Bennett's Dolphins sound out All Blacks hopeful

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Still struggling to amended their roster for their maiden play adjacent year, the Dolphins person taken their hunt crossed countries - and codes.

Wayne Bennett's franchise is present looking astatine prima Kiwi rugby national extracurricular backmost and All Black hopeful Shaun Stevenson.

The 25-year-old fullback/winger is astatine the apical of his game, with implicit 100 Super Rugby games to his credit.

A erstwhile New Zealand under-20 and Maori All Black representative, Stevenson presently plays for North Harbour aft erstwhile stints astatine Waikato and the Chiefs.

Ironically, Stevenson is adjacent to All Black selection, and 1 of the players helium is competing against for a spot is erstwhile Warriors and Roosters league sensation Roger Tuivasa-Sheck.

The All Blacks squad to circuit Europe volition beryllium named aboriginal this week. If Stevenson gets the nod, helium is apt to enactment successful rugby national - but if helium misses retired helium volition beryllium much unfastened to offers from league.

Vicious spray sparks Dragons rift

The disfigured stalemate betwixt the Dragons and rising fullback prima Tyrell Sloan is simply a further denotation that each is not good astatine the Big Red V.

Sloan - touted arsenic the adjacent large happening astatine the nine six months agone - was connected the outer passim 2022, playing conscionable 8 games.

He requested a release, which the nine has denied, but Sloan is inactive not happy.

The crushed down his hopeless tendency to get retired is simply a vicious verbal spray helium copped from manager Anthony Griffin mid-season successful beforehand of respective team-mates.

The barrage rocked Sloan to the core, shattering his confidence, and helium hasn't been the aforesaid subordinate since and wants to commencement afresh nether a caller coach.

Southwell omission down to age

It seems if you are bully enough, you are aged capable successful rugby league - but lone if you are a male.

Jesse Southwell was the outstanding subordinate successful the NRLW contention this season, starring the Knights to expansive last glory past Sunday.

Yet the pursuing day, she was near retired of the Jillaroos' World Cup squad. Why? I'm being told it is due to the fact that of her property - she is conscionable 17.

Officials are disquieted astatine the blow-back if thing happened to her connected oregon disconnected the tract successful England and took the harmless way and near her retired successful a determination that confounded those adjacent to the game.

Aussie manager Brad Donald was lavish successful his praise of the Knights halfback … aft brushing her.

"She [Southwell] has been fantastic and again it shows the wellness of the game," Donald said.

"She's had a large year. She's played successful the Commonwealth Games successful rugby arsenic good and had a truly first-class show yesterday [in the NRLW expansive final].

"She's surely idiosyncratic that volition beryllium named successful these teams successful the future."

Klemmer connected Tigers tour

Knights enforcer David Klemmer precocious toured the Tigers' caller high-tech installation - but officials astatine the associated task aren't holding their breath.

Klemmer is connected large dollars astatine the Knights and is astir to physique a caller location successful the Warners Bay area.

The lone happening that could alteration the script is if the Knights are prepared to wage immoderate of Klemmer's hefty contract.

Despite the denials, the Knights person attempted to determination Klemmer connected a mates of times successful the past 12 months without success.

The rugged prop would beryllium a bully acceptable successful the young Tigers battalion - but not connected the wealth helium is presently on.

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