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Frawley close to Knights deal

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Apparently unwanted at Canterbury, Bulldogs halfback Matt Frawley needed to find a new home.

That new home looks like being at Newcastle, with nrl.com reporting that Frawley is closing in on a deal to join the Knights.

At Newcastle, he’ll likely settle in as the back-up to star half Mitchell Pearce, unless he can secure a gig on the interchange bench.

Still, Frawley is just 23 years of age, and has a wealth of attacking talent. The opportunity to develop behind an experienced starter such as Pearce may be good for Frawley, while giving the Knights one of the best back-ups in the league.

Frawley has played 31 first grade games for the Bulldogs.

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Harawira-Naera going to the Dogs

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The Bulldogs are quietly going about their rebuild, and have today snared their best signing so far.

According to the Daily Telegraph, the Bulldogs have secured Panthers edge forward Corey Harawira-Naera on a four-year deal, that will see the Kiwi star head to Belmore until the end of 2022.

The move makes more immediate sense for the Bulldogs than the Panthers, with Harawira-Naera and the recently re-signed Rhyse Martin providing Canterbury with a pair of attacking second-rowers they can build around for the future.

For Penrith though, they’re giving up an elite young edge runner, albeit a slightly superfluous one, given the presence of Isiaah Yeo and Viliame Kikau on their roster. High-end depth is hard to come by in the NRL, and we can only assume that this move is intended to create cap space for another move still to come.

Perhaps that move could be the re-signing of Origin utility Tyrone Peachey, who the Panthers said just this morning that they couldn’t fit under the salary cap, even if he were to renege on his Titans deal.

There’d be a little bit more wiggle room now, but whether or not that’s the direction they go remains to be seen.

Harawira-Naera has played 44 first grade games for the Panthers.

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Bulldogs sign Sue

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The Bulldogs have further bolstered their forward pack for next year.

The club today announced the addition of Tigers forward Sauaso Sue on a two-year deal that will see him head to Belmore until the end of 2020.

Sue has played 113 first grade games for the Tigers, and 10 Tests for Samoa.

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Bulldogs linked to Segeyaro

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Having cleansed their roster of all its high-priced talent, it’s now time for the Bulldogs to commence their rebuild. One would expect that their salary cap situation would preclude them from signing any major name-brand players, but apparently that mightn’t necessarily be the case.

According to WWOS reporter The Mole, the Bulldogs are exploring the possibility of recruiting Sharks hooker James Segeyaro, and believe they could fit him into their new look squad.

Segeyaro has been in excellent form this year, and it’s unlikely that the Sharks would be willing to get into a bidding war for his services, given that he’s only the backup to Jayden Brailey anyway.

Whether or not he’d make the Bulldogs significantly better remains to be seen, but hey, they’ve got to start somewhere.

As long as it’s not a back-ended deal.

Segeyaro has played 133 first grade games for the Sharks, Panthers and Cowboys, and 5 Tests for Papua New Guinea.

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Bulldogs re-sign Martin

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As expected, the Bulldogs have today announced the re-signing of boom second-rower Rhyse Martin for another 12 months.

The Bulldogs have lost a host of talent in recent times as they attempt to get their salary cap in order, but Martin has been phenomenal since debuting in Round 9, and was one guy they couldn’t afford to lose.

Martin has played 8 first grade games for the Bulldogs, and 8 Tests for Papua New Guinea.

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