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    Warriors Chase DBrown

    Posted by Mr 'BringBackFitzy' Analyst on August 13, 2021 at 5:28pm

    Written by Oliver Kellner-Dunk

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    One of the most dominant NRL stories over the past week has been the New Zealand Warriors’ pursuit of Joseph Manu, who they are reportedly looking to bring to the club in 2023 as a five-eighth on a contract worth around $1 million per season.

    However, the Daily Telegraph’s Phil Rothfield has recently reported that the Warriors are also in discussions about putting an offer on the table for Parramatta Eels five-eighth Dylan Brown.

    New Zealand has tried to sign the 21-year-old once before in 2019 then Warriors coach Nathan Brown tabled him a deal reportedly worth $2.69 million until the end of 2025.

    Brown is currently contracted to the Eels until the end of 2022 on a deal believed to be worth $700,000 per season, with an option in his favour for 2023.

    The Kiwis International has not had his best season in 2021 but has remained solid in multiple areas, with Brown on track to have his worst season in terms of tries and assists with three and one respectively so far this year, although he has had the best defensive season of his career with 468 tackles made for an efficiency rate of 95.7% to date.

    If the Warriors are to pursue Brown it can mean one of five things.

    Firstly, it could simply mean that the Warriors believe Brown is a great fit for the club and will now focus on signing him, or secondly, that the club will still prioritise the signing of Manu but have Brown on their list as a backup in case the deal for Manu falls through.

    Now for the third option, which would be the best outcome for the Warriors, is that the club will try to sign Dylan Brown as their long-term five-eighth and Joseph Manu as a centre on a smaller deal than the reported $1 million per season, and possibly shift him to fullback throughout his contract, although this would be unlikely as Reece Walsh has been given assurance that he will be the Warriors fullback for years to come.

    And the fourth being that the Warriors could be planning to invest heavily in both players and hope that it will be enough to eventually lead them to a premiership, so this would mean they sign Dylan Brown who one would think is set to demand close to the million mark, and Joseph Manu on similar money to play at fullback, which again, is unlikely unless Reece Walsh’s form drops severely over the coming 18 months.

    Lastly, there’s been a bit of speculation that the Warriors’ plan is to sign both players and have their spine made up of Reece Walsh at fullback, Joseph Manu at five-eighth, Shaun Johnson at halfback and Dylan Brown at hooker in 2023.

    These possibilities leave us with one question in particular, where does Chanel Harris Tevita fit into all of this?

    It is possible for him to push Kodi Nikorima out of his role as the Warriors’ bench utility player, but with the 22-year-old’s contract up at the end of 2022, if the club doesn’t have any plans for him going into 2023 he will likely be available to the highest bidder.

     
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    • Muttman August 13, 2021 at 5:36pm

      Fuck I'm so much dumber after reading this. Rothfield's analysis of potential positions lol. He really knows his stuff haha. 
      Btw Brown is represented by the Pacfic Sports Management. They also manage Matterson and Sivo. 
      They've been shopping around stories about Dylan's next contract for months. Another crappy bunch of negotiators who's only strategy is to play everything out in the media. Amateurs!!

      • Scott Gregs > Muttman August 13, 2021 at 5:52pm

        Let him go Muttman, we will have Manu to play fullback and move Gutherson to 5/8.

        Scott

        • MontoEel > Scott Gregs August 13, 2021 at 6:05pm

          How do you know that Manu is coming to the Eels? Have you heard something?

          • Scott Gregs > MontoEel August 13, 2021 at 6:07pm

            Welcome back Monto, hope you are well.

            Haven't heard anything but we would be silly if we aren't talking to him, he's too good to be playing in the centres.

            Scott

            • MontoEel > Scott Gregs August 13, 2021 at 8:14pm

              Thanks Scott.

          • My Bob > MontoEel August 13, 2021 at 6:24pm

            Welcome back MontoEel. R U OK?

            • Electric Eel > My Bob August 13, 2021 at 6:39pm

              Likewise, welcome back.  You never have felt the need to leave.

               

              • MontoEel > Electric Eel August 13, 2021 at 8:14pm

                Sometimes a break away is needed to get a better perspective.

                • Blue Eel > MontoEel August 14, 2021 at 9:18am

                  Hope your tracking well Monts. I feel some responsibility when i questioned some moderation on this site. Hope i wasn't too harsh mate, Welcome back. 👌

            • MontoEel > My Bob August 13, 2021 at 8:13pm

              Yeah, I'm ok thanks for asking.

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