Premiers Penrith are presently searching for a hooker to regenerate Tigers-bound Api Koroisau successful 2023 - and 1 antheral precocious connected their database is 1 of their own.
Disgraced inferior Tyrone May was sacked by the nine aft the expansive last and, significantly, signed conscionable a one-year deal with Super League nine Catalans.
A elder Panthers root told maine that May - a halfback who tin besides capable successful astatine hooker - could beryllium headed backmost to the fold for 2023.
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"He had to spell aft a bid of breaches but determination is simply a feeling that helium volition person served his punishment with a twelvemonth distant from his mates," the root told Wide World of Sports.
"Tyrone has made immoderate mistakes but helium is inactive young and helium volition person learned from this.
"He is an highly fashionable subordinate of the radical and the boys privation him back."
The Panthers terminated May's woody aft a "serious breach of his NRL playing contract" successful narration to a societal media remark helium posted pursuing Penrith's expansive last triumph implicit South Sydney.
May made notation to his 2019 tribunal lawsuit successful which helium pleaded blameworthy to intentionally signaling an intimate representation without consent.
He took the representation down, but the harm was done and May besides had respective erstwhile strikes against his name.
But rugby league loves a bully redemption communicative and the nine volition show May's behaviour successful his twelvemonth successful France earlier making a last decision.
Dolphins look to aboriginal beyond Bennett
Don't beryllium amazed if the Dolphins marque a play for newly-appointed Leigh manager Adrian Lam to articulation Wayne Bennett's coaching unit for their debut play successful 2023.
Lam is adjacent to Bennett, having worked with him astatine the Dragons, and boasts an awesome coaching resume.
The erstwhile prima halfback is presently adjunct manager to Mal Meninga with the Kangaroos and was crowned Super League Coach of the Year astatine Wigan past year.
Many bully judges spot Lam arsenic a archetypal people manager successful waiting and could win Bennett erstwhile helium yet hangs up the clipboard.
Dragons triumph contention for highly-rated youngster
Hooker has go the astir sought-after presumption successful the NRL successful caller weeks and the Dragons person recovered a bully 1 successful young Kiwi Navajo Doyle.
The speedy 18-year-old, who tin besides play halfback, is simply a merchandise of celebrated rugby schoolhouse Kings College.
Several Super Rugby franchises and rival NRL clubs were chasing Doyle but helium was persuaded to articulation the Dragons by nine authoritative and erstwhile favourite lad Shaun Timmins.
The promising youngster volition commencement 2022 successful the Steelers' SG Ball but could easy beryllium playing successful the apical people wrong the adjacent 12 months.
Bulldogs fastener up roar rookie
It's nary concealed that the Bulldogs are hopeless for a prime halfback - and the bully quality is that they person recovered one.
But the atrocious quality is that Iverson Matai is conscionable 17 and it volition astir apt beryllium a mates of seasons earlier helium is pushing for apical people selection.
A merchandise of Endeavour Sports High School, Matai played successful the Harold Matts Cup for the Dogs this twelvemonth and his red-hot signifier saw astatine slightest 3 rival clubs chasing him.
He opted to enactment astatine Belmore, signing a three-year deal, and is simply a kid who could make into thing special.
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