Dragons drop contract bombshell on veteran

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St George Illawarra's Tariq Sims has been told by the Dragons that helium is escaped to talk to different clubs aft declaration negotiations with the nine took an unexpected turn.

According to Nine's NRL insider Danny Weidler, Sims was successful talks with the nine implicit his tendency to widen his declaration beyond its existent term, till the extremity of adjacent season.

However St George Illawarra threw a spanner successful the works, which could spot the NSW Blues star depart the club.

"Instead of getting an extension, the nine said, 'There is nary aboriginal woody for you. You person you declaration for 2022 but if you privation to look astir for adjacent season, you tin spell and bash that'," Weidler told Nine News connected Friday night.

Tariq Sims could beryllium connected the mode retired of the Dragons (Getty)

"I haven't talked to Tariq straight but I tin ideate he'd beryllium devastated by this, told that helium tin spell and find different club, and present it's going to beryllium up to him whether helium wants to enactment astatine the Dragons adjacent play oregon not.

"I deliberation this concern is going to make successful coming days. It'll beryllium absorbing to perceive from Tariq Sims himself."

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The 31-year-old 2nd rower arrived astatine the Dragons successful 2016, and has since played implicit 100 games for the Red V, scoring 22 tries.

He made his NRL debut with the North Queensland Cowboys successful 2011 earlier spending a clip with the Newcastle Knights successful 2015 and portion of 2016.

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