Willison is for 2028
Wighton & Walker probably moved on by then, that's some money right there.
They have Cameron Murray and Latrell Mitchell both on 1.1 million and I very much doubt either of them will take anything less anytime soon.
Payne Hass on 1.2 million which I assume might have a ratchet clause.
Tallis Duncan will be getting plenty of offers of 900k, maybe higher, so you would think they will need to pay very close to 900k to retain him.
David Fifita is on a 800k deal and I don’t think he would be too keen to accept anything less.
Brandon Smith is on a 600k deal and I don’t think he will accept anything less.
Campbell Graham is currently on an 800k deal and i don’t think Souths will want to lose him, so they will have to pay somewhere around that figure to retain him.
Jack Wighton currently on a deal around 900k and I think they woukd ideally want to keep him as well. They might be able to retain him for a couple of hundred thousand less per season due to his age.
Jye Gray currently on a deal of around 700k and they don’t consider him as a starting player, so they will likely try and offload him, but I don’t think they will get any takers for that price.
So they will likely be paying over 7 million for their 7 highest paid players in 2028 and that’s the best case scenario if some of those players are accepting less than they could get elsewhere.
That is not including a halfback, 5/8 and possibly another fullback, no decent players in those positions come cheap.
So no idea how they could possibly be in the market for another marquee player in Xavier Willison who will definately be commanding 1 million per season or more from 2028 onwards.
