Angus Crichton - arguably the form second-rower in the NRL - is in danger of being poached by rugby union.
Crichton played the 15-a-side game throughout his schoolboy career and I'm hearing the rah-rahs have an eye to signing him as a strike forward coming up to the 2023 World Cup in France.
Earlier this year, Crichton signed an extension to his current deal at the Roosters.
But curiously, he only put pen to paper for 12 months, meaning he comes off contract at the end of next season.
The Roosters are desperate to keep the 25-year-old but with the NRL pulling out of this year's World Cup, the lure of playing for his country may prove too strong for Crichton.
A former Australian Schoolboys rugby union representative, Crichton has played 10 Origins for NSW but has yet to become a Kangaroo.
BULLDOGS SNARE TIGERS BIG BOPPER
The Bulldogs have continued their build-up for 2022 by signing one of the best young props from the Tigers system.
Mavoni Tuifua is a big, ball-playing 20-year-old in the Junior Paulo mould.
The youngster will go straight into the Bulldogs' full-time squad for next season and is a good chance to play plenty of first grade given the club's problems up front this year.
The Bulldogs recently signed Tuifua for two years and have high hopes for the burly front-rower.
Q-CUP POWERHOUSE HOT PROPERTY
A young back-rower currently sitting on the sidelines because of COVID's shutdown of the Queensland Cup is one of the hottest properties on the transfer market.
Josh Stucky, a tall 108kg lock or second-rower from the Northern Pride, has at least four clubs interested in his services for 2022.
Stucky has been averaging close to 200 running metres per game in the Q Cup and recently scored a hat-trick of tries against Wynnum.
The 23-year-old has served his apprenticeship in the lower grades over the past couple of seasons and is now ready to take the step up to the big league.
YOUNG TARGETS IN TIGERS OVERHAUL
The Tigers' roster needs a makeover and the club is looking at a couple of promising youngsters from rival clubs.
One is Israel Ogden from the Warriors, the younger brother of Bulldogs prop Ofahiki Ogden.
Israel can play fullback, wing and centre but his career has been marred by injury to date.
Another Tigers target is Dragons back-rower Shalom O'ofou, who has looked good in the NSW Cup.
The Dragons want to keep O'ofou but the youngster sees more chance of forcing his way into the NRL at the Tigers.
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