Parramatta Eels ramp up pursuit of rival hooker
He is on around $600,000 for the 2025 season.
The Parramatta Eels are ramping up their pursuit of rival hooker Jayden Brailey in an attempt to lure him to the club for the 2025 NRL season.
Overcoming two serious knee injuries during his time at the Knights - including missing the entirety of last season - Brailey is contracted until the end of the 2025 season, but that hasn't stopped rumours about his future from swirling.
At the beginning of August, reports emerged that Brailey was given permission to explore his options on the open market and negotiate with rival teams as the Knights are attempting to rebuild their roster and free up space in their salary cap.
Playing second-fiddle to youngster Phoenix Crossland at times, Brailey has featured in 61 matches for the Knights in five seasons since moving away from the Shire, where he managed 69 games for the Cronulla Sharks between 2017 and 2019.
Off-contract at the end of the 2025 season, Brailey is one of many players who are free to speak with rival teams and could become the latest member of the Newcastle Knights to depart the squad.
Linked with an exit from the Knights for the past few months, the Parramatta Eels are ramping up their pursuit for the hooker and are considering making a play from him for an immediate release from the remainder of his contract, per News Corp.
In what could be a win-win situation for both teams, his departure would free up around $600,000 in salary cap space for the Knights, while the Eels are in desperate need of a hooker following the departure of Matt Arthur.
Brailey's future at the Knights is all but certain to be over at the end of next season, with the emergence of New Zealand Kiwis international Phoenix Crossland and the reported arrival of Arthur from the Eels, who represented the U19s NSW Blues.
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This!
He resigned with the wabbits
Brent Read and Michael Chammas were talking with Jimmy Graham and they kept saying Mulitalo, Mulitalo, Mulitalo so hopefully where there's smoke there's fire. They also said we should be in for Robson but they can't see him leaving and that we are indeed heavily involved with Brailey and trying to make that work.
Brailey, Mulitalo. Wouldn't be a bad way to round out the Off Season.
On a more disturbing note, Dylan is on close to 1.5 million and Penisini is on 750.
That's an absolute trainwreck. Disaster level 10/10.
That rules is out of a lot of movement. I think Simonsson will be our starting centres for the next few years.
Lomax and Bailey with Papalii the back up centre.
Mulitalo and maybe Farrugia or Alameddine or Samrani if they show promise.
750 for Penisini rules out an extension I'd say there is 0.0% chance we extend Will, folks don't go backwards with their pay cheque, he will go to Rugby.
Will is on more than Brian Too, impossible to fathom.
Dylan and will are not paid that much not sure where ur getting ur Info from
Where do you find these numbers? I thought Moses is our highest paid on 1.25 and Penisini wasn't on close to that. Maybe I'm wrong
Moses is our highest paid player.
Dylbro and Penisini are on nowhere near that much coin.
Listen to Brent Read and Michael Chammas were talking with Jimmy Graham.
Brown on 1.5 mil is way off, hes on 900k and will is on 350k
Your off your head lol
Chammas said Brown is on a mil on a different podcast.
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