The youthful player Samuel Hughes has finally been re-signed by the Canterbury Bulldogs for a two-year contract extension that will run through the end of the 2026 campaign.
Despite having only participated in a few first-grade games the previous season, Hughes is anticipated to step up this year because the Bulldogs lack depth at forward.
Since the end of 2023, the team has lost forwards Andrew Davey, Raymond Faitala-Mariner, Tevita Pangai Junior, Franklin Pele, Luke Thompson, and Corey Waddell.
To boost their numbers in the forward pack, they have, nevertheless, brought in a large number of players. A few names to join the club are Josh Curran, Poasa Faamausili, and Kurt Mann, a utility player who has played lock or hooker for the Knights for the majority of the previous two seasons.
Midway through the previous season, Liam Knight also joined from the South Sydney Rabbitohs.
Prior to this, Phil Gould stated on the Six Tackles with Gus podcast, “Sammy’s a good kid, I’ve always liked Sammy from the first time he walked in the door, but he’s just had injuries.”
“Sammy hurt his back after falling over a railing during a rock concert in the preseason before to this one.
When he approached us during the end of the 2022 season, I wondered, “Who is this? He was a huge, towering, aggressive child with exceptionally good movement. Wow, I thought, he’s a hope.
“We left him because he was wasting our time all year, but he trained really well in the off-season, so maybe he gets back on track.
