**Wests Tigers hold meeting with Luke Brooks amid interest from North Queensland Cowboys**
The Wests Tigers have held a sit down meeting with halfback Luke Brooks to ensure the no. 7 the club wants the playmaker to remain at Concord.
Brooks still has this season plus two more at the Wests Tigers but has been heavily linked to the North Queensland Cowboys in the past fortnight.
Brooks, 26, played under 20s for Wests Tigers when Cowboys coach Todd Payten was coaching at the joint venture.
The Tigers spoke to Brooks in the lead-up to their first victory of the season over Newcastle last Sunday to assure the halfback the club wants to retain the local junior long-term.
“We’ve told Luke we believe in him and we want him to remain our halfback,” Tigers general manager of football Adam Hartigan said.
“There’s never been any indication about him wanting to play anywhere else.”
The Cowboys are expected to enter the open market in search of a playmaker with Michael Morgan currently exploring being medically retired.
The move will mean North Queensland is cashed-up and can make a play for an established half.
Current Cowboys no. 7 Jake Clifford has signed with the Newcastle Knights for next season and is believed to be committed to the deal.
The Tigers have been linked to English Super League Man of Steel Jackson Hastings over the course of the past fortnight.
The joint venture is looking at Hastings to fill a utility player style of position for next season and beyond.
Tigers coach Michael Maguire has personally spoken to Hastings.
No deal is expected to struck anytime soon.
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This would be the Tigers best offload ever if this happens!
Please go Brooks. Bring in Madden.
Bring in anyone else!
Geeeez you write a fair comment and it gets downvoted heavily and immediately by the fan club. So tiring honestly. It’s like Brooks has his own online marketing team.
That, or memories worse than goldfish on here. This forum is worse than Facebook sometimes.
Yeah , I’m sure that’s what the down votes were for
Not the fact his solution was a 34 year old Jimmy Maloney or a Rookie who has barely stood out in reserve grade to take the reigns.
Don’t understand why so many people on here think you hit 30 and you’re then redundant.same people saying don’t sign Adam Reynolds or Jimmy Maloney.
Yes, let’s NOT sign an experienced half who has won comp(s) and played origin. Let’s stick with someone who’s played 150 games and somehow won a dally M three years ago.
Ah yes, we certainly have a winning attitude at the Tigers.
lol we literally just got rid of a player , who was the wrong side of 30 , great bloke “game changing “ leadership and winning culture guy. With injury concerns . Coincidentally he even had the same last name .
Nope ! We build from the ground up. It’s proven the only real way to compete .
You’re trying to compare Adam Reynolds to Josh Reynolds? Are you serious? That is the dumbest comparison of players of the same quality I’ve ever heard.
I am happy to claim that Brooks is the worst half to ever play rugby league.