Inside irresistible pitch for star as three players named as next targets<\/a><\/p>\nGiven Jaxon Purdue is expected to slot into fullback next season to cover the departure of Scott Drinkwater, it\u2019s clear the Cowboys are happy to roll forward with Clifford and Dearden as their halves.<\/p>\n
However, Clifford\u2019s reluctance is giving cause for the Cowboys to see what else is out there. <\/p>\n
Like Harris-Tavita, Clifford remains off contract beyond the 2026 season.<\/p>\n
Payten has a history with Harris-Tavita from the coach\u2019s time at the Warriors in 2019-2020.<\/p>\n
Chanel Harris-Tavita.Source: Getty Images<\/p>\n
PENRITH STARS OPEN UP ON FUTURES<\/p>\n
Penrith Panthers stars Brian To\u2019o and Isaah Yeo have opened up on their long-term NRL futures as they prepare to head to the open market on November 1, which will see them able to speak and negotiate with rival teams for the 2028 season.<\/p>\n
Neither confirming nor denying that he would be interested in a move to the PNG Chiefs, the winger did not give too much away on his future.<\/p>\n
This comes as he has been quietly linked to the expansion side following the signing of close friend and former teammate Jarome Luai.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ll just leave it to my managers. That\u2019s my manager’s job to do all that,\u201d To\u2019o said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat won\u2019t come until the end of the year. I\u2019ve just got to play consistent footy week in, week out and see what happens.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll I\u2019m wanting to do every day is just to wake up, come into training with the brothers and put on a good performance for all the fans out there that ware watching us week in, week out.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s probably my main mission and then when that time comes, obviously sit down with my manager and go through that.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m just here for the journey and then just wherever it takes me, I\u2019ll see what happens.\u201d<\/p>\n
Brian To\u2019o.Source: Supplied<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, teammate and captain Isaah Yeo revealed that he is \u201copen-minded\u201d to heading to the open market, which would allow him to speak and negotiate with rival teams from November 1 for the 2028 season, including the Chiefs.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think we probably all will (test the open market). I\u2019m not sure what the club\u2019s doing in that regard but I feel like I\u2019ll certainly be open-minded in that regard,\u201d Yeo said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve got a young family. I\u2019ve got three kids and obviously I\u2019d love to stay a one-club player but I understand there\u2019s also a business side to is as well.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not quite sure. I\u2019ll be open-minded in that regard and make a decision hopefully after that (and) after obviously playing good football. I think that sort of takes care of itself.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you\u2019re out there playing good football and performing for your club then things like that take care of themselves but it\u2019s still a long way away.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Cowboys are reportedly circling Warriors gun Chanel Harris-Tavita, with the club interested in pairing the talented playmaker…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":637793,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[64,63,4600,308705,769,4565,11096,2105,308704,7681,28053,10747,764,26598,13391,1085,85,63140,777,776],"class_list":{"0":"post-637792","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-chanel-harris-tavita","11":"tag-contract-hesitance-sparks","12":"tag-cowboys-coach","13":"tag-cronulla-sharks","14":"tag-daniel-nuttall","15":"tag-getty-images-inc","16":"tag-hesitance-sparks-secret","17":"tag-ian-hitchcock","18":"tag-jake-clifford","19":"tag-luke-metcalf","20":"tag-north-queensland-cowboys","21":"tag-pat-carrigan","22":"tag-reece-walsh","23":"tag-scott-drinkwater","24":"tag-sports","25":"tag-talented-playmaker","26":"tag-todd-payten","27":"tag-tom-dearden"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/637792","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=637792"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/637792\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/637793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=637792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=637792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=637792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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