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I left the other teams out as we were on top of the list,when you read it looks like half of the news was stolen from here,this is from fox sports
BULLDOGS
The most obvious option is the Bulldogs. The club finally has money to spend and is building a solid team with it. They recently tabled a four-year deal reportedly worth $500,000 a season to Smith’s Storm teammate Josh Addo-Carr. If the representative winger doesn’t take up the offer, the club needs to throw that money and more at Smith. Canterbury-Bankstown need a world class hooker more than they need a winger. They’ve got Jeremy Marshall-King and Sione Katoa on their books, it’s no disrespect to them — they do their job. But if you look at the sides who finished in the top six last year they all had influential and dominant hookers — with exception to the Raiders who lost Josh Hodgson midway through the year. Smith is the influential and dominant hooker who could genuinely transform the Bulldogs. Marshall-King and Katoa also come off contract at the end of 2021.
The Daily Telegraph reported on Monday that there’s a club interested in Smith’s services who are willing to offer up a representative forward in return. Dylan Napa springs to mind here. He’s off-contract at the end of 2021 but the Bulldogs could try their luck in securing Smith early but putting up Napa immediately. With Luke Thompson, Jack Hetherington, Renouf Atoni and Ofahiki Ogden on their books they Bulldogs could afford to offload Napa, a former Queensland representative.
If Melbourne dig their heels in and refuse to let Smith go any earlier than 2022, the Bulldogs could offer up a player like Dalin Watene-Zelezniak. The 25-year-old has 134 games worth of NRL experience and — like Smith — is a Kiwi international. Watene-Zelezniak could bolster the Storm’s backline with the extra depth they need.
Aside from the cap space, the need for a hooker and a compensation option all lining up, Smith fits the Bulldog mould. Tough, competitive, and incredibly passionate — the oldschool DNA that the club has built itself on.
BULLDOGS
The most obvious option is the Bulldogs. The club finally has money to spend and is building a solid team with it. They recently tabled a four-year deal reportedly worth $500,000 a season to Smith’s Storm teammate Josh Addo-Carr. If the representative winger doesn’t take up the offer, the club needs to throw that money and more at Smith. Canterbury-Bankstown need a world class hooker more than they need a winger. They’ve got Jeremy Marshall-King and Sione Katoa on their books, it’s no disrespect to them — they do their job. But if you look at the sides who finished in the top six last year they all had influential and dominant hookers — with exception to the Raiders who lost Josh Hodgson midway through the year. Smith is the influential and dominant hooker who could genuinely transform the Bulldogs. Marshall-King and Katoa also come off contract at the end of 2021.
The Daily Telegraph reported on Monday that there’s a club interested in Smith’s services who are willing to offer up a representative forward in return. Dylan Napa springs to mind here. He’s off-contract at the end of 2021 but the Bulldogs could try their luck in securing Smith early but putting up Napa immediately. With Luke Thompson, Jack Hetherington, Renouf Atoni and Ofahiki Ogden on their books they Bulldogs could afford to offload Napa, a former Queensland representative.
If Melbourne dig their heels in and refuse to let Smith go any earlier than 2022, the Bulldogs could offer up a player like Dalin Watene-Zelezniak. The 25-year-old has 134 games worth of NRL experience and — like Smith — is a Kiwi international. Watene-Zelezniak could bolster the Storm’s backline with the extra depth they need.
Aside from the cap space, the need for a hooker and a compensation option all lining up, Smith fits the Bulldog mould. Tough, competitive, and incredibly passionate — the oldschool DNA that the club has built itself on.
