Leeds Rhinos, Wigan Warriors and Hull FC are all targeting halfbacks for 2024 but they all missed out on the signing of Tyrone May with the halfback joining Hull KR from Catalans Dragons.
But in the eyes of many, this opened the door for another opportunity for them to sign a top halfback in the shape of Brad Schneider.
This is because May’s move signalled a move for Schneider with four halfbacks at the club for next year and with all quota spots taken.
But he won’t be staying in Super League with the Canberra Times reporting that he is set to shocking sign for NRL Premiers Penrith Panthers as cover for Nathan Cleary and Jarome Luai.
This comes after Willie Peters all but confirmed his exit.
He said: “I mean with Brad, it was always like a short term, which we’d spoken about initially.
“So I don’t want to talk too much around Brad and where he’s at or where he’s going and like that, but our initial agreement was going to be a short term sort of contract and then see from there.
“But obviously bringing Tyrone in, yeah that’s what we’re looking at to bring in the halves.”
When asked about him exiting the club he said:
“Yeah, yeah, that’d be right, mate, because we don’t have the quota spot.
“As I said, I don’t want to talk too much about Brad in the media, because I don’t know a great deal in terms of where he’s at. We do know that we signed a short-term agreement. He knew that when he came to the club and and through his management so that’s where that’s at mate.”
Meanwhile, Peters spoke about bringing in May:
“Tyrone May, yeah he’s a player, as I said yesterday, we looked at him last year. I’ve known Tyrone from coaching against him in the NRL.
“He’s come over here, he’s had two quality seasons with the Catalans and he became available. It sort of happened pretty quickly but he’s definitely going to add to our squad.
“What we want to do is add some experience and players that have played in big games and he’s certainly done that.
“He’s leading the way over there at the Catalans, he’s having a really strong season and he’s a player that we looked at last year and when he became available this year, and it was available, we went for it.”
