The Gold Coast Titans have seemingly made the future of Sam Verrills very clear - it's not at Robina.
Verrills has been bumped right down the pecking order at the club to the point he is now not in the 19 on a weekly basis.
Instead, the former Sydney Roosters premiership-winner is plying his trade for the Tweed Heads Seagulls in the QLD Cup, where he has played four games, scoring a try and playing all 80 minutes in his most recent outing against the Norths Devils.
With Oliver Pascoe and this year's recruit Luke Sommerton being picked in first-grade, and doing a solid enough job, it appears there is little chance of Verrills forcing his way back in to Josh Hannay's side this year, barring injury.
With that being the case, the Titans unlikely to offer him a new contract, and the hooker already been seen meeting with Canterbury Bulldogs director of football Phil Gould during magic round, Zero Tackle have run the rule over the NRL's squads and depth charts for 2027 to determine the clubs who might be interesting having a roll of the contract dice.
3. Canterbury Bulldogs
One of the options for Verrills is undoubtedly the club he has already met with, the Canterbury Bulldogs.
Cold water has seemingly been poured on this story with the Bulldogs making a recent approach for Freddy Lussick, a move that, by all reports, looks likely.
That said, it's not done yet, so there is still room for movement.
The blue and white have been, unsprisingly, unsatisfied with their new-look spine, and Bailey Hayward has lost his starting role at number nine in recent weeks.
With the club potentially about to transition him back into a lock forward, and Kurt Mann not a long-term option at dummy half, there is an argument to say that even if they do sign Lussick, more depth - potentially in the shape of Verrills - could be needed.
