Telegraph reporting Brooks has been offered, by Wests Tigers, a 500K-600K (per year) 2 year deal.
perfect IMO
Telegraph reporting Brooks has been offered, by Wests Tigers, a 500K-600K (per year) 2 year deal.
500k about right price, 600k probably a bit much, just need to find a halves partner. The 2 year deal is good move
Wests Tigers table contract extension as interest in Luke Brooks hots up
As NRL rivals and English clubs circle a rejuvenated Luke Brooks, Wests Tigers have launched a bid in excess of $1m to keep him at Concord.
The Wests Tigers have officially launched their bid to keep Luke Brooks at the club after tabling a two-year deal worth in excess of $1 million for the local junior.
Brooks, in the final year of a deal that pays him more than $1 million this season, has been in resurgent form in recent weeks for the Tigers, prompting head coach Tim Sheens and his successor Benji Marshall to come to the party with a new deal that would extend his tenure at the club.
The move to keep Brooks comes as the club steps up a clean-out of its playing ranks.
It is understood Daine Laurie, Shawn Blore, Jake Simpkins and David Nofoaluma are all free to leave at the end of the season, if not earlier.
Laurie has concrete interest from England while Blore has also been pitched to Super League sides.
Brooks was also a target for English giants Leeds but it is understood that he has no interest in moving overseas at this stage of his career.
The Tigers have given him the opportunity to stay in the NRL, although other clubs have also had their interest piqued given the way he has played in recent weeks — Brooks has been a key figure in a Tigers side that has won three of their last five games.
The 28-year-old now has a decision to make. He can stay at the Tigers and play a central role in the revolution taking place under Sheens and Marshall. Or he can head to market and see what options are out there for him in clubland.
Sheens has has spoken glowingly of the off-contract Brooks in recent weeks and has made it known publicly and privately that he wants to keep Brooks at the club long-term.
Luke Brooks’ future is up in the air.
The Tigers coach wanted that to happen during the club’s recent bye week but the deal was delayed – it is understood the club was still attempting to navigate recent changes that resulted in Scott Fulton being appointed head of recruitment by the board.
The decision to make an offer to Brooks shapes as a victory for Sheens and Marshall, who are believed to have championed his retention. The Tigers had originally planned to make a decision on Brooks after six rounds but the timeline was extended as they waited for some clarity around their salary cap and their pursuit of other halves targets.
The club threw the bank at Mitchell Moses but he elected to stay at Parramatta, rejecting a mega-deal from his former club to stay loyal to the Eels. The Tigers also had a look at Shaun Johnson but he turned them down.
If Brooks does the same, it will be panic stations for the Tigers given it would mean they head into next season with no recognised halves – five-eighth Adam Doueihi is recovering from knee surgery.
Brooks’ form in the past month has piqued the interest of rival clubs.
Doueihi is likely to miss a large chunk — if not all of — 2024 as he makes his way back from another knee reconstruction. Brandon Wakeham is also off-contract.
The Tigers have missed out on a range of high profile halves in recent months with Johnson the most recent player to knock them back. He joins the likes of Cameron Munster, Moses and Mitchell Pearce to reject the Tigers’ advances.
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Outside of keeping Brooks, there is now a dearth of available halves off-contract at the end of the season. They have been linked to Manly’s Josh Schuster- who remains contracted for next season. Schuster is among a group of players who were signed at Manly by Fulton.
Unless they are able to entice a contracted player to join the club, the Tigers might be left to choose from the likes of Matt Frawley, Kyle Flanagan, Adam Clune, Ben Hampton and Drew Hutchison are without deals for next year.
In memory of Geoff Chisholm (1965-2022)
Still confident Koula is a big target from fulton
Speculating hear with no evidence to back this up at all but perhaps talau deal has fallen through and Manly are wanting naden ? Maybe it becomes naden and blore for Koula and Fainu ?
I admire your optimism jedi but cant put these dots together.
I can't understand why we would not play naden then tbh.
As for koula he still hasn't signed his extension with manly signed until end of 2024, we are edging closer
“the Tigers might be left to choose from the likes of Matt Frawley, Kyle Flanagan, Adam Clune, Ben Hampton and Drew Hutchison are without deals for next year.”
sheesh, that’s a dire list. It would be peak tigers to bag a player for 10 years only to lose him when we need him the most. Or similarly tiger-esque to build hope around a strong pack and promising junior backs but miss the 8 with a Frawley-Clunes halves combo.
“the Tigers might be left to choose from the likes of Matt Frawley, Kyle Flanagan, Adam Clune, Ben Hampton and Drew Hutchison are without deals for next year.”
sheesh, that’s a dire list. It would be peak tigers to bag a player for 10 years only to lose him when we need him the most. Or similarly tiger-esque to build hope around a strong pack and promising junior backs but miss the 8 with a Frawley-Clunes halves combo.
we should have offered Brooks at the first bye after the parramatta game you would have probably got him for 400k or 450k for a year
Still confident Koula is a big target from fulton
Speculating hear with no evidence to back this up at all but perhaps talau deal has fallen through and Manly are wanting naden ? Maybe it becomes naden and blore for Koula and Fainu ?
I admire your optimism jedi but cant put these dots together.
I can't understand why we would not play naden then tbh.
As for koula he still hasn't signed his extension with manly signed until end of 2024, we are edging closer
the koula 2 year extension at Manly has been on the table for 6 weeks
we should have offered Brooks at the first bye after the parramatta game you would have probably got him for 400k or 450k for a year
No we shouldn't have.
yes we should have you had no takers at that point and they signed AD for a 1 year deal at the time Brooks would have probably taken 1 year deal. Now it will cost probably 600k maybe more.
I get some of the fan base are not Brooks fans but he is better rotations that clune, frawley, flannagan and the like. If we miss Brooks we are in a hell of a lot of pain.
We may have no choice but to keep Brooks, there is nothing on the market and Doueihi may not play in 2024.
how does the salary cap work ?
Are they able to front load Brooks contract e.g. give him some if the unused cap for 2023 to contribute to paying less for 2024 ?
So if we have a spare 150k from joffa deal as an example can we give that to Brooks so his 2024 deal is say 650k (less 150k) so 500k for 2024 under the cap ?
we should have offered Brooks at the first bye after the parramatta game you would have probably got him for 400k or 450k for a year
No we shouldn't have.
yes we should have you had no takers at that point and they signed AD for a 1 year deal at the time Brooks would have probably taken 1 year deal. Now it will cost probably 600k maybe more.
I get some of the fan base are not Brooks fans but he is better rotations that clune, frawley, flannagan and the like. If we miss Brooks we are in a hell of a lot of pain.
He was really poor to start the season, I am turning to sign him now but there is no way I would have signed him at Easter for any value.
In memory of Geoff Chisholm (1965-2022)
how does the salary cap work ?
Are they able to front load Brooks contract e.g. give him some if the unused cap for 2023 to contribute to paying less for 2024 ?
So if we have a spare 150k from joffa deal as an example can we give that to Brooks so his 2024 deal is say 650k (less 150k) so 500k for 2024 under the cap ?
Yes, we do this every year.
In memory of Geoff Chisholm (1965-2022)
how does the salary cap work ?
Are they able to front load Brooks contract e.g. give him some if the unused cap for 2023 to contribute to paying less for 2024 ?
So if we have a spare 150k from joffa deal as an example can we give that to Brooks so his 2024 deal is say 650k (less 150k) so 500k for 2024 under the cap ?
Yes, we do this every year.
hopefully we can structure a deal like this for brooks and then use some of the long service discount and take a big chunk off the 2024 cap
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