It’s now looking like Herbie Farnworth will actually stay at the Dolphins beyond 2027, despite heavy interest from the Sydney Roosters leading up to and all through the start of the free agency period.
CODE Sports has been reporting the Dolphins and Roosters are the only two teams left in the Farnworth race—and now Redcliffe has the edge again. It all comes down to other departures: Jack Bostock has been linked with the St George Illawarra Dragons and appears to be heading home after several years in Redcliffe, while Tom Flegler will be signing with the Cowboys.
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Between the two of them, the Dolphins now have extra cash to splash in the 2028 salary cap, even after re-signing Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow. They are even willing to pay a little bit over the market rate for Farnworth to make sure he stays, considering they will be losing Bostock and his aerial threat after next year.
Bostock himself has said that he is “apparently going to every club” after being asked about it at the Kangaroos camp just recently, mid-World Cup campaign.
“I love it up here so the Dolphins are still definitely in the equation,” he told the Sydney Morning Herald. “I’ve seen a lot of people jump to the conclusion when I said I was going to the open market, and they’ve pencilled that in as I’m leaving the Dolphins, but that’s definitely not the case.”
“If you listen to the rumour mill, the Herbie thing is basically ironed out,” CODE reporter Brent Read said on Triple M. “There’s talk the Dolphins have upped the ante because Bostock is leaving and because Flegler is going to leave, so they’ve got a little more money to lash out on potentially Herbie.
“So yeah, there has been a bit of mail that it’s not as over the line as everyone says it is.”
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