What’s the Buzz: Mitchell Pearce exit could enable Roosters to land Angus Crichton from South Sydney
IF you’re not a Roosters fan, look away now. But if you love your Chooks, well, roll down the window and sing cock-a-doodle-do.
The anticipated departure following his second positive drug test of Sydney Roosters utility Jayden
Nikorima will free up $350,000 in the club’s salary cap.
Yes, that’s the correct figure, $350,000.
The 21-year-old Queensland under-20s and Junior Kangaroos utility arrived at the club from the Broncos in 2016 with a massive boom.
But for one reason or another,
Nikorima managed to play just seven NRL games.
WHAT’S THE BUZZ: Saint, sinner, shoosh
Is Jayden
Nikorima really on $350,00 a year? (shakes head ...) (Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images)
Which brings us to Mitchell Pearce.
Should Pearce, who is on around $800,000, opt to leave the club in the wake of Cooper Cronk’s signing, the Roosters could boast a tick over a $1 million in their salary cap.
That’s right $1 million, to spend whenever they want.
Which brings us to South Sydney forward and the hottest young talent in the game, Angus Crichton.
The Roosters are angling hard for Crichton, who is also weighing up huge offers from Cronulla and of course, the Rabbitohs.
The Roosters cash could lure one of the game’s brightest prospects in Crichton. (Brendon Thorne/Getty Images)
After playing just eight senior games in his debut season in 2016, Crichton went to another level this year, being named by his teammates as the Rabbithos’ players’ player and labelled a future NSW Origin star.
Crichton is faced with a massive call on where he plays once his current deal expires at the end of 2018.
The Sharks see him as their answer to veterans Luke Lewis and Paul Gallen. It’s a massive wrap.
As such, the 21-year old was given the royal treatment by Cronulla at a private dinner, which included Gallen and Michael Ennis, last Tuesday night.