Cleary, 28, is off contract at the end of the 2027 season and would likely attract record-breaking offers from rival clubs if he doesn\u2019t re-sign with Penrith before November 1.<\/p>\n
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New franchises the Bears and Chiefs would love to make him their marquee man, with PNG able to offer massive tax incentives that would dwarf any other offer, especially when third party deals are factored in.<\/p>\n
Super League and overseas rugby union competitions have also been mentioned, which would allow him to be closer to his partner Mary Fowler. <\/p>\n
But there\u2019s every chance the prince of Penrith decides to stay put at the club he debuted with in 2016, even though his father won\u2019t coach the team anymore after next year\u2019s campaign. <\/p>\n
The four-time premiership-winning halfback and Blues hero from the Origin decider was this week linked with a move to the Warriors, but his response to a question on Thursday night suggests that\u2019s unlikely.<\/p>\n
Nathan Cleary will attract record offers if he hits free agency. Picture: Bradley Kanaris\/Getty ImagesSource: Getty Images<\/p>\n
Younger brother Jett, 21, is yet to make his NRL debut but is in Auckland, where he won the NSW Cup and State Championship titles last year.<\/p>\n
With Luke Metcalf and Luke Hanson moving on at the end of the year, Jett would move one step closer to making his debut, with the young playmaker contracted for another 12 months at the club. <\/p>\n
\u201cI still don\u2019t know. I\u2019m still in the process of thinking it over. I\u2019m not sure yet,\u201d Nathan replied when asked if he was any closer to making a call on his future.<\/p>\n
\u201cI wasn\u2019t born in Auckland, but I grew up a fair bit there and I will admit I was a Warriors fan growing up.<\/p>\n
Jett Cleary is still waiting to make his NRL debut. Picture: Darrian Traynor\/Getty ImagesSource: Getty Images<\/p>\n
\u201cBut at the end of the day, even if that was an option, I\u2019d be blocking my little brother\u2019s pathway. I\u2019m not too sure about that.<\/p>\n
\u201cI want to put a bit more thought into it. The last few weeks there has been a bit of a comedown from Origin, and I\u2019ve been trying to get back into routine with the boys and get back into consistent training.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat sort of (contract) stuff will work itself out in the background.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nathan and Ivan are focused on adding another title to their glittering careers after they scraped past Parramatta thanks to two gritty defensive displays when they had players in the sin bin.<\/p>\n
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It was a record-breaking night out west with winger Tom Jenkins grabbing his 26th try of the year to go past Rhys Wesser\u2019s club record of 25 from the 2003 season.<\/p>\n
Jenkins remains an outside chance of breaking Dave Brown\u2019s all-time record of 38 tries in the 1935 season.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a very, very good record. \u2018Milky\u2019 (Jenkins) has been amazing,\u201d the Panthers coach said. <\/p>\n
\u201cDyl (fullback Dylan Edwards) was saying a couple of weeks ago that his defence doesn\u2019t get much recognition compared to the tries he scores, but his all-round game this year has been very consistent, and that\u2019s probably why he\u2019s been getting the tries.<\/p>\n
\u201cRhys Wesser is a try machine and a bit of a legend in our club, so it\u2019s pretty cool.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Panthers superstar Nathan Cleary has given one of the most definitive updates on his future, revealing he still…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":820158,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-820157","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\/820157","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=820157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/820157\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/820158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=820157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=820157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=820157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}