I guess this goes here?
[FONT=&]Cronulla have extended an NRL lifeline to former Raiders forward Kai O’Donnell after his first-grade career appeared over.
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Regarded by the Raiders as physical and a dedicated trainer, O’Donnell will join the Sharks’ bubble later this week after signing a train and trial contract for the remainder of the season.
The 98kg lock-forward was reluctantly released by the Raiders last month as a result of the club needing to cap the amount of players that were allowed to relocate to their Queensland hub at 30.
With no NSW Cup fixtures during the current pandemic, coupled with the Raiders quality of depth in their pack, the 22-year-old accepted his release to take up a contract playing with the Mackay Cutters.
O’Donnell played four matches for the Raiders in 2020 — scoring a try against the Sharks last year — and will be considered by Cronulla coach Josh Hannay over the next fortnight.
Interesting that it is a train and trial contract but we have (as far as public knowledge) unfilled rosters spots that were technically needing to be filled over weekend.
Graham, Dugan and Nene are out of our 30 player bubble, in are (presumably) the other 24* contracted players plus Lualua, Metcalf and now this guy and must be three other players, assuming roster now complete.
*Question marks probably over whether Pele, Jensen and Paterson are in bubble or not too.