The story about Brown not being required next year has been around for quite a while now. Interesting that there hasn't been any rumours about any links to other clubs (that I've heard anyway). Makes you think that he's not seen as being very good value... probably related to his pricetag.
The thing is the clubs that should be making a play for him are dumb. They would rather have 4 Saifiti brothers or whatever but still get rolled through the middle cause they have no mobility.
He's definitely not damaged goods or anything, BA is a good coach so he picks players on their role in the team rather than just throwing in 5 samey middles with random minutes like St George have done for the past 5 years for example. Brown just fell behind Matterson for the big minute role in the middle, Parra are stacked with props and have Niukore for the 2nd rower impact role.
That said he definitely doesn't fit us. We already have Finucane and McInnes that do the exact same thing.
Similarly, picking up Leniu to play outside his role at Panthers seems real low percentage. We need a starter that can set the tone, not some fella to make 5 tackles in 25 minutes and make 15 hitups with Koroisau tearing them up.
