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[QUOTE="McHunt, post: 3215746, member: 9853"] [COLOR=rgb(255, 255, 255)][I]I think we're allowed to post this. If not, apologies in advance and please delete:[/I] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.nrl.com/news/2021/02/11/maccas-on-dragons-menu-broncos-hooker-set-for-immediate-switch/[/URL] Brisbane are set to release Andrew McCullough to join the Dragons on a three-year deal that will extend his career and free up around $500,000 in the Broncos' salary cap. NRL.com understands the protracted saga around McCullough's future will be resolved in the next few days after further discussions between the veteran rake and coach Kevin Walters. Neither the Dragons or Broncos have made official comment on the matter. But after new Red V coach Anthony Griffin targeted McCullough as the "game-managing hooker" he wants in his set-up, the clubs have been negotiating around a McCullough move since the new year. The 31-year-old returned to Brisbane after a short stint at Newcastle last year in which McCullough impressed early, only to tear his hamstring off the bone and undergo a lengthy recovery. His pre-season training form at the Broncos had him in consideration for a leadership role under Walters and jostling for a starting No.9 role with Jake Turpin. Brisbane still has fellow veteran rake Issac Luke on a train and trial contract and also ex-Knights and Manly hooker Danny Levi as another option after he joined Intrust Super Cup club Norths Devils last week. McCullough's exit is set to free up much-needed salary cap space as the Broncos work on keeping their best and brightest young talent beyond 2021 including Kotoni Staggs, Tom Dearden and Xavier Coates. The Broncos have been insistent throughout talks with St George Illawarra that they would not chip in any further to McCullough's salary if he were to move south, having already covered around $150,000 of his wage since November 1. Walters had also planned for the former Maroons hooker to be a key, experienced pillar of his 2021 campaign. But with the added job security on offer under Griffin, McCullough was a noted absentee at Broncos training on Thursday ahead of his mooted move. McCullough's arrival at the Dragons is unlikely to trigger an early exit for Cronulla-bound star Cameron McInnes at this point. Griffin plans to shift McInnes to lock, the same position he will fill at the Sharks, to accommodate McCullough, while Cronulla also do not have the salary cap space to bring the 27-year-old in a year early. Ben Hunt meanwhile has been assured his future lies in the halves as he McCullough and Corey Norman all rekindle a set-up under Griffin that was first seen in their under 20s days at Brisbane. McHunt[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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