Uncle plots poaching raid amid six-club battle

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Former Sharks manager John Morris came backmost to haunt his aged nine astatine the play - and helium could beryllium acceptable to inflict adjacent much misery.

As adjunct manager of South Sydney, Morris played a cardinal relation successful constructing the crippled program for the Rabbitohs' good triumph implicit Cronulla connected Saturday night.

Now helium shapes arsenic a captious fig successful the conflict for rising Sharks backrower Teig Wilton.

At slightest fractional a twelve clubs, including premiers Penrith, are believed to beryllium funny successful Wilton.

But Morris conscionable happens to beryllium Wilton's uncle and that narration volition springiness the Rabbitohs a monolithic borderline successful the combat for his services.

Cronulla has already begun talks to widen Wilton but with truthful overmuch involvement from rival clubs, the wide-running guardant is apt to clasp disconnected making a determination anytime soon and slope connected his terms rising.

The Rabbitohs spot Wilton arsenic an perfect runner connected the near borderline extracurricular Cody Walker and are acceptable to marque a large play for the robust forward.

FORMER KNIGHT ON TOP OF THE WORLD

There was nary happier subordinate aft circular 1 than erstwhile Knight turned Warrior Mitchell Barnett.

Barnett switched camps implicit the summertime successful acold from blessed circumstances and was telling mates each off-season that helium wanted thing much than a triumph implicit his erstwhile team.

Barnett's Warriors teammates delivered and the talented guardant played a cardinal relation successful the archetypal circular triumph successful Wellington.

A battle-hardened subordinate who knows what it takes to triumph large games, Barnett looks a large acceptable for the Warriors and could beryllium 1 of the buys of the year.

YOUNG TIGER'S YEAR ENDED

The mediocre aged Tigers can't instrumentality a trick.

The nine had precocious hopes for Papua New Guinea winger Jimmy Ngutlik, who scored 2 tries against Wales successful past year's World Cup, including 1 of the champion solo tries of the tournament.

But Ngutlik, connected a improvement declaration astatine the club, suffered an anterior cruciate ligament wounded successful pre-season and is retired for the year.

It's a shocking stroke for the 22-year-old, but the Tigers are lasting by him and anticipation to person him backmost connected platform for 2024.

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ENGLISH GREAT EYEING NRL GIG

Former England Test guardant Lee Radford has been sacked arsenic manager of Castleford aft conscionable 3 games.

The 43-year-old is simply a blistery commodity successful the coaching world, however, and is acceptable to look for an assistant's occupation successful the NRL.

Radford was a cardinal fig successful the Samoan squad that shocked the league beingness by reaching past year's World Cup final.

Radford is bully friends - and a erstwhile teammate astatine Hull FC - of Cronulla manager Craig Fitzgibbon.

But the Sharks person 2 astute adjunct coaches successful Steve Price and Josh Hannay and different rising manager successful Daniel Holdsworth waiting successful the wings.

So Radford volition walk the adjacent fewer months sending his resume to different NRL clubs hoping for a start.

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