Yea any club would be silly to take the full cut.
Melbourne know it too, they will have to pay freight.
Quite the decline for old NAS, hardly seen this year. Be interesting to see how he goes for the Kiwis.
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Yea any club would be silly to take the full cut.
Melbourne know it too, they will have to pay freight.
Quite the decline for old NAS, hardly seen this year. Be interesting to see how he goes for the Kiwis.
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I thought it was interesting his Kiwi selection and Niukore missed out considering Stacey Jones is Kiwi coach and Warriors assistant. We don’t have that big imposing middle that the rest of the contenders have, I’d personally take the risk and bring him in provided storm pays about $200k per year of his salary for the remaining contract
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I think he's done in the NRL tbh.
No team is going to touch him at that price and Melbourne aren't going to want to pay freight given their window.
I think he's a prime target for R360.
Wouldn't be surprised if he plays a bit in Japan or Europe next year prior to that
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I could see our links to city kickboxing being an interesting proposition for him. Seems hugely interested in that world and I could see him boxing at some point, he’s quite handy. Seems that we’ve turned down the approach currently, which I back the club if that’s what they are going with but I recall Webster after the panthers loss saying a couple of the pieces of the puzzle are missing and I think one of those pieces is an imposing middle forward and links to Moale suggests we’re after one. Lowering his target area defensively looks to be the biggest issue I reckon. We seem to be seeing a bit of leniency towards high shots if the attacking player is falling too which shows there’s a view from the nrl that some are unavoidable
They will need to pay more than that. NAS is good for a 25-30 minute stint off the bench these days, his contract is for a top level starting prop. His injury and suspension risk is high, which also affects his value for a club.
Internationals is a different story, he will have his job for impact and niggle, which we all know he can do that. That's not worth $850k for an NRL team, or even $500k. He's also got 2 years left on his deal.
Would only be worth considering if he was half price for 1 year IMO. Seems like a niggly character off the pitch - The Warriors have turned him down already so read into that what you will. Storm have messed up on his contract bad, which is rare for them.
Dylan Walker wasn’t setting the world on fire before he left manly but we had a plan for him off the bench and paid him handsomely for it at $700k per season, but he offered impact initially as apart of the bald brothers, but impact is what’s needed. I’m not going to debate it anymore because as you say, Warriors have turned him down already so it’s pointless but if impact is what we’re looking for, in my opinion he offers it
