NRL bad boy's mooted return divides club

Talented former bad boy Kenny Edwards wants to rejoin the Eels in 2023 - but the potential move has split the club.

After losing the nucleus of their forward pack to rival clubs for next year, the coaching and playing group want the 32-year-old back-rower back on board.

But Eels management are baulking at the suggestion due to Edwards' long rap sheet in his six seasons at the club.

 

Edwards was in strife for off-field incidents more than once in his time at the Eels and eventually released from his contract in 2018.

But the ball-playing back-rower is now 32, and those close to him say he has changed his ways, and he is among the best forwards in the Super League.

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He has been offered a new deal by his current club Castleford but is keen to return and help the Eels.

The club has lost forwards Isaiah Papali'i to the Tigers, Marata Niukore to the Warriors, Reed Mahoney to the Bulldogs and Ray Stone to the Dolphins, while Wide World of Sports revealed that Blues Origin forward Ryan Matterson is also on the verge of signing with the Dolphins.

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  • For no more than 250, i'd take him

  • Why has it split the club - the players or other staff?

    • Players and coaches want him, not so much the admin 

      • Then I I agree with Fiddy

    • "After losing the nucleus of their forward pack to rival clubs for next year, the coaching and playing group want the 32-year-old back-rower back on board.

      But Eels management are baulking at the suggestion due to Edwards' long rap sheet in his six seasons at the club."

  • It's a no x 100 billion from me. 

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