Premiers Penrith are set to make a bid for exciting young Knights utility Tex Hoy if bad boy Tyrone May gets sacked.
The Panthers are expected to tear up May’s contract this week after he posted offensive comments on social media after the grand final about a sex scandal he was involved in a couple of years ago.
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Hoy, 21, is a talented utility who can fill May’s role as a number 14 with his ability to handle several backline spots.
And in truth, Hoy probably has more talent and potential than May so it would be a good move by the Panthers.
Hoy is a free agent for next season, with the Knights having trouble squeezing him into their top 30 squad.
Adam O’Brien has plenty of playmaking options, even if Mitchell Pearce leaves as expected, with Jake Clifford, Adam Clune, Kalyn Ponga, Hoy and Phoenix Crossland all capable ball players.
Boom rookie on radar of several clubs
Half a dozen clubs are chasing the next big thing out of New Zealand – an explosive running halfback called Xavier Tito-Harris.
The youngster is only 17 but good judges say he will be playing in the NRL next season – the only question is where.
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The talented playmaker is currently under contract to the Warriors and the club have tabled a new deal to keep him in Auckland long term.
But several Aussie clubs have also made contact with Tito-Harris and the rookie and his family have some serious thinking to do.
Class playmakers in the NRL are in short supply and as a result, club are prepared to gamble on the teenager with big money deals.
French star could be headed down under
There’s strong mail that several NRL clubs are scouting out French Test prop Paul Séguier.
A 24-year-old no-nonsense forward, Séguier can also play second row and helped Catalans reach this year’s Super League grand final.
Séguier played in the Test loss to England a week ago and held his own against the tough English pack.
And which club is leading the way to pick up Séguier for 2023? I’m hearing the Dragons are showing plenty of interest.
Souths pick up rookie five-eighth
Souths have signed a promising five-eighth from North Queensland who would have played for Italy had this year’s World Cup gone ahead.
Jack Campagnolo, 23, hails from Tully in the far north but attracted the Rabbitohs’ eyes playing for Wynnum Manly Seagulls in the Queensland Cup this year.
Campagnolo helped Wynnum to the grand final and was named Five-eighth in the Cup’s team of the year.
The playmaker has been signed on a train and trial contract but will spend the summer with the first grade squad and good judges at Souths ard confident they are on a winner.
“We’re hoping he’s a bit of a late bloomer,” Rabbitohs Head of Elite Pathways and Player Development, Joe O’Callaghan, told Wide World of Sports.
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