sydney Rabbitohs, the forward joined English Super League Club the Huddersfield Giants in 2010.
Coach Wayne Bennett is pleased Fa’alogo will return home and play out his rugby league career at the Knights.
“David is coming here on a one year contract, with an option for a second year if he performs in 2013,” Bennett said.
Read more at NewcastleKnights.com.au
the retirement home of newcastle.
He can play ok, fairly tough too.
This also pretty means Jason Taylor will not be getting an assistant coaching gig at Newcastle
Please punch Anasta in the face again after being a salary cap sponge at my beloved Roosters
Hey Benny boy I heard jony raper is available to come to pensioner palace
there probably after berrigan , or petro.
I heard that they also wanted Harragon to come out of retirement.
Haha…..They would be better off signing up Doogs again. I have heard he has been sniffing around town for a 1 year + option deal for 2013.
I’m a massive Knights fan, but when did Newcastle become a Reitrement Village?
Rumour has it menzies was close to signing till his grandson reminded him it was the knights who beat manly in 97
lool
Bro im a knights fan also, mason 30+ smith 30+, beduros 30+, faologo 30+, scott 29+, costigan 27, hilder 30+
RETIREMENT VILLAGE…..wake up WHITE KNIGHT…..thats only our forward pack that i mentioned…..lol
Chalky of cronulla I heard that to anout harrigan but he knocked them back Bennett was only offering a 20 year contract harrigon wanted a 30 year contract and a villa at the newy retirement village and 5 years worth of bingo tickets
so now you got fa-alago can you give the warriors back liki liki you can keep his older brother true to the retirement village theme
Haha haters gon hate
Haters never change
Hey nathon I’m so jealous of your squad I wish the bulldogs had an average playing age of 46 and a coach that needs to buy the whole dragons team u muppet
You have a coach who wants to buy the whole manly team, whats the difference?
I get the feeling that Bennet will leave a farmyard of eggs on people’s faces. Just a thought & certainly not critical on anyone’s opinions but I hope he struggles after putting energy into his future coaching career (should have put every last cell in his body to the Dragons) while the Dragons went from unbeatable to struggling in 2011.
Im sorry i was polishing my 7 premiership rings whats going on…oh isnt this like when i signed Mason and he became one of the props of the season.
its like how you bought snowden on 400k, payed overs for beau scott(500k) signed this moron (32yo) signed smith (32yo) resigned danny buderus (34yo) signed willie mason (32yo). Pretty funny how tinker tried to buy a premiership and it has back fired. There is blatantly no regard for future planning.
You mean Snowden who played for his country , Scott who played SOO , Faalogo who played 12 tests for the Kiwi’s including starting in the team that smashed us in the world cup , oh and Smith who played beside him in that team and who the sharks said was there most consistant forwatd this year, or Buderus who would have played Soo except for injury and big Willie who out played 90% of the props in the comp and on $40,000 for the season Roger your the Moron and hater.
snowden played one game! , Beau scott is one of the reasons NSW is in such a bad state, over rated and highly over paid . You still don’t get my point, yeah they may have been great 5-6 years ago! , there all past their used by date . You may take this as hating but its the hard honest truth, so next time take your head out of your ass and look at the bigger picture . There is no way a premiership while wayne bennett is there.
Past the use by date? Like the Melbourne storm forward pack whos average age 29. Didnt they just beat the strongest forward pack in the NRL grandfinal and kept them scoreless in the second half. Age is just a number in the forwards. What count is what they bring to the table. Bennett would sign anyone who wasnt up to his standards.
oh got a crystal ball do we and of course you have that much experience coaching first grade that you know that for sure .
Sorry Wayne u meant 7 rings with a team full of internationals
Name one team thats won a grandfinal without a few ex rep players? Bulldogs have Inu, Ennis, Stagg, Graham, Pritchard and if you count city vs country another 3. Thats more then 8 out of 16
Did the Bulldogs win?
Thing is Desy they were,nt internationals when they started but Wayne turned them into internationals oh and how many premiership rings do you have mate
What ever happened to the Newcastle juniors Tinkler and his board were talking about playing for the knights before they got into power. Looks like that was full of crab.
Mason
McManus
Tahu
Uata
Mullen
Gidley
Roberts
McKinnon
Teteavano
Snowden
Buderus
all playing 1st grade all knights juniors you muppet.
Tank has a point. We arent retaining some of our best juniors either and what about our long serving players who have been moved to other clubs yet the knights are still paying half their salary. Sau , Wes Naiqama, Fa’aoso. Oh and Edwards going to Canberra wtf!!
Cant make a omlete without breaking afew eggs ay.
Knights Line up 2013
1. Darius Boyd
2. James McManus
3. Dane Gayguy
4. Timana Dickhead
5. Akuila Uate
6. Jarrod Mullen
7. GET RID OF GIDLEY AND PUT IN ROBERTS!
8. Kade Wasteofmoney
9. Danny Begrandfather
10. Willie Mason
11. Jeremy ‘WW2 Hero’ Smith
12. Beau ‘Eatsyourmoney’ Scott
13. Neville Costalot
Scott and Smith are 2 of the games toughest players. The Knights have alot of large players but where they lost the battle this year was intimidation and mental toughness that comes with experience. Fa’alogo is just their to complete the bench and add depth to a developing squad.
Large players kade snowden is just hopeless the best thing tinkerbell done was take him from the sharks. The snow man melts when the heat is on. Lol
Still can’t believe the Knights let Ethan Cook walk.. Junior Kangaroo and their best and most consistent forward in NsW cup.. Massive signing for Penrith
@Loohser
Sam Anderson will be a huge lost for the Knights too.
Sam anderson could’nt make the run on side in reserve grade sad to see him go but you can’t keep them all.To be honest i would rather have kept Cook and to be honest Edwards is’nt that much of a loss he has a good hit in him now and then but his attacking game is’nt much of a loss at all.
Sam anderson is a decent player but hardly a huge loss
What the hell is ” the messiah ” thinking, geez old age must be catching up with him..!
With the players we had we were’nt going to win anything Faaoso would’nt have got a run in 1st grade at the storm except Ryles got hurt paterson was crap and had to go to england to get a gig ,Mika ,Kafusi,Mcdonnell were the same ,Edwards,Sau,Wes were hot and cold they all need to go and when you blokes have 7 premiership rings then bag him …..
Pretty sure everyone was bagging tinkler abandoning his promises to secure the local talent. He brought Bedsy, Tahu and Snowden back to promote the local pride. Now its all back to business.
old desperate bennett
Average player might be used as a injury replacement.
hi wayne bennett, mason was always a good player what happened to the rest of the players in the squad this year ? Its hard times not having a stacked team of internationals like you had at the broncos in the past?