SHARKS coach Shanae Flanagan confirmed the club had offered Aaron Woods a deal and that the onus was now on the Bulldogs to make a potential move happen.

Woods has been targeted for a move to the Bulldogs for some time, but the Bulldogs are yet to rubber stamp a move to the Sharks.

“We have put our offer forward to his management,” Flanagan told Sharks Media.

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“It is now between his management and the Bulldogs to come up with a settlement.

“We can’t influence that any further, it is just a matter of him doing a deal and being satisfied with the settlement and moving on.

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“The ball is out of our court at the moment and we just need to move forward.”

The Sharks have struggled with injuries in 2018 and Woods would provide the ideal depth in the front row stocks, according to Flanagan.

“I’d like it to happen moving forward,” Flanagan admitted.

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“Especially for this year and he would make a big difference, with a question mark over Gal (Paul Gallen) and Lewy (Luke Lewis).

“We need another forward there and a big body, so I could move Matty Prior back to 13 and we could continue on with what we have been doing.

In other signing news, Flanagan confirmed the club are in the process of extending deals for a number of youngsters.

“Sione Katoa is contracted next year, but we are trying to extend his deal,” Flanagan said.

“Jack Williams is another, so there are these young players that are about to play and we are in a good position so we are trying to extend those younger players’ deals.”

Flanagan also said he was looking forward to watching Matt Prior run out for his Origin debut on Sunday night.

“I’m really excited about Matty Prior getting his first game and I think it will be a really good weekend,” Flanagan said.

“I’ll just keep my fingers crossed there are no injuries.”