Luke Brooks agrees to two-year Wests Tigers deal as Parramatta chase Mitchell Moses

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Luke Brooks has agreed to a two-year $1.1 million deal to stay at the Wests Tigers – but the future of his halves partner Mitchell Moses is in limbo as the five-eighth weighs up an offer from Parramatta.

The Wests Tigers have finally secured the services of one of the big four, with Brooks accepting an Ivan Cleary approved contract worth close to $550,000 a season.

Fairfax Media understands James Tedesco is now weighing up a massive four-year, $4.5m deal that will see him become one of the highest-paid players in the game.

Cleary officially began his tenure at the Tigers on Monday, but he signed off on revised contract offers that were tabled to the "big four" last Friday.

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Moses was offered a three-year deal – but it is becoming increasingly likely he will depart Tigertown, with the Eels joining the race for his services.

Parramatta are keen on luring Moses back to his junior club but won't fork out ridiculous money for a player who still has to live up to his enormous potential. While the Eels are happy with the development of Clint Gutherson, they have been on the look-out for a play-maker to partner Corey Norman in the long term.

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Nathan Cleary is happy at the Panthers and won't walk out on his deal to link up with his dad at the Tigers, but ironically both Brooks and Cleary come off contract at the end of 2019.

Tigers skipper Aaron Woods has also had a three-year deal put to him, with the NSW Origin prop weighing up whether he wants to be part of the Cleary revolution.

Good news here. The shittest member of the "average 4" should be staying at Tigers. Maybe Teddy is a possibility.
 

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Luke Brooks has agreed to a two-year $1.1 million deal to stay at the Wests Tigers – but the future of his halves partner Mitchell Moses is in limbo as the five-eighth weighs up an offer from Parramatta.

The Wests Tigers have finally secured the services of one of the big four, with Brooks accepting an Ivan Cleary approved contract worth close to $550,000 a season.

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Fairfax Media understands James Tedesco is now weighing up a massive four-year, $4.5m deal that will see him become one of the highest-paid players in the game.

Cleary officially began his tenure at the Tigers on Monday, but he signed off on revised contract offers that were tabled to the "big four" last Friday.

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Seven figures: Luke Brooks.
Seven figures: Luke Brooks. Photo: Getty Images
Moses was offered a three-year deal – but it is becoming increasingly likely he will depart Tigertown, with the Eels joining the race for his services.

Parramatta are keen on luring Moses back to his junior club but won't fork out ridiculous money for a player who still has to live up to his enormous potential. While the Eels are happy with the development of Clint Gutherson, they have been on the look-out for a play-maker to partner Corey Norman in the long term.

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Likely departure: Mitchell Moses.
Likely departure: Mitchell Moses. Photo: Matt King
Nathan Cleary is happy at the Panthers and won't walk out on his deal to link up with his dad at the Tigers, but ironically both Brooks and Cleary come off contract at the end of 2019.

Tigers skipper Aaron Woods has also had a three-year deal put to him, with the NSW Origin prop weighing up whether he wants to be part of the Cleary revolution.

Fairfax Media has been told Cleary told the players "You're either on the bus or off the bus" in his first meeting with the group on Monday morning.

The Bulldogs have made a huge play at both Woods and Tedesco, but it's likely the decision of one could determine the future of the other. Canterbury aren't keen on retaining Will Hopoate, who has been shopped around to several clubs as the Bulldogs look to clear the decks for next year.

Five-eighth Josh Reynolds and hooker Michael Lichaa are also off contract at Belmore, with whispers about James Graham being shopped to Newcastle getting louder.

Look who's back ...

Roy Spagnolo is back at Parramatta games ... in the opposition sheds. There were a few gobsmacked faces at the Eels on Saturday when their former chairman was seen waltzing through the tunnels at GIO Stadium as a guest of Canberra coach Ricky Stuart. If you don't remember, Spagnolo was the one who trumpeted Stuart as "the greatest signing since Jack Gibson" when the Eels unveiled him as Stephen Kearney's successor back in 2012 (pictured above).

Despite his messy exit from Parramatta, the NRL had no issue with Spagnolo being invited into the Raiders' inner sanctum.

"While several former Parramatta officials had been found 'not to be fit and proper' to be on a Leagues Club Board, this did not preclude them from attending a Rugby League match as guests of a club," an NRL spokesman said.

It is interesting to note, former Eels chief executive Bob Bentley, who was also responsible for luring Stuart to Parramatta, was spotted on a video on the Raiders website in the background of the Canberra post-match victory song.

Dogs welcome Isaac

It was hard to ignore who was invited to the Bulldogs' Chairman's Suite at ANZ Stadium for the game against Brisbane last Thursday night. The Bulldogs are going hard at luring Tedesco and Woods to the club next year, and their manager Isaac Moses was being wined and dined in the club's box. It was his client Aiden Tolman's 200th game, so we'll leave it for you to decide if we're reading too much into it.

Whare to next?

The Penrith Panthers might have some competition keeping Kiwi international Dean Whare at the club. The Wests Tigers have identified Whare as a potential recruit for next season and the signing of Ivan Cleary has only strengthened their chances. Whare went to the Panthers to play under Cleary, and given Penrith's salary cap position, the Tigers have picked an ideal time to target the centre for 2018 and beyond. It comes after the Tigers also made a huge play for Dallin Watene-Zelezniak, who this week committed to Penrith until the end of 2020.

Vonnie rings changes

The face of Fox Sports' league coverage, Yvonne Sampson, announced her engagement to Channel Nine reporter Chris O'Keefe on Tuesday morning. It's been a big year for Sampson, who has made the transition from Nine to Fox over the summer.

Galling for Ballin

Matt Ballin can't catch a break. The Wests Tigers hooker has been dogged by knee injuries over the past couple of years. He finally made his return to the NRL against the Dragons on Sunday but his return lasted only a few minutes. In shattering news for the former Manly premiership-winner, he's expected to be sidelined for the next six weeks with cartilage damage in his 'good knee'.

Clearys split down line

The Cleary family is divided after Ivan signed with the Tigers. "My little brother is going for Penrith, my little sister is going for the Tigers and my other sister is in between. Then mum is just hoping for wins every week," Panthers halfback Nathan Cleary said. Nathan still lives in the family home in Leonay but has no desire to leave. "Unless they leave me stranded and move away," he joked. "But at the moment I'll be staying at home living life as it always was. He might kick me out of home that week we play them so it's not as awkward. Judging by how our golf games go, it should be pretty competitive."

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Tigers chief executive Justin Pascoe, coach Ivan Cleary and board member Simon Cook raising a schooner at Wests Ashfield Leagues Club after the club's coach announcement on Monday afternoon.

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"James Tedesco is now weighing up a massive four-year, $4.5m deal that will see him become one of the highest-paid players in the game." there is NO way Tedesco will knock back $4.5m and the chance to stay at the Tigers. That's massive money but market value I guess.
 

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Is he even good? It seems like it has been 2 years since he did anything.
 

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The Tigers are going to get absolutely fleeced with this big 4 myth.

Lucky Farah is not there anymore otherwise it would be the "big 5" with even less cap room.
 

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lol, in what way shape or form Brooks is even big.

Cant believe people called him next Andrew Johns when he started like 3 years ago. fkn lol

I put him and Mbye in the same category.
 

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and Reynolds value just dropped again.

Thank goodness for this... though why would Parra want Moses when they have Norman and Gutherson? Unless they are expecting Norman to get sacked in near future for something dumb, or Gutherson (whom I rate better than Moses) to make way.

Either way let others take those 2, I'll have Tedesco / Foran / Cronk anyday thanks.

Dogs will probably miss out on all.
 

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Agree Mr Invis lets get Teddy locked in and one of Foran or Cronk
 

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Glad we didn't pick him up but at least the tigers signed him for a half sensible price
 

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Brooks is another Jarrod Mullen, another "Next Andrew Johns". Glad we didn't sign him.
 

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It's going to be hard to get Teddy considering he has been tabled a $4.5Mill over 4 years offer.
I can live without Teddy. Next question would be, how much is Foran worth?
 

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How about Widdop?
 
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