Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

Makes you wonder how Newcastle will be managing their salary cap, it’s been reported that Ponga was the games highest paid player on 1.4 million per season and now Brown on 1.3 million per season, that’s a lot of cap space taken up by 2 players.
Surely the Broncos will not be able to pay Staggs any more than 700k maxiimum, Wests Tigers being desperate for a quality right sided centre and someone that can also goal kick quite well, I wonder if we would go as high as 800k maybe a touch more to try and sign Staggs ?
Yes we need a back rower, but there is absolutely nobody worthwhile available, it might mean we have to try and make Jack Bird work as our right edge back rower for a couple of seasons and possibly look at signing a 13 who adds value, but won’t cost too much, I think Adam Elliott would be worth a look as he will likely be looking for a Sydney club to allow him to be living with his pregnant wife.
1. Bula
2. Turuva
3. Staggs
4. Taylan May
5. Skelton
6. Galvin
7. Luai
13. Elliott
12. Bird
11. Samuela Fainu
10. Pole
9. Korisau
8. Terrell May
14. Latu Fainu / Da Silva
15. Seyfarth / Sione Fainu
16 Twal
17. Hunt

** Looks a much more formidable potential line up for 2026.
 
BAGNF05 said:
Halves money. Same reason Galvin ain’t moving to the pigs.
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He’s a running five eight that needs an organising halfback to look good. He’s been absolutely terrible running the show for parramatta while Moses has been out

Now he’ll basically be handed the keys to Newy. Good on him, but can’t see it working
 
Vicious said:
Makes you wonder how Newcastle will be managing their salary cap, it’s been reported that Ponga was the games highest paid player on 1.4 million per season and now Brown on 1.3 million per season, that’s a lot of cap space taken up by 2 players.
Surely the Broncos will not be able to pay Staggs any more than 700k maxiimum, Wests Tigers being desperate for a quality right sided centre and someone that can also goal kick quite well, I wonder if we would go as high as 800k maybe a touch more to try and sign Staggs ?
Yes we need a back rower, but there is absolutely nobody worthwhile available, it might mean we have to try and make Jack Bird work as our right edge back rower for a couple of seasons and possibly look at signing a 13 who adds value, but won’t cost too much, I think Adam Elliott would be worth a look as he will likely be looking for a Sydney club to allow him to be living with his pregnant wife.
1. Bula
2. Turuva
3. Staggs
4. Taylan May
5. Skelton
6. Galvin
7. Luai
13. Elliott
12. Bird
11. Samuela Fainu
10. Pole
9. Korisau
8. Terrell May
14. Latu Fainu / Da Silva
15. Seyfarth / Sione Fainu
16 Twal
17. Hunt

** Looks a much more formidable potential line up for 2026.
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Staggs definitely won’t happen. No way would they block Makasini.
 
BlackWhiteGold said:
https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/s...s/news-story/3ea7410958a3a68e9c49e7eba000b191

Dylan Brown bombshell: Eels star to sign richest deal in NRL history with Newcastle Knights​

Parramatta superstar Dylan Brown has informed teammates he intends to leave the Eels to sign the richest deal in the NRL’s 117-year history.

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Dylan Brown is set to join the Knights on the richest deal in NRL history. Picture: Matt Roberts/Getty Images

Dylan Brown is set to join the Knights on the richest deal in NRL history. Picture: Matt Roberts/Getty Images

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Dylan Brown has informed teammates he intends to leave the Eels with the Parramatta playmaker poised to ink a massive $13 million deal with Newcastle.
This masthead can reveal Brown is on the verge of agreeing terms on a 10-year contract with the Knights in a bombshell move that will rip apart his scrumbase partnership with Eels halfback Mitchell Moses.

Newcastle are confident they have got their man - until the end of 2035 - with Brown to celebrate the richest deal in the NRL’s 117-year history.

Titans skipper Tino Fa’asuamaleaui signed a $12 million deal with the Gold Coast two years but Brown’s impending move to Newcastle from 2026 will make him the richest contract holder in rugby league.

It is understood Brown has told teammates he won’t be at Parramatta next season in a crippling blow to the Eels following Sunday’s 56-18 thrashing against the Storm.

The Eels were hoping to retain Brown on his existing nine-year deal, laced with two get-out clauses, but the Knights’ offer is simply too good to refuse.

Only an eleventh-hour change of heart will stop Brown leaving, with the Eels pivot having a 10-day cooling off period to renege on a move to Newcastle.

Brown has not formally inked a Knights deal at this stage, but Newcastle bosses are confident the Kiwi Test pivot will formalise his future in the coming days.

Newcastle’s impending poaching of Brown is a huge coup for the Knights as the club looks to give superstar fullback Kalyn Ponga a classy partner-in-crime in the club’s quest to snap a 24-year title drought.


Brown faces giving up an estimated $6.4 million by rejecting Newcastle’s offer and the $1.3 million offer from the Knights will be enough to seal the Kiwi’s mega defection.

Brown is happy at Parramatta - and the initial sentiment was that he would lean towards staying - but the magnitude of the rival offers has stunned the Eels pivot and given him food for thought.

In the wake of Parramatta’s grand-final campaign in 2022, Brown signed a long-term extension until the end of 2031, albeit with a series of clauses that allowed him to explore the market.

The Eels are fighting hard to retain Brown.

It’s understood they have been given the opportunity to match the 10-year deals put forward by the Knights and a second club, but Parramatta bosses are happy to stick to their original deal.

The remainder of Brown’s Eels contract is worth around $6.6 million.

The Kiwi World Cup star can ostensibly double his earnings by inking a lifetime $13m Knights deal until the end of 2035.

Brown has until round 10 to make a decision but the veteran of 123 NRL games is ready to make a definitive call now.

The $1.3 million-a-season deals will see Brown join Newcastle champion Ponga ($1.4m), Penrith’s Nathan Cleary ($1.3m) and Storm’s Cameron Munster ($1.3m) as the highest-paid players in the code.

Brown would also usurp the $1.25m-a-season earned by Eels halves partner Mitchell Moses, who earlier this month appealed for his scrumbase cohort to keep the faith.

“That’s up to Dyl, I hope he stays, I love him, I love him to death,” Moses said.

“I feel like I play my best footy with Dylan. That’s a decision he’s going to have to make in due course.

“It’s up to him, you (have to) give him as much time as he wants.”
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This deal is absurd & will have serious ramifications in the player market.
 
Vicious said:
Have you watched Makasini recently?
A player with good potential no doubt, but he’s still a long way from being NRL ready, he’s a dominant left sided player and it’s highly likely he will start off as a winger when initially stepping up to playing against men.
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I can’t really make a judgement on Makasini because I have never seen him play but Iam always a tad worried about big kids that dominate the junior games that it seldom carries over into the NRL. Hopefully Iam wrong and there are a lot of better judges than me who rate him as a potential generational player
 
By Galvin signing with Parramatta he is agreeing to go back to being a side kick and being on his least preferred side. I don’t see it happening.
 
Vicious said:
Have you watched Makasini recently?
A player with good potential no doubt, but he’s still a long way from being NRL ready, he’s a dominant left sided player and it’s highly likely he will start off as a winger when initially stepping up to playing against men.
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Agree. Masi has huge potential as a current 17yo against 19yos, has great physical attributes & skill with the ball.

Atm just seems to have a quiet passive demeanour and I haven’t seen him use his size to aggressive effect in defence. I hope part of his development is using his size to be more aggressive, increasing his effort plays & demanding the ball rather than waiting for the ball.

I think time on the wing later this season in Flegg & Cup will help.
 
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