Sydney Roosters flyer Brett Morris has issued an impassioned plea to the Cronulla Sharks to let him finish his career with his twin brother Josh, saying “let him go. Let him come over.”

Josh Morris’ request for a release from the final year of his deal at the Sharks was rejected, but his sibling hasn’t given up all hope of the two pairing up at the Roosters in 2020.

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Brett spoke to Channel Nine news on Thursday before flying out with the rest of the Tricolours squad to Europe ahead of the World Club Challenge against St Helens.

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“Josh is a quality player, we’ve seen what he can do at all levels of the game and he’s certainly a guy that would fit into this team well,” Brett said.

“You never give up hope. You’d like to think there’s a chance there. And if there’s a chance you just keep sort of wishing for it to happen.

Asked if he had a message for Cronulla, Brett replied: “Let him go. Let him come over.

“I’m not saying that Josh is unhappy at the Sharks either, I’m definitely not saying that but I think he’d fit in well at our club. And you know exactly what you’re going to get with Josh, he’s a quality player and a good human as well.”

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Josh is believed to be “filthy” by the Sharks signing rival centre Jesse Ramien over the off-season, likely forcing him out of his favoured position and onto the wing or fullback.

Brett said it’s more likely his brother’s motivation is to finish up their careers at the same club.

“I don’t know how much longer I’m going to play on to be honest, so you never know when your last game is going to be and if it could be in the same colours that would be pretty cool,” Brett said.

The Sharks’ decision to reject Josh’s release request at least partially stems from the uncertainty surrounding $900,000-a-season star Josh Dugan's playing future.

Mick Ennis, one of Cronulla’s 2016 premiership heroes, is intruiged to see how it all plays out at the Shire club.

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“It’s going to be a fascinating one, we heard of unrest at the Cronulla Sharks last year when they had Josh Dugan playing centre,” he told Fox Sports News.

“Josh Morris wanted to play centre and boom young centre Bronson Xerri came through the ranks and we heard of unrest of players not wanting to play out of position or play in a certain position.

“Now they’ve got Jesse Ramien over the summer and there’s Xerri as well, you’d imagine that’s Cronulla’s future centre pairing.

“We’ve already seen the reports of Bronson Xerri knocked back a $500,000-a-season offer from the Sharks and so no doubt he’ll want to have a big season as well.

“Where Josh Morris fits in, we’re hearing it may be fullback given the injuries Matt Moylan is battling with. They just can ill afford to lose someone of the quality of Josh Morris this close to the season because at times last year he was just so consistent and produced in no matter what position they played him in.

“And in a side that has lost so much experience, Josh Morris, this year, is a vital cog in John Morris’ team.”

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The Morris twins are the sons of famous St George winger Steve “Slippery” Morris, but Brett said from the beginning of their career they never wanted to trade off their father’s name.

“From a very young age we’ve always trained hard and worked hard on our games to try and make sure we’re known for what we’ve done and not for what our father’s done, and it’s probably put us in good stead for the back end of our careers,” he said.

“Just that work ethic and the hunger and the desire to succeed has probably what’s driven us.”