COWBOYS MOVE TO LAND LEILUA EARLY
The North Queensland Cowboys have attempted to capitalise on the Wests Tigers’s dysfunction by requesting an early release for Luciano Leilua.
Leilua signed a three-year, $2 million deal with the Cowboys for 2023.
According to the Courier Mail, the Cowboys reached out to the Tigers to see if they would let Leilua head north early but the request was knocked back.
It’s not the first time the Cowboys have attempted to secure Leilua ahead of time.
The Townsville club was prepared to take him a year early, bumping the deal up to $2.8 million over four years only for the Tigers to block the move.