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Tigers get their claws into young playmakers
July 2, 2013
Adrian Proszenko - SMH
Chief Rugby League Reporter
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Wests Tigers have moved to lock up promising playmakers Luke Brooks and Mitchell Moses, tabling three-year deals to to keep them at the club.
Brooks and Moses are considered the best young halves in the game and could make their NRL debuts this season. They are both contracted until the end of next year but the Tigers want to secure their services in the long term before they hit the open market.
Tigers officials hope they can afford to keep them and upgrade the contract of Benji Marshall, who has been promised a renegotiation after a lift in the salary cap.
Should they take up the deal, Moses and Brooks will jump from a second-tier contract to a top-25 one, with lucrative incentives should they consistently play first grade.
''I've been quite vocal that the two halves are a priority for us,'' said Tigers chief operating officer Grant Mayer.
''The offer we've made is very strong and it shows our intent that we want the boys to stay here. Mitchell and Luke have shown over a number of years they have the ability to play first grade long-term.
''They contracted until the end of 2014 but we won't be resting on our laurels, we'll be trying to lock these kids up as quick as we possibly can.''
Moses, nephew of Tigers great Benny Elias, was named the SG Ball player of the year last year. The Holy Cross Rhinos junior is back in the NYC after returning from injury and fellow teenager Brooks isn't far away from an NRL call-up.
Forwards Kyle Lovett and Brenden Santi have also been offered new deals.
The Tigers have turned the corner in recent weeks, winning four of their past five matches.
Mayer was bemused by speculation over the future of coach Mick Potter.
''It's intriguing that there continues to be speculation over a coach of a team who has won four out of five,'' he said. ''The reality is we've gone through a tough injury crisis at the club and all of a sudden, with some of our key players back on the field, we're winning some great games of footy.
''We've got Cronulla Sharks and then a bye - we could soon be on the cusp of the eight.''
July 2, 2013
Adrian Proszenko - SMH
Chief Rugby League Reporter
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Wests Tigers have moved to lock up promising playmakers Luke Brooks and Mitchell Moses, tabling three-year deals to to keep them at the club.
Brooks and Moses are considered the best young halves in the game and could make their NRL debuts this season. They are both contracted until the end of next year but the Tigers want to secure their services in the long term before they hit the open market.
Tigers officials hope they can afford to keep them and upgrade the contract of Benji Marshall, who has been promised a renegotiation after a lift in the salary cap.
Should they take up the deal, Moses and Brooks will jump from a second-tier contract to a top-25 one, with lucrative incentives should they consistently play first grade.
''I've been quite vocal that the two halves are a priority for us,'' said Tigers chief operating officer Grant Mayer.
''The offer we've made is very strong and it shows our intent that we want the boys to stay here. Mitchell and Luke have shown over a number of years they have the ability to play first grade long-term.
''They contracted until the end of 2014 but we won't be resting on our laurels, we'll be trying to lock these kids up as quick as we possibly can.''
Moses, nephew of Tigers great Benny Elias, was named the SG Ball player of the year last year. The Holy Cross Rhinos junior is back in the NYC after returning from injury and fellow teenager Brooks isn't far away from an NRL call-up.
Forwards Kyle Lovett and Brenden Santi have also been offered new deals.
The Tigers have turned the corner in recent weeks, winning four of their past five matches.
Mayer was bemused by speculation over the future of coach Mick Potter.
''It's intriguing that there continues to be speculation over a coach of a team who has won four out of five,'' he said. ''The reality is we've gone through a tough injury crisis at the club and all of a sudden, with some of our key players back on the field, we're winning some great games of footy.
''We've got Cronulla Sharks and then a bye - we could soon be on the cusp of the eight.''
