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I think Bradbury is 100% going to be on a top-30 or dev deal. He was dev last year at Newcastle but T&T this year. I reckon the upgraded contract will have been the carrot to get him here.

Atkinson could go either way. Dev or T&T.

Keep Iro on his contract and upgrade him if/when you need him. No need to double his pay between now and that day.

I'd also like to see one of Caleb Uele or Brad "don't call me Duncan" Fearnley on the dev list. We've had some success with late blooming props.
 
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BurgoShark said:
I think Bradbury is 100% going to be on a top-30 or dev deal. He was dev last year at Newcastle but T&T this year. I reckon the upgraded contract will have been the carrot to get him here.

Atkinson could go either way. Dev or T&T.

Keep Iro on his contract and upgrade him if/when you need him. No need to double his pay between now and that day.

I'd also like to see one of Caleb Uele or Brad "don't call me Duncan" Fearnley on the dev list. We've had some success with late blooming props.
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Bradbury was t&t? Is that normal for a player they rate? Or is it just the fans making noise...or a media beat up?
 
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Bradbury was t&t? Is that normal for a player they rate? Or is it just the fans making noise...or a media beat up?
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Chances are he had a Flegg contract for multiple years with NRL pre-season T&T included. They would need to opt-in every year for him to be on the dev list. Probably a similar situation to Finau at the Sharks.

I reckon the Sharks might have given him a similar deal to Puru and Iro. Dev this year and into the top 30 next year on minimum.
 
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Chances are he had a Flegg contract for multiple years with NRL pre-season T&T included. They would need to opt-in every year for him to be on the dev list. Probably a similar situation to Finau at the Sharks.

I reckon the Sharks might have given him a similar deal to Puru and Iro. Dev this year and into the top 30 next year on minimum.
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Interesting. Didn't know anything about these sorts of deals really. Cheers mate
 
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bort said:
Taukamo a recent ‘graduate’ of a similar deal into top 30
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He was different. His deal had him into the NRL top 30 once he was 18. Again, more about what they need to do to keep a guy than it is about where he sits in development.

Sometimes a guy will sign a multi-year deal as a Flegg player and then get added to the dev list later. Say he signs a 3 year deal, and the team adds him to the dev list in year 2. In year 3 he is a Flegg/T&T player again unless the team offers him another dev contract.

Tyler Slade at the Warriors is one example. 4 year deal. Dev in year 2. Ended up being released in year 3 because they didn't offer him dev again and he wanted to see what was out there. Still had a Flegg contract though.
 
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NRL.com has Atkinson and Bradbury both in the top 30.

Iro is still dev list.
 
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Could be correct but not sure Atkinson jumps straight into top 30
 
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2023 squad: Blayke Brailey (2026), Braden Hamlin-Uele (2024), Braydon Trindall (2025), Briton Nikora (2025), Cameron McInnes (2025), Connor Tracey (2024), Dale Finucane (2025), Jack Williams (2024), Jayden Berrell (2023), Jesse Colquhoun (2024), Jesse Ramien (2023), Kade Dykes (2024), Lachlan Miller (2023), Matthew Ikuvalu (2023), Matthew Moylan (2024), Mawene Hiroti (2023), Nicho Hynes (2024), Oregon Kaufusi (2024, MO 2025), Ronaldo Mulitalo (2025), Royce Hunt (2023, PO 2024), Sione Katoa (2023), Siosifa Talakai (2026), Siteni Taukamo (2024), Teig Wilton (2023), Thomas Hazelton (2024, CO 2025), Toby Rudolf (2024), Wade Graham (2023), William Kennedy (2023), Daniel Atkinson (2023), Max Bradbury (2024)

Development players: Josh Finau (2023), Kayal Iro (2024), Niwhai Puru (2024), Sam Stonestreet (2023)

2023 gains: Oregon Kaufusi (Eels) Lachlan Miller (Knights)

2023 losses: Luke Metcalf (Warriors), Andrew Fifita (retired), Aiden Tolman (retired)
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apparently we also signed some bloke named Lachlan Miller from the Knights (top 30]

www.foxsports.com.au

Sharks sign international playmaker and under-19 NSW prop: Transfer Centre

Sharks sign international playmaker, under-19 NSW prop: Transfer Centre
www.foxsports.com.au www.foxsports.com.au
 
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Six Again said:
Atkinson already included Backs as a half-back on Sharks Team page ( no photo yet ) on Sharks website but Bradbury not shown as yet.
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Bradbury is there but he is listed under coaches
 
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Six Again said:
Thanks for spotting , very talented at such a young age if he is already coaching the NRL team. They probably could have used his coaching talents at the Knights .
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The real reason AOB was gunning for the trade becomes clear!
 
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taylor28 said:
Dose anyone know what happened to Salesi ataata
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One more year of Flegg. He is born in 2002.

He was shown in quite a few training photos in November/December.

This one was from Nov 13.

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