Adam pick as Moses price not right for Broncos
BRISBANE has identified Adam Reynolds as a priority target ahead of Mitchell Moses with the Broncos facing an outlay of more than $800,000 to poach the Parramatta playmaker.
The Broncos will get a close-up view of Moses’s playmaking pedigree when the Parramatta halfback attempts to hand Brisbane its sixth loss in seven games at Darwin’s TIO Stadium on Friday night.
The Broncos have been linked with Moses since 2017, when Brisbane recruitment chiefs held advanced negotiations with the former NSW under-20s star as he prepared to leave the Wests Tigers.
The Broncos’ pursuit of Moses collapsed when then coach Wayne Bennett overruled the club’s recruitment-and-retention committee.
Moses returned to haunt Brisbane in the 2019 finals series when he engineered a stunning 58-0 rout of
Anthony Seibold’s Broncos. Now the Broncos are again being tossed up as a potential home for Moses, who has an option in his favour for next season, ostensibly meaning he can negotiate with rival clubs immediately.
Money, or a lack of it, shapes as an impediment for a Moses-Broncos alliance. It is understood Moses is seeking about $800,000 on an upgraded deal and the Broncos, as wooden spooners, would likely be facing a $900,000 package to convince him to leave Sydney.
Brisbane is prioritising South Sydney veteran Reynolds, who will leave Redfern at season’s end and comes at a cheaper rate, looking at a three-year deal worth around $700,000 annually.
While Reynolds has represented NSW and steered Souths to their first premiership in 43 years in 2014, Moses has yet to play State of Origin and the jury is out on whether he has the big-match temperament to take the Eels to a title.