{"id":380794,"date":"2024-03-31T08:40:48","date_gmt":"2024-03-31T08:40:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=380794"},"modified":"2024-03-31T12:03:20","modified_gmt":"2024-03-31T12:03:20","slug":"dragons-linked-with-shock-move-for-penrith-speedster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=380794","title":{"rendered":"Dragons linked with shock move for Penrith speedster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/shane-flanagan\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"S\ufeffhane Flanagan\">S\ufeffhane Flanagan<\/a> is looking to make some big moves on the NRL player market, with the <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/st-george-illawarra-dragons\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Dragons\">Dragons<\/a> linked with a shock move for <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/penrith-panthers\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Penrith\">Penrith<\/a> winger Sunia Turuva.<\/p>\n<p>According to 9news Sydney and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/sport\/nrl\/dragons-chase-panthers-flyer-sunia-turuva-meet-with-wallabies-star-20240331-p5fgdu.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Sydney Morning Herald\">Sydney Morning Herald<\/a> reporter Michael Chammas, the premiership-winning Fijian flyer has been told by the Panthers that they <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/news-2024-penrith-panthers-sunia-turuva-contract-andrew-johns-comments-salary\/21e58d7d-9bb3-4729-8243-76bd0575055b\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"won&#x27;t be able to afford to pay him more than $350,000 for next season and beyond\">won&#x27;t be able to afford to pay him more than $350,000 for next season and beyond<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Turuva&#x27;s management are now exploring their options and St George Illawarra have entered the fray as a potential landing spot, as the club looks to add speed and depth to their backline long-term under Flanagan.<\/p>\n<p><strong>AS IT HAPPENED:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/combat-sports\/tim-tszyu-sebastian-fundora-boxing-fight-2024-live-updates-main-event-start-time-round-by-round-results-latest-news\/8fe39ada-1e66-4e50-8e2c-e20f7c838866\" target=\"\" title=\"Tszyu vs Fundora round-by-round recap\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Tszyu vs Fundora round-by-round recap<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/combat-sports\/tim-tszyu-sebastian-fundora-boxing-fight-2024-michael-zerafa-erislandy-lara\/ead7d335-312e-4465-803e-081eb2967d48\" target=\"\" title=\"Zerafa floored by lethal strike as title hopes dashed\ufeff\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Zerafa floored by lethal strike as title hopes dashed\ufeff<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/news-2024-dolphins-titans-result-video-highlights-max-plath-hip-drop-sin-bin\/46f97113-668c-4592-ab5a-090a3dbcfcc1\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Dolphins young gun facing ban for &#x27;ugly&#x27; hip-drop\ufeff\"><strong>Dolphins young gun facing ban for &#x27;ugly&#x27; hip-drop\ufeff<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After taking out the Dally M Rookie of the Year award last year, Turuva now appears destined to follow a long list of Penrith stars out the door, given the club&#x27;s continued success and salary cap restraints. \ufeff<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"06fd8cec-3e7d-4083-b115-327f3056109f\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/06fd8cec-3e7d-4083-b115-327f3056109f\" alt=\"\" data-width=\"4363\" data-height=\"2454\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The 21-year-old remains without a contract for next year and after the Panthers recently extended both <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/videos\/nrl\/nrl-news-2024-taylan-may-re-signs-new-penrith-panthers-contract-exclusive\/clu2dkvpt000d0hrvd7r58so2\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Taylan May\">Taylan May<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/news-2024-penrith-panthers-izack-tago-contract-extension-highest-paid-centre\/5673cec6-b097-4144-b6b5-5790abd58430\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Izack Tago\">Izack Tago<\/a>, it could see Turuva be forced out as the Dragons are expected to come in with an offer worth $450,000 per year.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Watch the 2024 NRL premiership live and free on Nine and<\/strong><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.9now.com.au\/nrl-premiership?ocid=nine.com.au-9now-a19594-nrlpremiership&amp;_branch_match_id=1171248026869991093&amp;_branch_referrer=H4sIAAAAAAAAA8soKSkottLXt8zLL9dLLCjQy8nMy9b3c%2Fdw8g7MDitPTQIA0zCY0SEAAAA%3D\"><em><strong>9Now<\/strong><\/em><\/a><em><strong>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The news comes amid <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/news-2024-zac-lomax-release-request-shane-flanagan-comments-dragons\/886eb77e-f77e-4b41-b8f9-a7ae05eaaa3f\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Zac Lomax&#x27;s own uncertainty at the Saints\">Zac Lomax&#x27;s own uncertainty at the Saints<\/a>, with the wantaway centre set for talks with club officials following their round four win over Manly. \ufeff<\/p>\n<p>Flanagan has also expressed interest in Wallabies outside back <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/jordan-petaia\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Jordan Petaia\">Jordan Petaia<\/a> and Red V officials will meet with the 24-year-old regarding a code switch.<\/p>\n<p>Petaia is regarded \ufeffas one of the best young talents in the 15-man code and is currently plying his trade for the Queensland Reds in the Super Rugby competition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>S\ufeffhane Flanagan is looking to make some big moves on the NRL player market, with the Dragons linked with a shock move for Penrith winger <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=380794\" title=\"Dragons linked with shock move for Penrith speedster\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":380796,"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\/380794"}],"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=380794"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380794\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":380797,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380794\/revisions\/380797"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/380796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=380794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=380794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=380794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}