The Dolphins have talked about taking out the much-maligned Wests Tigers quarterback Luke Brooks next season, but the Concord club will have to hand over a large amount of their $ 1.1 million contract.
It also depends on what happens to Anthony Milford at the Newcastle Knights.
The Dolphins have a handshake deal for Milford to join the 17th NRL team next season, but the Knights have also been busy trying to keep him in the Hunter for 2023.
If any coach is going to get the best out of the Tigers Brooks player, it’s probably Wayne Bennett.
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Just go back to the way Wayne transformed Jamie Soward from a punching bag to a first-place winner at St George Illawarra or even, more recently, the form of Cody Walker last year to see how you can spray the magic dust.
Brooks pays close to $ 1 million this year, rising to $ 1.1 million next year, so if the Dolphins ’move occurs, the Tigers will have to contribute a lot.
Brooks was entitled to let the Tigers ’administration have both barrels on Wednesday when it was widely pointed out about how a plan devised for the NSW Cup came to the media.
The litany of things that have come out of the Tigers ’reception over the past seven years is no less surprising.
From Jason Taylor being fired three rounds during the 2017 season until Ivan Cleary got on and off the bus, there was the Big Four debacle surrounding James Tedesco, Mitch Moses, Aaron Woods and Brooks, the treatment of club legends Robbie Farah and Benji Marshall, internal reviews, Michael Maguire’s tenure, you get the idea.
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The only common denominator, though all has been the very administration of the organization spinning in circles, somehow leading the club to a seemingly endless pit of quicksand.
Tigers game creator Brooks has endured four head coaches and two interim coaches over the past ten seasons at Concord.
He has always bitten his tongue and tried his hand at the club where he grew up as a local youth player.
What is sometimes lost in the criticism around Brooks is that it is not his fault that the Wests Tigers administration has marked him by handing him a monstrous contract.
Many good rugby league judges will tell you the best for Brooks and the best for the Tigers is a fresh start.
BENNETT HAS MUNSTER IN QUICK DIAL
The main meat of the Melbourne storm surrounding Cameron Munster’s continued Wayne Bennett search is the seven-time first-place winner who has achieved Queensland home state five-eighths in speed dialing.
Yes, Wayne and Cameron usually have a yak on the phone.
Munster won the Wally Lewis Medal in 2020 in the worst Queensland home state team in history, that comment has aged well, and gun creator and Wayne have been great teammates ever since.
The storm made a second complaint at NRL headquarters last week after Wayne went on the radio and said the Dolphins continued to chase Munster.
The reality is that Bennett and Munster are close to their time at the Maroons camp when the couple regularly teamed up to play cards.
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Wayne Bennett and Cameron Munster in 2020. Source: Getty Images
SHEENS DIDN’T WANT TO TRAIN, WHY DIE MAKES SENSE
Wests Tigers football director Tim Sheens has clarified the push because the four-time first-place winner holds the position of head coach at Concord.
Behind Cameron Ciraldo, with a five-year deal, Tigers decision makers have launched a campaign to try to convince Sheens to return to the world of NRL training.
When we contacted Sheens about the coach’s drive that guided the Wests Tigers to the club’s last Premiership in 2005 to return, he was quick to overthrow him.
“It’s not the club’s preferred position and it’s not particularly a path I want to take,” Sheens said.
Last week, the Tigers dined with a media group at the well-known Grappa rugby league restaurant, where the concept is believed to have grown his legs.
We cannot confirm or deny how much Shiraz or White Chenin may have been involved.
Sheens is adamant that the Tigers will sit down looking for the right coach to try to guide the club from what is quickly becoming a complete trap.
Former Cronulla coach John Morris is arguably one of the candidates on the list of interviews with Sheens who has contacted his agent Chris Orr to arrange an interview.
Morris seems like a solid choice when considering that Sheens consists of how the club is looking for a development coach.
Morris has DNA at the club after playing 72 games there for three seasons between 2007 and 2009.
Sheens was the coach at the time, so the couple enjoy a good relationship.
Take a look at the list of emerging talent Morris brought to the Sharks and accumulate a strong argument as to why it would be a good fit for the Tigers: William Kennedy, Briton Nikora, Braden Hamlin-Uele, Ronaldo Mulitalo, Sione Katoa. , Toby Rudolf, Blayke Brailey, Teig Wilton and Royce Hunt.
Morris has also been around the block in terms of the dangers of getting caught up in club politics.
During his time with the Sharks as a very young NRL coach, Morris was thrown almost every knife in the kitchen.
It is also a political minefield in the Concord right now, as evidenced by the fight over the constant leaks of information coming out of the club.
We keep going back to the old Jack Gibson line – victory begins at the reception.
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IKIN, KEVVIE CLEANS MOST OF THE BRONCHOS
Armed with all the latest data from the rugby league and a perfectly constructed list management organization chart, it’s impossible not to admire what the Broncos football boss Ben Ikin has achieved since he returned to Red Hill.
The Broncos were a disaster when Ikin took on the job and transformation long ago NRL 360 The host put his feet under the desk has been nothing short of remarkable.
Sure there have been a few hits on the road along the way, but when you look at the way Brisbane has revised the club’s squad to move on to players like Matt Lodge, Tevita Pangai, Anthony Milford, Brodie Croft and Jamayne Isaako, there there has been a great heavy uplift. .
Broncos football chief Ben Ikin.Source: News Corp Australia
Brisbane coach Kevin Walters also deserves the same rap for the way he has been able to review the roster by incorporating brand recruits Adam Reynolds and Kurt Capewell and then introducing next-generation players like Selwynn Cobbo and Ezra Mam.
Getting Reece Walsh’s signature is arguably the Broncos ’biggest blow, especially considering the three-year $ 2.9 million offer the Dolphins were expecting.
No doubt Walters will enjoy a well-deserved XXXX Gold on the deal with Walsh at some point, while Ikin, who rarely has a beer these days, will celebrate by putting on a salad sandwich drizzled with Kombucha.
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DOGS ARE LOOKING AT YOUNG GUN DRAGONS
The Bulldogs are monitoring the situation with young dragons Jayden Sullivan of the Dragons.
Sullivan will have a crack with Red V No. 7 jumper against the Broncos on Sunday and has long been considered the apparent heir to playing migback at St George Illawarra.
But given the excellent form of Dragons captain Ben Hunt, you can understand why the Red V set is now looking to extend the club captain’s existing contract beyond the end of 2023.
Hunt has been the Dragons ’most consistent player this year and after a year of scrutiny around his $ 1 million contract, the play has proven to be a smart move by St George Illawarra.
Sullivan, a Wollongong youth who played the Wests Devils, is signed to the Red V until the end of 2025.
But the Bulldogs are watching closely as the Dragons play the puzzle pieces together and if there is a chance to present Sullivan with a straight path to play midfield in the NRL, Canterbury-Bankstown can explore to try to make it a reality. .
THE WINNING SMILE OF BARNETT OLD SCHOOL
In this new era where the tough 80s and 90s strikers sit in stunned silence as players fly in from all directions to take a leap and push and push, Newcastle striker Mitch Barnett is a throwback to different eras .
Barnett had his two front teeth knocked out against the Gold Coast Titans in round 16.
Barnett not only returned to the field after passing an HIA assessment, but also plans to back up and play in the 17th round on Friday night against South Sydney, let alone the two front coral barriers.
One of the weirdest things about the missing teeth, Barnett wore a mouth guard, many players don’t have them these days, but they had still removed them.
Barnett’s teammates in Newcastle have been busy trying to make him smile and finish training this week on how he looks like he’s just done a stretch with some of the best of the Hunter at Cessnock Correctional Center.