Wests Tigers centre Brent Naden\u2019s future appears to be up in the air once again \u2013 after his agent circulated a unique email of his available clients to clubs.<\/p>\n
Naden\u2019s name has been tossed up to Super League clubs before, with his services offered last season before he eventually penned a new one-year deal with the Tigers.<\/p>\n
However, Naden\u2019s name appears to be on the market again \u2013 but in fairly bizarre circumstances.<\/p>\n
With no deal signed at the Tigers and the player likely to leave due to the club\u2019s salary cap constraints, respected player agent Allan Gainey has circulated an email to clubs that has been leaked by Code Sports.<\/p>\n
In it, he offers up the services of four of his players in the style of a racing guide, listing the players\u2019 strengths and form. Gainey was one of Australia\u2019s original syndicators of horses.<\/p>\n
Speaking about Naden, he wrote: \u201cThe ideal utility player who can competently cover centre, wing, fullback and five eighth. A big body with excellent pace and a strong defender. Injury free following an early season setback and would be a worthy acquisition at good value.<\/p>\n
\u201cLikely to be forced out of the Tigers due to salary cap restraints but the Tigers CEO and coach are more than happy to provide a glowing endorsement.\u201d<\/p>\n
Whether the 29-year-old would be keen on a move to Super League is unclear, given how he has played fairly regularly when available for Wests this year.<\/p>\n
He missed a lengthy period due to a shoulder problem but is now fully recovered and will feature for Benji Marshall\u2019s side this weekend.<\/p>\n
Newcastle\u2019s Jack Hetherington, Penrith hooker Luke Sommerton and Brisbane\u2019s Jaiyden Hunt are the other players who have been circulated by Gainey.<\/p>\n
There is likely to be a greater influx of talent from the NRL heading to Super League in 2026 thanks to the new quota regulations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wests Tigers centre Brent Naden\u2019s future appears to be up in the air once again \u2013 after his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":64727,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-64726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-nrl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64726","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=64726"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64726\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}