NRL signing news 2023: Sydney Roosters eye Penrith prop Spencer Leniu
The Sydney Roosters recruitment drive isn’t over yet – with the NRL glamour club identifying a Penrith premiership winner as a key target.
The Roosters have emerged as a potential landing spot for Penrith premiership winner Spencer Leniu
as they await word on a decision from Brisbane prop Tom Flegler.
It is understood the Roosters have identified the off-contract Leniu as a potential option as they look to secure a long-term prop option.
It comes as Dolphins target Flegler faces sacrificing as much as $600,000 to remain at the Broncos as D-Day arrives for the Brisbane enforcer.
It is expected Flegler will make a definitive call on his future over the next 48 hours as Brisbane fight to keep the Queensland Origin bookend at Red Hill in the face of a massive offer from expansion rivals the Dolphins.
It is understood four clubs have expressed interest in the off-contract Flegler, including the Roosters,
who are planning for life after front-row hardman Jared Waerea-Hargreaves. It seems Leniu or Fleger could end up replacing the Roosters veteran.
Fellow Sydney-based club Manly last year tabled a six-year, $675,000 offer worth $4 million for Flegler, but the Broncos bookend would prefer to remain in Queensland.
That makes the Dolphins the primary threat to the Broncos, who are reeling from the loss of British Test star Herbie Farnworth to Wayne Bennett’s new expansion side and can ill-afford to see another top-liner go from Red Hill to Redcliffe.
The Dolphins’ package is around $800,000 a season and the Broncos, whose offer is less attractive financially, are refusing to get into a bidding war.
Over a four-year term, Flegler stands to make $150,000 more annually by defecting to the Dolphins.
