The 2024 NRL season is still weeks away from kicking off, yet clubs are already looking towards 2025 and beyond with a host of big name NRL talent now officially able to discuss their futures with rival clubs.
We've already seen Addin Fonua Blake pledge his future to the Sharks in 2025 despite a 2024 trial game squad not even yet being named.
Two players now able to negotiate for 2025 come in the form of the May Brothers, Terrell and Taylan.
Terrell May had a super impressive debut season in 2023 with the Roosters, while Taylan played a big part in helping his Panthers to a title in 2022 before injury robbed him of his '23 season.
I have no doubt that both will be in huge demand.
With Terrell May recently making comments that he'd love to play beside his brother(s), there is a very real possibility that they may arrive as a package deal in 2025.
This isn't a certainty but there are a number of clubs who could use both players in a big way.
Below are five clubs I see as potential landing spots for the May brothers in 2025:
3. Melbourne Storm
If the thought of the May brothers securing a future in Penrith is scary than the thought of potentially playing in the Melbourne system is a downright nightmare.
Craig Bellamy, who despite rumours may never actually retire, has made a name on getting the most out of players.
He has turned average first graders into rep stars. Imagine what he can do with someone like Terrell May. Yikes! Taylan too.
Both would be arriving from good systems so it's not as though he'd be plucking them out of a reserve grade set up, but players seem to take that extra jump in the purple.
The Storm were a little undermanned in the engine room in 2023. If that can't improve in the early rounds, Bellamy may be forced into a change.
Justin Olam's leaving the club and Reimis Smith's indifferent form in 2023 also have a potential spot out wide up for grabs.
Both players shape as "Bellamy signings" in every sense of the word.
I don't know if they're looking around right now but if Bellamy is looking, that says a lot about the talent of both brothers.