Rugby League Central Coast: Signings tracker for the 2025 season

Kincumber has made one of the signings of the season as it eyes off a big charge up the ladder in 2025. Check out the Rugby League Central Coast signings tracker.

Ben Marschke will be one of four former NRL players lining up for the Colts in 2025. Picture: Sue Graham

With the pre-season well underway, the countdown towards this year’s Rugby League Central Coast competition has begun.

As clubs prepare for the season, we’ll cast our eye over the major signings and departures for the 2025 men’s campaign, starting with the Kincumber Colts.

KINCUMBER COLTS

David Fifita will bring plenty of star power to the Colts. Picture: Richard Walker

Major signings: David Fifita (The Entrance), Kyle Whitton (Mounties), Dylan Turner (Manly Jersey Flegg), Jesse Abbott (Berkeley Vale), Nathan Davis

Major departures: Jake Shearer (retired), Brae Verheyen (Kurri Kurri)

It has been a very busy off-season for Kincumber, who have made plenty of noise with some impressive signings.

Chief among them is former NRL and Super League forward David Fifita, who joins the Colts as captain-coach after two seasons with The Entrance in the Newcastle Rugby League’s Denton Cup.

With the 35-year-old’s brothers Andrew Fifita, Blake McLean and Kyle McLean at Woy Woy, it was in fact Fifita’s children, who play for the Colts’ juniors, who helped Kincumber secure its key signing.

“To his credit, I’m pretty sure it all comes down to his kids,” said Colts president Lyndon Duncan. “He wants the Colts to be strong when his kids come through and because he’s been around for the last couple of years with his kids he’s grown to like the club.”

And although there is still plenty of time before the season starts, Fifita hasn’t wasted any time making an impact.

“In the first training we had it was just the tips he gave everyone, even simple things the players through they knew well – it was great,” said Duncan.

Nathan Davis played for the Titans back in 2016. Photo: Quinn Rooney/Getty Images

Fifita isn’t the club’s only big-name signing, with the Colts securing the services of outside back Nathan Davis, who played nine NRL games for the Gold Coast and Parramatta in 2016 and 2017, and fullback Kyle Whitton, who joins from Mounties in the Ron Massey Cup.

“Getting some outside backs is so good. If you watched our games last year, we could defend with the best of them but when it came to attack we couldn’t score as many points as we needed. Having people like Nathan and Kyle is really good for us.”

And while club stalwart Jake Shearer has hung up the boots and prop Brae Verheyen has moved to Kurri, the Colts have bolstered their forwards with the return of Dylan Turner from Manly’s Jersey Flegg side and the signature of Jesse Abbott from Berkeley Vale.

Meanwhile, with the re-signing of former Sydney Roosters players Ben Marschke and Ben Thomas, the club now has four ex-NRL players in its 2025 squad as it looks to charge up the ladder and play finals footy.

And while that is impressive enough, it seems there could be more to come.

“I won’t say too much but I’d say there are still one or two in the works that would be pretty significant for us and even significant for the Coast,” said Duncan.

“It’s looking phenomenal so far. But let’s start turning that into wins.”