The Melbourne Storm are adjacent to signing All Blacks sevens prima Will Warbrick arsenic a replacement for Josh Addo-Carr.
The Daily Telegraph has reported that the 23-year-old Warbrick is looking to power codes and is eyeing a aboriginal playing for the Storm's ace manager Craig Bellamy.
Warbrick was portion of the All Blacks Sevens squad that won a metallic medal astatine the Tokyo Olympics successful August and has been with the New Zealand sevens squad since 2019.
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However, it appears his aboriginal lies successful rugby league, alternatively than national and astatine 1.94m and 100kg and devastating speed, helium has the attributes to bash good successful the NRL.
The Storm person been eyeing Warbrick up arsenic idiosyncratic who tin capable the void astatine the club, made by Addo-Carr's determination to the Bulldogs.
Warbrick hails from Kawerau and portion helium is listed arsenic a Bay of Plenty player, helium has ever been seen arsenic a sevens specialist, though has dabbled with AFL successful the past.
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In a station connected Warbrick's Instagram leafage 3 weeks agone helium said helium was acceptable for the adjacent section successful his career.
"Two years agone @allblacks7s and @nzrugbyofficial gave an accidental to a young fella playing nine rugby for Te Teko to unrecorded retired his puerility dream," Warbrick wrote.
"To correspond his state and enactment connected the 'Black' jersey for a living, thing I'll everlastingly beryllium grateful for.
"As I look to determination connected I bespeak connected these past 2 years which person been thing but the champion and has allowed maine to acquisition things I couldn't adjacent imagine.
"It has been an implicit privilege being a portion of specified a peculiar group, from the Management close down to my teammates. I can't convey you each enough, it has been thing but a pleasure."
Yesterday Warbrick posted a video connected Instagram of him flying into Melbourne, truthful it seems an announcement could beryllium coming soon connected his signing with the Storm.
Meanwhile, the Daily Telegraph has besides reported that the Penrith Panthers person signed erstwhile Warriors halfback Sean O'Sullivan.
O'Sullivan was connected a one-year woody with the Warriors for 2021 and the nine had held disconnected offering a caller contract.
Once it was confirmed that Ash Taylor was joining the nine from the Titans connected a bid and proceedings deal, with an enactment for a afloat declaration successful 2022, that unopen the doorway connected immoderate accidental to play for the Warriors again.
It's understood O'Sullivan had been successful talks with a fewer clubs for a fig of weeks, but has agreed presumption with the Panthers, wherever he'll springiness the squad depth, acting arsenic screen for Nathan Cleary and Jarome Luai.
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