South Sydney‘s hopes of retaining star ahead Keaon Koloamatangi have taken one more blow, with one other rival NRL membership coming into the fray.
In line with The Sydney Morning Herald, the in-demand prop has been supplied a four-year contract value an estimated $4 million to affix the Eels for 2027 and past.
Parramatta have cash to spend after the current departure of Zac Lomax and bringing Koloamatangi into the fold may catapult them additional into premiership competition.
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Koloamatangi has met with coach Jason Ryles and different membership officers to debate a transfer.
Keaon Koloamatangi CameraSport through Getty Photographs
The 27-year-old has additionally been linked with St George Illawarra, who may desk a deal value $5 million over 5 seasons to lure the consultant front-rower to the membership.
Shane Flanagan has made no secret of the Dragons’ need to signal a marquee center ahead to bolster the facet’s pack and Koloamatangi will surely match the invoice, recent off his spectacular debut for Australia through the year-end Ashes collection.
Whereas his choices are starting to stack up, Souths are nonetheless hopeful of conserving the native junior within the cardinal and myrtle long-term.
“Yeah, undoubtedly. He is a Souths junior, performed the vast majority of his childhood profession at Mascot,” veteran five-eighth Cody Walker stated on Wednesday.
“I am certain everybody on the membership is doing the whole lot they’ll to maintain him right here.
“We as a enjoying group need to preserve him, he is finished a improbable job for us over time, in all probability been within the prime three or 4 gamers at our membership final season.
“He is been superior.”
Cody Walker and Keaon Koloamatangi have been teammates for 5 years Getty
The opposite membership monitoring Koloamatangi’s scenario is the Roosters, whereas the Perth Bears enquired about signing the prop however have been instructed he needs to remain in Sydney.
He has performed 126 first grade video games for the Bunnies since his debut in 2020, whereas additionally representing NSW as soon as, making 10 appearances for Tonga and three for Australia.
Parramatta’s transfer to signal the Kangaroos star comes after affirmation of a recent deal for younger fullback Isaiah Iongi this week, conserving him on the membership till 2030.
