2024 Rumoured and confirmed signings (NON-DISCUSSION THREAD).

[The Wheel]

 

[Brookie Bob]

Cowboys weapon Jason Taumalolo axed after club’s 2023 season flop​

https://www.news.com.au/sport/nrl/cowboys-weapon-jason-taumalolo-axed-after-clubs-2023-season-flop/news-story/fa00babf0fd2f5e9152b3bcab7adc368

 

[Brookie Bob]

Dragons welcome Faitala-Mariner​

Dragons welcome Faitala-Mariner

The Dragons are pleased to announce the signing of Raymond Faitala-Mariner for the 2024 and 2025 seasons.

www.dragons.com.au

 

[maxta]

Tuipulotu likely a Dragon very soon

 

[simon64]

Further to maxta's post....Broncos close to extending Mam's contract long term.

Good move for Tippytoes. He's down the pecking order and not likely to see much first grade with us.

Flanno swoops on Sea Eagles flyer as Dragons switch set to hand veteran NRL lifeline — Whispers

Flanno swoops on Sea Eagles flyer as Dragons switch set to hand veteran NRL lifeline — Whispers

www.foxsports.com.au

 

[simon64]

Confirmed....2 year deal.

 

[eagle66]

Tom Burgess signs with Huddersfield for 2025 for 3 years

 

[The Wheel]

Sea Eagles release Christian Tuipulotu

Manly Warringah Sea Eagles have today released winger Christian Tuipulotu from the final two years of his contract.

www.seaeagles.com.au

 

[The Wheel]

New three-year deal for Ben Trbojevic at Sea Eagles

Manly Warringah Sea Eagles have extended the contract of hard-working back-rower Ben Trbojevic for a further three years.

www.seaeagles.com.au

 

[double hoops]

Brown just promoted to top 30. If someone could add the article for a read please.

 

[Ron E. Gibbs]

Former Origin forward Nathan Brown has landed a top 30 deal with Manly​

Nathan Brown was fighting for his NRL career this pre-season but it’s paid off with an upgraded contract with Manly.

by Pamela Whaley

Former NSW Origin forward Nathan Brown will be available to play round 1 for Manly after being upgraded to the club’s top-30 list.

The 30-year-old has impressed over the pre-season with his determination to save his NRL career and has been rewarded by coach Anthony Seibold.

The paperwork is due to be finalised on Monday, just a day after he played the club’s first trial against South Sydney in Gosford.

The release of winger Christian Tuipulotu to St George Illawarra last week has freed up space in the first grade roster to allow the move, which puts Brown in the frame to make the round 1 side to play the Rabbitohs in Las Vegas.

“(Brown) and his agent have agreed to come into the top-30, so we’ll get the paperwork done on Monday and then he can be available for selection which is a real positive for us,” Seibold said after Sunday’s 68-6 trial win.

“He deserves it too, he’s had a good pre-season and he looks great.”

Brown has bounced around several NRL clubs over the past few years including Wests Tigers, Parramatta, Souths and the Roosters, but was without a contract at the end of 2023.

The one-time Origin forward was picked up by the Sea Eagles on a train and trial deal in the pre-season in a final effort to save his career.

Seibold has watched him thrive under that pressure.

“I’ve loved his attitude, he’s got a bit of a point to prove so there’s been an intensity about the way he’s gone after it,” he said.

“His own words, not mine, he’s had two disappointing seasons and he wants to prove a couple of points that he still belongs at this level.

“When you’ve got a player who still has that ambition and that fire in the belly, they can be really powerful for you.

“I can only go on what I’ve seen over the last 12 weeks and he’s taken this opportunity, we wanted to reward him and upgrade him to our top 30 which we’ve done.”

Meanwhile, Sunday’s trial helped push Raymond Tuaimalo-Vaega’s case to claim a vacant left wing position over Jaxson Paulo and Tommy Talau.

“It’s one spot that there’s a real competition for spots, Jaxson and Ray, and also Tommy Talau, those three guys are all pushing for that spot,” Seibold said.

“Saab has the right wing position nailed and Tolutau (Koula) and Reuben (Garrick) in the centres, and Tommy Trbojevic at fullback so there’s one position there where want genuine competition for spots and that jersey is up for grabs, along with that left edge back row.

“There were good signs.”

 

[The Wheel]

Sea Eagles add Nathan Brown to Top 30 squad

Experienced NRL forward Nathan Brown has been added to the Sea Eagles Top 30 squad for the 2024 season.

www.seaeagles.com.au

 

[40 nil]

Luciano Leilua requests immediate release from Cowboys - likely to join Dragons

Luciano Leilua requests immediate release from Cowboys, hopes to link up with former club

Star requests immediate Cowboys release... with return to former club on the cards

www.foxsports.com.au

 

[eagle66]

Nofouluma to Salford

 

[Stuey Davis’s Socks]

Luciano Leilua requests immediate release from Cowboys - likely to join Dragons

Luciano Leilua requests immediate release from Cowboys, hopes to link up with former club

Star requests immediate Cowboys release... with return to former club on the cards

www.foxsports.com.au

“The Cowboys have a glutton of back rowers on the books, with the move likely to help accomodate keeping young gun Kulikefu Finefeuiaki and the talented Heilum Luki”

Never a good idea to have too many gluttons on your team😀. Good one Fox “journos”, try glut next time!

 

[globaleagle]

Roosters forward Jared Waerea-Hargreaves has announced the 2024 season will be his final year in the NRL.

2024 NRL Signings Tracker: SJ calls time on NRL career

Warriors halfback Shaun Johnson has called time on his 14-season NRL career, announcing he’ll retire at the end of the season.

www.nrl.com

 

[Captain Moondog]

Hoops: How Flanno’s $600k move for rising Cowboys star helped seal Leilua switch

Hoops: How Flanno’s $600k move for rising Cowboys star helped seal Leilua switch

www.foxsports.com.au

 

[eagle66]

Zac Fulton may go to Bradford.

Grandson of rugby league immortal lands UK offer as forward weighs up move

Exclusive: The forward is considering a move to the UK.

www.examinerlive.co.uk

 

[Eagle thru 'n' thru]

Zane Tetevano signed with Gus' guys, the Bulldogs.

 

[Dion Johnson]

Penrith have quietly extended the contract of young centre Paul Alamoti, giving them an insurance policy as they step up talks with off-contract star Taylan May.
Alamoti, regarded as one of the best young centres in the game when he was at the Bulldogs, joined the Panthers this season after failing to strike a new deal at Canterbury.

He landed on his feet at the premiers and has now agreed to stay until the end of 2025. His retention comes as the Panthers extend the contract of strike centre Izack Tago and turn their attention to keeping May.

May, outstanding in the club’s opening two games of the year, would no doubt have taken notice of the money Penrith spent on Tago, who is believed to have signed a deal worth more than $700,000 a season.

Alamoti gives the Panthers protection in case May decides to move at the end of the season. The 20-year-old played 19 games for the Bulldogs last season but is yet to make his first grade bow for the Panthers.

BULLDOGS ADD SOME BACK-ROW INSURANCE

Jirah Momoisea is expected to join the Bulldogs after he was granted an immediate release from Parramatta.

Momoisea, 25, only played three matches for the Eels last season after joining the club on a two-year deal from Newcastle.

Those matches all came in the opening three games of the season before he was relegated to NSW Cup. Before that he played eight games for Newcastle, all off the bench.

The back-rower is likely to join the Bulldogs on a second-tier contract with Canterbury’s top 30 already filled.

The Bulldogs added props Daniel Suluka-Fifita and Zane Tetevano in recent weeks. The Eels remain on the look-out for an outside back and have been linked with St George Illawarra’s Zac Lomax.