Sep 18th, 2017

Sep 18th, 2017

Cronulla have opened secret negotiations with Bulldogs and State of Origin wing star Brett Morris.

With Canterbury in massive salary cap strife, the Bulldogs need to offload players - and Morris is high on their list.

The flying flanker will be on around $700,000 next season - big money for a winger - and the Dogs will pay part of his way to Cronulla if a deal is struck.

Morris’ manager has already started informal talks with the Sharks.

The Sharks see Morris as a potential answer to their fullback problems in 2018.

Specialist winger Valentine Holmes inherited Ben Barba’s number one jersey this season and while he was solid, he was not spectacular.

Morris - who has over 100 tries to his name and is renowned as one of the best finishers in the game - has played fullback at times in his career and looked right at home.

The Bulldogs have already released star prop James Graham to St George Illawarra but are still in cap trouble due to a series of heavily back-ended contracts.