{"id":156428,"date":"2021-11-07T05:07:31","date_gmt":"2021-11-07T06:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=156428"},"modified":"2021-11-07T12:59:05","modified_gmt":"2021-11-07T12:59:05","slug":"joey-excited-by-rumoured-knights-signing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=156428","title":{"rendered":"Joey 'excited' by rumoured Knights signing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rugby league legend Andrew Johns<\/a> says he would be excited to work with halfback Luke Brooks<\/a> if he was to join Newcastle before next season.<\/p>\n

The Wests Tigers have been actively denying speculation their 26-year-old halfback is on the verge of leaving<\/a> Concord with two years remaining on his contract.<\/p>\n

But Wide World of Sports last week revealed Brooks is highly likely to jump ship and sign with the Knights<\/a> after veteran playmaker Mitchell Pearce gets a release to move to France<\/a> and play in the Super League.<\/p>\n

Johns – Newcastle's best ever player and the eighth rugby league Immortal – recently announced a return to the Knights in a coaching consultancy role<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As part of the job he will working closely with whichever halfback is there come Round 1 next year.<\/p>\n

"Look, if I work with Mitchell, I think I know how to help there. I've worked with him at the Roosters and NSW," Johns told Danny Weidler for the Sydney Morning Herald<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Luke<\/p>\n

"He knows how the game is played and I've been one of his strongest supporters.<\/p>\n

"Now, if he's not there and Brooks is there, that'd be really exciting. It's a challenge I like. He looks like he needs a change, and getting out of Sydney would be good for him.<\/p>\n

"I think he can really add a lot to the club. He can play great. He needs to find that consistency.<\/p>\n

"I could help him with when to pass, when to run, when to kick but, also, I think the players around him need to understand his strengths and how to get the best out of him. I think it would be exciting to work with Luke."<\/p>\n

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Rugby league legend Andrew Johns says he would be excited to work with halfback Luke Brooks if he was to join Newcastle before next season. […]<\/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\/156428"}],"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=156428"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156428\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":156430,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156428\/revisions\/156430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=156428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=156428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=156428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}