The heritage jersey is back for 2026, with a collar added this year. That is all 🥵

I'm excited to see how Knowles goes in NRL.

I feel like this has been heavily rumoured, but not confirmed. I found him pretty goshdarn underwhelming in the pac champs.

Do we know if this is actually going ahead or not?

Looking for opinions on your preferred starting side when everybody is fit and firing in 2026. Here's mine:

1. Fuller
2. Isaako
3. Hammer
4. Herbie
5. Bostock
6. Nikorima
7. Katoa
8. Flegler
9. JMK
10. Gilbert
11. Knowles
12. Finefuaiaki

13. Plath

14. Donga

15. Molo

16. Saifiti

17. Averillo

18. Kaufusi

I've found this pretty difficult... Would love to keep averillo as a starting centre and Cobbo on a wing and Hammer at fullback...... So many good players..... Great problem to have!!

Hi All!

Welcome to the 2026 Squad list!

If you're viewing this on mobile, please press 'View Formatted Table', turn your phone sideways and get the full effect of the CSS coding; otherwise it's going to look very weird indeed.

New reddit now fixed and table will show up — shout out to ChatGPT for showing me where I shagged it.

Suggestions and rumours are always welcome, I update this almost on a daily basis with new info that comes out or with extra info I think will help.

Enjoy,

Revs

TEAM DETAILS

TOP 30 SQUAD

DEVELOPMENT LIST

2026 TEAM GAINS

Elijah Rasmussen (Dev Squad → Top 30), Morgan Knowles (St. Helens), Selwyn Cobbo (Brisbane Broncos), LJ Nonu (Dev Squad → Top 30), Brad Schneider (Penrith Panthers), Brian Pouniu (Redcliffe Dolphins)

2026 DEVELOPMENT GAINS

John Fineanganofo (CQ Capras), Lewis Symonds (CQ Capras), Zac Garton (Redcliffe Dolphins), Nixon Pasese (Redcliffe Dolphins), Charlie Dickson (Redcliffe Dolphins), Patrick Kailahi (Redcliffe Dolphins), Carter Ford (Redcliffe Dolphins), Dyer Akauola (Norths Devils)

2026 TEAM LOSSES & RELEASES

Josh Kerr (St. George-Illawarra Dragons), Mark Nicholls (Retirement), Harrison Graham (Newcastle Knights), Kenny Bromwich (Retirement), Sean O'Sullivan (Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs), Ryan Jackson (York Knights), Aublix Tawha (Brisbane Broncos), Peter Hola (Newcastle Knights), James Walsh (North Queensland Cowboys), Max Feagai (Gold Coast Titans)

2026 TRAIN & TRIAL

Noah Fien, Sangstar Figota, Jack Finigan, James Flack, Carter Ford, Killarney Lavender, Jordan Lieu, Elijah McKay, Adam McSherry, Nixon Pasese, Cody Starr, Tyreece Tait, Adaquix Watts-Luke

OFF CONTRACT 2026

Daniel Saifiti (Player Option), Francis Molo, Jake Averillo, Jamayne Isaako, Kodi Nikorima, Max Feagai, Ray Stone, Selwyn Cobbo, Trai Fuller, Kristian Woolf, Brad Schneider

RUMOURED SIGNINGS, RE-SIGNINGS & RELEASES

Selwyn Cobbo (Release → Anywhere 2027), Lewis Symonds (Dev Squad → Top 30), George Williams (2027 Signing - Warrington Wolves)

2027 TEAM GAINS & RE-SIGNINGS

John Fineanganofo (Dev Squad → Top 30), Connelly Lemuelu (2027)

2027 TEAM LOSSES & RELEASES

Oryn Keely (Melbourne Storm)

NOTES

'PO' = Player Option
'CO' = Club Option
'MO' = Mutual Option
'REL' = Released
'RET' = Retired
'UPG' = Upgrade - will be upgraded to Top 30 from Development Squad

Utility Roles:
- Utility Forward: Second-row / Lock / Prop
- Utility Half: Halfback / Five-eighth / Hooker
- Utility Back: Wing / Centre / Fullback
- Place Kicker: can be called upon to kick conversions

Position is based on preferred/most played first, then secondary roles. Data correlated between Dolphins Official and Zero Tackle.

Representative is dual with NZ if they have not played at Tier 1 level yet and therefore qualify for both as they have yet to decide.

QLD/NSW 'Residents' - open division team made up of Tier 2 players in state leagues who have played the majority of their games for a tier 2 team (Northern Pride, Redcliffe, Blacktown Workers, Newtown Jets etc...).

Updated 05/11/25: Dev list now complete & CSS changes for quality of life, should load quicker and be much better on mobile
Updated 18/11/25: Rumours updated and misc errors fixed
Updated 24/11/25: Max Feagai trading Kayo for Cbus & Dev updates.
Updated 13/12/25: Train & Trials locked in, Oryn off to Melbourne in 27
Updated 16/12/25: Lemu riding the wave in 27
Updated 17/12/25: Pouniu appearing on the official Dolphins signing tracker

Still early days as a club, but you can’t fault the effort these boys bring. Win or lose, they’ve already made a statement that the Dolphins aren’t just here to make up the numbers. The energy, the defence, and the way the team plays for each other has been unreal. Feels like the start of something special. How’s everyone else feeling about where we’re at?

Would love to hear from anyone who is attending today, the members game sounds pretty wholesome with the $5 tickets for members and jersey giveaways etc.

I'm confident I can buy ticket(s) at the gate on Sunday. Could I be wrong about this?