Sign up now!!!<\/a><\/p>\nVerrills comes off-contract at the end of the season and has been told he won\u2019t be re-signed beyond 2026. <\/p>\n
The 27-year-old has scored 12 tries in 112 games for the Roosters and Titans since his debut in 2019 and won a premiership in his rookie season, before moving to the Gold Coast in 2023. <\/p>\n
Gould has a history of being photographed courting players, having previously being captured meeting with Mahoney and Blake Taaffe, who joined the club and Addin Fonua-Blake who opted to join the Sharks. <\/p>\n
He was also captured signing Viliame Kikau before an official announcement was made by the Bulldogs and the Panthers in 2021. <\/p>\n
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