Kikau signs deal with Bulldogs for 2023, as picture in rival colours angers Panthers
By Michael Chammas
November 19, 2021 — 1.04pm
Panthers back-rower Viliame Kikau has created a stir, posing for photos with Trent Barrett and Phil Gould after signing a four-year deal with the Bulldogs. But the deal only starts in 2023.
Kikau still has one year to run on his deal with Penrith, and his decision to wear a Bulldogs polo and pose for a photo with club powerbrokers hasn’t gone down well at Penrith.
Viliame Kikau (main) poses with Bulldogs boss Phil Gould and coach Trent Barrett (inset).Credit:NRL Photos, Supplied
The Bulldogs are celebrating the massive coup of the premiership-winning back-rower, who has also been in discussions with the Cowboys and Dragons for the past month.
The Panthers have been resigned to the likelihood of losing him having upgraded the contracts of a number of their representative players in the past 18 months.
The picture also comes the day before Penrith are set to hold their premiership parade,
the team to show off the trophy from an open-top bus on Saturday morning.
More to come