{"id":154873,"date":"2021-11-04T06:35:47","date_gmt":"2021-11-04T07:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=154873"},"modified":"2021-11-04T09:58:35","modified_gmt":"2021-11-04T09:58:35","slug":"brooks-bombshell-as-star-tiger-on-the-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=154873","title":{"rendered":"Brooks bombshell as star Tiger on the move"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Tigers want to keep him – but Luke Brooks<\/a>' move to Newcastle is all but a done deal.<\/p>\n

The Knights have been searching for an experienced replacement for Super League bound Mitchell Pearce<\/a> and seem certain to have come up with their man in 26-year-old Brooks.<\/p>\n

Brooks has been with the Tigers since 2013 but has yet to steer the club to a finals series.<\/p>\n

But club officials still see the 2018 Dally M halfback of the year as one of the NRL's leading number sevens and both coach Michael Maguire and incoming football manager Tim Sheens wanted Brooks to stay<\/a> on board for the final two years of his contract.<\/p>\n

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But sources have told Wide World of Sports that Brooks is ready for a change of scenery.<\/p>\n

The lure of playing alongside boom youngster Kayln Ponga is also believed to have been an attraction for Brooks.<\/p>\n

Brooks shares the same management as Newcastle coach Adam O'Brien, another major factor in the likely move.<\/p>\n

Pearce is off to French club Catalans next season, ending a mixed stint with the Knights.<\/p>\n

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The Tigers want to keep him – but Luke Brooks' move to Newcastle is all but a done deal. The Knights have been searching for […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154873"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=154873"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154873\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":154875,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154873\/revisions\/154875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=154873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=154873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=154873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}