Daily Telegraph: WARRIORS CENTRE LOOKING FOR EXIT
Warriors centre Adam Pompey could be on the move after New Zealand granted him permission to speak to rival clubs.
It is understood a host of Super League clubs are circling Pompey who still has another 12 months left on his contract.
Pompey re-signed with the club for two seasons before the start of last year but has found himself in and out of first grade this year.
The Warriors have a stack of outside backs arriving next year including Grant Anderson (Broncos) and Will Warbrick (Melbourne).
Pompey, 28, is free to go while veteran, Roger Tuivasa-Sheck is off to Super League club Wakefield Trinity.
I reckon we need another centre who can not only play NRL when we get an injury, but provide genuine pressure for a starting position when we are full strength.
If we are being serious and as good as Herbert has been for us at times, we really need him well down the pecking order and only to be used if we are in an injury crisis.
It is still not confirmed if we are keeping Saukuru or not and I was very happy to seee him get his NRL opportunities which were thoroughly deserved, but has he done enough to be a priority re-signing as our main back up centre?
Then we have Makasini who I still think will eventually be an top class centre, but he struggled this season and I think most of our fans agree it seems like we need him on the wing for a season or two establishing himself as a quality NRL winger before considering moving him back into the centres.
So when we hear that proven good quality NRL centres such as Sebastian Kris and now Adam Pompey are becoming available, surely signing one of them is a high priority.
The depth and pressure players like them would provide should make us a much better team and much better equipped to cover when we have an injury to starting centres such as Taylan May and Jake Averillo.
As previously mentioned, Sebastian Kris is also a good quality winger when playing anywhere near his best and I recall Adam Pompey also playing a few decent games on the wing at NRL level.
