The Dolphins have spent much of the week in the news, with the NRL's 17th club facing their biggest challenge since they first joined the NRL in the lead-up to November 1.
Kristian Woolf and his staff have built one of the NRL's most talented - and most exciting - playing rosters over the last few years, but as it stands, the club have a staggering 15 players off-contract at the end of 2027.
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Included in that list are a number of top-tier stars who could be in for significant pay bumps. Guys who signed their last deal as a relative unknown, and are now either representative players, or banging on the door of being so.
One of those is Jack Bostock, with the towering centre and winger earning a call up to the NSW Blues side during this year's State of Origin series.
The Dolphins star is one of a few who it has been indicated will be testing the open market on November 1, and while the club have expressed that they want to keep everyone, the simple, cold hard reality of the situation is that it seems unlikely.
With rising salaries, the threat of expansion clubs and tax-free dollars from PNG, and the player pool becoming skinnier compared to the number of spots available as the NRL line up three years of back-to-back-to-back expansion, someone, or potentially multiple players, are going to leave the Redcliffe-based club.
With that in mind, and the race to November 1 on, here are the clubs who could make a play for Bostock once we get to that date.
5. Parramatta Eels
The Eels are a club with significant questions to answer heading into the next couple of years.
Jason Ryles' rebuild of the blue and gold hasn't quite gone to plan at this stage, with the Eels slumping towards the bottom of the ladder this year.
Realistically, the Eels are still a few players short in most positions across the park, and as much as they will likely re-sign Will Penisini beyond the end of next year, they could use re-enforcements in the outside back.
Particularly when it comes to height and pace.
Bostock brings both of those things, and would make the kicking game of Mitchell Moses a considerably large amount tougher to deal with than it currently is.
It seems like a no-brainer that the Eels will take a look at Bostock from November 1 if he is still on the market.
