Sign up now!!! <\/a><\/p>\n\u201cThe mail I\u2019m getting is that the Bulldogs don\u2019t necessarily want to push him out, but if there\u2019s any form of agitation for him to go, they will say, go with our blessing.\u201d <\/p>\n
The Daily Telegraph\u2019s Brent Read warned it is unlikely that Xerri will be at the club in a month because he is set to play NSW Cup for a period of time and that will likely see him agitate for a release. <\/p>\n
\u201cIf he stays in NSW Cup for the next month I would imagine he won\u2019t be there because even his management made it clear that he\u2019s got to go back to NSW Cup and prove that he deserves to be in the NRL team,\u201d Read said. <\/p>\n
\u201cBut if it doesn\u2019t work out in a month, maybe before that, a discussion will be had because Bronson Xerri when he\u2019s at his best is too good to be in NSW Cup and he\u2019s on too much money, so there\u2019s still a bit to play out.\u201d<\/p>\n
However, Read denied that this decision was purely around his performance in Round 1 and has been lingering over the summer during pre-season. <\/p>\n
\u201cI think this is vested throughout the summer, I don\u2019t think this is a past two-week thing,\u201d Read said. <\/p>\n
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\u201cI think there has been some concerns, maybe with his attitude and they\u2019ve taken this step. Clearly all is not well.\u201d <\/p>\n
However, Ritchie can\u2019t work out why the Bulldogs want to drop Xerri, given his strong form for the club over the last couple of seasons. <\/p>\n
\u201cAm I missing something?\u201d Ritchie said. <\/p>\n
\u201cI thought he was an outstanding player last year for the Dogs on their surge to the finals and I thought he was very good in Vegas, so what am I missing here in terms of his form? His form doesn\u2019t warrant playing in NSW Cup.\u201d <\/p>\n
Broncos legend Gorden Tallis questioned if the Bulldogs were taking an opportunity to move Matt Burton to the centres and switch Lachlan Galvin to his preferred five-eighth position. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe pub test is they are moving him on and they want to move Burton to the centres and put another halfback in, which could be Sean O\u2019Sullivan this year, or it could be young Mitch Woods in the future,\u201d Tallis said.<\/p>\n
Currently Xerri is not permitted to talk to rival clubs until November 1, but Read warned there are no shortage of clubs that would be interested in his services. <\/p>\n
\u201cThere are clubs who are watching what\u2019s going on,\u201d Read said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know there\u2019s clubs who need outside back. You look at Melbourne, they\u2019re in the market for an outside back. Parramatta, North Queensland. <\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019re all clubs who are in the market for an outside back and he is a quality outside back when he\u2019s at his best and he\u2019s in the right frame of mind, so there\u2019s no doubt he would be on the radar to those clubs, but he does not have permission as yet to speak to other clubs.\u201d <\/p>\n
Anasta noted that it could be in the best interests of both parties to go their seperate ways, which is why he predicts Xerri will leave the Bulldogs in the coming weeks. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt could be both ways here,\u201d Anasta said. <\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s not happy playing right centre and robably thinks he should be in first grade over someone like Tuala, so he\u2019s got the shits. <\/p>\n
\u201cAnd then the Bulldogs are thinking, we can save some money on the cap. If our halves don\u2019t work with Burton and Galvin, we\u2019ll move Burton into the centres and it also free\u2019s up some cap space if we want to make a play at someone. <\/p>\n
\u201cSo they\u2019re probably just going, OK, well, if he\u2019s not happy, then so be it. <\/p>\n
\u201cAnd I think just looking at it from the outside looking in, he won\u2019t be back. He\u2019ll be gone soon I reckon within three weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bronson Xerri has been predicted to leave the Bulldogs within the next month after he was dropped to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":544005,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2620,2095,63,689,66965,118613,87396,4532,7622,269495,26513,28814,269497,269494,269504,2105,43,7681,124930,5098,269496,4617,2623,33215,4746,2627,673,44,2041,2067,677,220751,269501,4598,269498,269503,269500,701,3232,269493,269499,269502,41,39,42,40,2614],"class_list":["post-544004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-agence-france-presse","tag-america","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-belmore","tag-broncos-legend","tag-bronson-xerri","tag-canberra-raiders","tag-canterbury-bulldogs","tag-conflicting-reports","tag-contract-call","tag-dean-ritchie","tag-exit-rumours","tag-five-eighth-position","tag-fresh-furore","tag-getty-images-inc","tag-headlines","tag-ian-hitchcock","tag-immediate-release","tag-ivan-cleary","tag-knights-spine-duo","tag-lachlan-galvin","tag-las-vegas","tag-lord-gould-of-brookwood","tag-mark-st-john","tag-nevada","tag-new-south-wales","tag-news","tag-north-america","tag-northern-america","tag-oceania","tag-outside-back","tag-peace-pipe","tag-penrith-panthers","tag-petty-move","tag-ponga-brown","tag-pub-test","tag-queensland","tag-reality-check","tag-seperate-ways","tag-star-firms","tag-storm-change","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-united-states-of-america"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=544004"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544004\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/544005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=544004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=544004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=544004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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