November 1st, one of the days every rugby league fan circles. It's the day that literally millions of dollars of talent become off-contract.

Titans and Origin superstar David Fifita is one of those players able to talk to opposition clubs come the first day of November.

Judging by reports this week, there is more than one club already preparing a massive bid to tempt the monster forward for 2024 and beyond.

With the salary cap set to rise and many clubs entering either a rebuild or a title window, Fifita will be highly sought after.

Here are the five most likely landing spots for David Fifita - the club he will represent come Round 1 2024.

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1. Newcastle Knights

Newcastle endured a horror 2022. They avoided the Wooden Spoon via being slightly less terrible than the Warriors and Tigers.

They need a game-changing signing.

With the greatest of respect, I can't see Cameron Munster even taking a meeting in the Hunter while the Saifiti boys talents rule out the need for a shot at Tapine.

David Fifita's arrival would bring with him plenty of excitement.

Tyson Frizell is now the wrong side of 30 while Lachlan Fitzgibbon has fallen from grace. Fifita would walk into the Knights run on side and immediately improve them.

David Klemmer is supposedly being shopped around while Clifford, Clune, Fitzgibbon, Frizell, Mann and Young are all off contract. They could free up the cash if they really want to.

Whether or not the Knights could offer the playing roster Fifita will likely demand when sizing up his options is the only real stumbling block.

Newcastle almost have to go in on Fifita if for nothing more than to convince fans they can attract that quality of player to the club.

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2 COMMENTS

  1. Dan,
    Nicho Hynes is on $600K and looks like he is worth a million.
    David Fifita is on $800K and looks like he is not worth it because he is so unreliable .
    Factor in his high maintenance and I would not have him at any price.

    If DF is going to move, he won’t come down in price, and paying him a million without upgrading Hynes is just going to p**s off the Sharks’ best player.

    Solution, for your Sharks:
    – upgrade Nicho to $800K right now to build a bit of loyalty.
    – approach Newcastle to get David Klemmer for 2023. I reckon he would jump at the chance to play for a club that is going places, especially if it is for the same money.
    – Let Newcastle go for David Fifita (for 2023 if the Broncs will let him go) now they have money to spare.

  2. In the face of their tweaked 2023 squad (Verrills and Foran), the Titans need to retain DF. With the increased cap, the club’s reserved spending and their emerging talent pool then DF can get his market price. Downgrading him unreasonably would be a counter-productive step on several levels. Some of the new names that will be appearing, after Jojo Fifita and Klese Haas in 2022, are Alick, Puhulu, Tino’s brother Izsac, Liyou, Bryant, Weaver, Fuller, Francis, Spry, Kahn-Pereira and Tuaupiki, amongst others.