It's November 1st! It's officially NRL's silly season!
When the clock ticked over into the new month, literally tens of millions of dollars of NRL talent became off contract for 2025.
This means that the NRL vultures are circling as these superstars become fair game.
Player agents mobiles will be ringing off the hook today as struggling sides, and sides looking for the final piece alike, try to get their grubby hands on prize assets from all round the competition.
Narrowing it down to just ten was very difficult.
The below are the top ten players I believe would be in demand as of right now.
Not necessarily the best. For instance Shaun Johnson is coming off a 10/10 season. There's also no chance he leaves the Warriors.
Taken into account are players ages, their expected salary, their role, talent and potential availability.
With that said, below are the top 10, in demand and off-contract stars right now:
2. Joseph Manu
My general feeling is that Manu is a Rooster for life. That said, money and opportunity talk.
With James Tedesco re-signing with the club, Manu is being forced to wait for the fullback spot he so obviously covets.
There are a host of teams who would fall over themselves to add Manu to their roster. Whether that be at centre or fullback.
I dare say it's going to take a million-dollar offer, plus a guaranteed number one jersey, to gain his attention. I think it'd be worth every cent and then some.
Canberra famously missed out on a superstar Roosters number one in the past. Could they get it done here? The Dragons will have something to say about that.
