NRL Round 7 Team Lists Late Mail: Souths lose star for three months, Bennett in doubt for Dolphins trip
South Sydney have the bye this week, but that hasn't stopped their bad luck with injuries. They have now lost starting front rower Tevita…
Super League promotion hopefuls Leigh came “very close” to signing former NRL superstar Jarryd Hayne on a short-term contract, the club’s head coach Neil Jukes has confirmed.
The 28-year-old ex-NSW and Parramatta fullback is currently without a job following stints in the NFL with the San Francisco 49ers and in rugby sevens with Fiji, where he failed to make the cut for the island nation’s Olympic team.
It was after that setback Leigh owner Derek Beaumont made his audacious move to sign Hayne after former Eels stars Fuifui Moimoi and Reni Maitui made contact with their former teammate to weigh up his interest in joining to play in the Super 8s qualifiers.
However, the talks with his agent Wayne Beavis came to nothing but Jukes maintained his club did almost pull off the biggest signing in the club’s history.
“We came close,” Jukes said at the Super 8s launch at Old Trafford.
“Our owner spoke to him and did a lot of work with his agent.
“It was very close. The deadline for this year has gone and the big pull was obviously Reni, a good friend of his who retires this year.
“It just shows how far we’ve come as a club when we get linked with players like that.
“It would have been very similar I imagine to what Warrington did with Andrew Johns. He probably paid for himself with the bums on seats.”
Reckon you can pick the winning team? Build your own dream team with Draftstars daily fantasy and compete on any match. For great odds on the NRL head on over to PlayUp. Imagine what you could be buying instead. Set a deposit limit.
South Sydney have the bye this week, but that hasn't stopped their bad luck with injuries. They have now lost starting front rower Tevita…
Who are the hardest working big men in the NRL?
Billy Slater says the door is open for Queensland's middle forwards to force their way into the squad for the State of Origin opener…
Friday night’s clash between Parramatta and the Dolphins is likely to be a hot one – and not just because the game is being…
Some of the best TV we'll see all year!
The Roosters coach wasn't happy after a number of controversial calls went against them in their loss to the Storm - does he have…