Broncos warned over pursuit of $1.25m star

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League icon Andrew Johns has urged the Brisbane Broncos to find a semipermanent successor to Adam Reynolds earlier throwing currency astatine David Fifita.

Fifita near the Broncos successful 2020 for a lucrative woody with the Titans, which sees him earning astir $1.25 cardinal this season. He's improbable to gain that overmuch successful his adjacent deal, and has been linked with a instrumentality to Red Hill, with the Raiders besides funny successful the 23-year-old, who is successful the last twelvemonth of his contract.

While the acquisition of the backrower was initially hailed arsenic a monolithic coup for the Titans, Fifita has had an inconsistent 2 seasons connected the Gold Coast - the different nine successful enactment for his services for 2024 and beyond.

The impending departures of some Herbie Farnworth and Thomas Flegler person near the Broncos abruptly cashed up, and reports person powerfully linked them to a pursuit of Fifita.

But Johns says different holes request to beryllium plugged successful Kevin Walters' roster earlier a Fifita homecoming tin beryllium entertained.

"The archetypal 1 for the Broncos - evidently Adam Reynolds is coming to the extremity - if they didn't person the champion 18-year-old halfback successful the system, I'd spell and bargain the champion halfback," helium told Wide World of Sports' Immortal Behaviour.

"Look everywhere, look (in) rugby union, they mightiness beryllium successful New Zealand, England, oregon determination else.

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"Go and find the champion young halfback and amended him up, fto Adam Reynolds amended him.

"Reece Walsh is their No.1 (fullback). I'm a immense instrumentality of Selwyn Cobbo, he's lone going to get amended and amended if helium puts his caput to it, truthful they've got large extent there. Selwyn tin play arsenic a winger... helium tin play successful the centres.

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"They request to find the adjacent halfback."

Johns isn't wholly against a Fifita homecoming, but said it should lone hap astatine the close price.

"Some teams get successful occupation by not putting the marquee players successful those positions," helium said.

"It's not David Fifita's occupation that he's connected that immense money, but if helium was to spell backmost to Brisbane, I deliberation that the highest-paid backrower should beryllium connected astir $700-750,000."

When questioned implicit wherever precisely NRL teams should allocate the bulk of their wage cap, Johns said the "spine players" should bid the astir money.

"Firstly the halfback oregon the fullback person to beryllium the highest-paid," helium said.

"Next for maine is the dummy-half, which is besides 1 of the astir important positions, and past 1 beforehand rower and an explosive backrower.

"Outside wingers present are truthful important, you've got to person 1 truly top-line winger."

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