The Gold Coast Titans have officially handed AJ Brimson permission to explore his options on the open market.
The star fullback and five-eighth who has been forced out to the centres at the Titans due to a list of talent that is longer than the positions available, is on big money and contracted until the end of 2030, but is now unlikely to be located on the Gold Coast when the players return for the 2027 pre-season.
Brimson has made it clear he doesn't want to leave the Gold Coast in the past, but has also made no secret of the fact he wants to play at fullback.
With Keano Kini in front of him, one of those things simply isn't going to happen, and it appears wanting to play at fullback has won out.
Even this late in the piece as lead into 2027, Brimson will have plenty of suitors.
We have managed to identify seven clubs who could very easily make a play for him, so in order of least to most likely, here are the outfits who will be in with a chance.
6. Cronulla Sharks
The Shark shave re-signed William Kennedy for another year, but in rugby league, contracts aren't worth the paper they are written on.
While it's clear Craig Fitzgibbon will have zero appetite for dropping Nicho Hynes or the in outrageously good form Braydon Trindall, there is the potential play that Brimson takes Kennedy's role at the back, and forms back-up in the halves for injury issues.
Brimson is such a talent that you could easily see his signature flipping the Sharks into a genuine title contender.
In a game that is getting faster, and becoming more dominated by big points totals, Brimson is the kind of player who can move the needle for a footy team.
