{"id":65659,"date":"2021-04-30T21:29:09","date_gmt":"2021-04-30T21:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=65659"},"modified":"2021-05-01T01:57:40","modified_gmt":"2021-05-01T01:57:40","slug":"legend-hits-star-eel-with-stiff-reality-check","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=65659","title":{"rendered":"Legend hits star Eel with stiff reality check"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rugby league Immortal Andrew Johns<\/a> has implored star Parramatta halfback Mitchell Moses<\/a> to re-sign with the Eels.<\/p>\n

It's of no surprise that Johns wants the out-of-contract 26-year-old to ink a new deal with the Eels because the legendary Newcastle Knights halfback is now a member of Parramatta's coaching staff.<\/p>\n

But Johns listed a host of genuine reasons why Moses should reject the offers of rivals, including the highly interested Brisbane Broncos, and recommit to Parramatta.<\/p>\n

"Full disclosure; I work with Parramatta. But if I didn't work with Parramatta, I would … grab him by the ear and say, 'Sign now, mate'," Johns said on Wide World of Sports' Immortal Behaviour<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\"Immortal<\/p>\n

"You're at a strong club, you've got an opportunity to win a competition over the next two to three years, you've got a really strong forward pack in front of you. Do you want to finish your career coming last or second-last or third-last?'<\/p>\n

"I don't know the money involved, but I can imagine at Parra it'd be around $800,000 – maybe a little bit more.<\/p>\n

"If you went to Brisbane for a million, which they're talking about, take your tax out and you're living away from home."<\/p>\n

Moses is among several senior halfbacks who've been linked to Brisbane.<\/p>\n

Broncos coach Kevin Walters is searching for a new No.7 in the wake of young halfback Tom Dearden signing a deal with the North Queensland Cowboys from 2022.<\/p>\n

Moses, Rabbitohs halfback Adam Reynolds<\/a> and Sharks No.7 Shaun Johnson have all reportedly been in talks with Brisbane.<\/p>\n

But Johns says another reason why Moses should remain at the Eels is because he's from Sydney.<\/p>\n

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The former Tiger was born in Ryde and played his junior footy with the Holy Cross Rhinos and Carlingford Cougars.<\/p>\n

"He's a Sydney boy born and bred, I think he's even from Parramatta, he played his juniors out that way," Johns said.<\/p>\n

"A lot of his family's from there. The great Benny Elias is his uncle.<\/p>\n

"Mitchell, you're at a strong system … If I was advising Mitchell I'd be saying, 'Sign, get it done, no distractions for yourself or your team, get it done and then you win a premiership the next three, four, five years. You might get a couple."<\/p>\n

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