SOUTH Sydney have a fight on their hands to keep Cody Walker with Brisbane making a bold play to sign the five-eighth.

Foxsports.com.au can reveal the Broncos have tabled Walker a three-year-deal in a bid to lure the off-contract playmaker from Redfern to Red Hill where he would play under super coach Wayne Bennett until at least the end of 2019.

But Michael Maguire and his Bunnies are still in the hunt for Walker and have offered him a new two-year-deal.

Currently on a contract worth around $120,000 a season, the Rabbitohs’ new offer is understood to be short of what he can earn at the Broncos.

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Cody Walker scores a try. Source: News Corp Australia

The jostling for his signature could have been avoided, with Walker pushing to sign a new Rabbitohs deal earlier in the year before negotiations stalled.

The lack of urgency to initially table Walker a new offer could now come back to bite them, with Bennett on the lookout for an impact player.

Foxsports.com.au can reveal the Broncos met with the 26-year-old last week, prior to his starring role at fullback in their 34-24 win over St George Illawarra.

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Continuing to impress during his limited time in first grade, Walker has played the bulk of his career in the No.6 but his versatility as a backline player and even hooker has made the livewire a hot commodity.

With Kodi Nikorima stuck behind Andrew McCullough at the Broncos and attracting bigger money offers from rival clubs, it appears Walker would satisfy the utility post Nikorima currently fills, should he leave the club.

Cody Walker makes a break. Source: News Corp Australia

The Courier Mail reported last week that Nikorima has attracted serious interest from Melbourne, while he’s also been linked to St George Illawarra, where Benji Marshall and Mitch Rein are both off-contract.

It’s understood the Rabbitohs have already discussed the idea of playing John Sutton and Greg Inglis in the halves alongside Adam Reynolds next season should Walker leave, although they are refusing to give up hope of keeping him in the green and red.

Premiership winning five-eighth Luke Keary, however, is expected to leave at the end of the season.

Keary, like Nikorima, has been linked with a move to the Dragons.

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