The second the clock ticks over into November, a host of NRL talent come off-contract for 2023 and beyond.
With the Dolphins entering the competition in 2023, this will most certainly be the craziest signing period we've seen since the last time the NRL expanded, way back in 2007.
Most players won't be ready to make deals on the first day of November. It's massively unlikely for big deals to happen right away, and with the addition of the Dolphins, I suspect player agents will be advising players to wait and speak to everyone.
That said, there are a few players who will be inundated with offers the literal second the page in that calendar is turned.
We take a look at the top ten players who can, and probably will, cause a chaotic scramble for their services.
4. Cody Walker
Cody Walker is 31 as I type this. By the time 2023 comes around he'll be 33. That's the only reason he's not sitting higher on this list.
The Dolphins are going to do everything within their power to sign a big-name playmaker. Cody Walker shapes as the option.
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His relationship with inaugural coach Wayne Bennett is very well documented. You have to believe his former mentor will be in his ear the second he can be.
Walker started late so he doesn't have the miles on his body of some other 33 year-olds in the league.
There is no chance in the world that Souths will simply allow him to walk to the fledgling club without a fight. Losing their two starting halves across two off-seasons would be horrid.
Given his age and likely asking price this shapes as a two-way battle. That said, possibly the most hotly contested straight shoot out in the player market.
