Oct 21st, 2019

Oct 21st, 2019

Val Holmes has given up his dream of playing in the NFL and will suit up back in rugby league for the Cowboys in 2020.

Reports emerged in News Corp papers overnight that Holmes is poised to meet with Cowboys coach Paul Green in New York tonight.

But Wide World of Sports has learned that Holmes has already agreed in principle to join the Cowboys on a contract worth around $1 million.

Valentine Holmes will quit the NFL and sign with the Cowboys. (Getty)

Holmes rocked rugby league when he decided to quit Cronulla last year to try his hand in the NFL.

He was picked up by the New York Jets and played several trial matches but failed to make the 55-man roster.

He took on a job on the Jets' training squad, on a salary of less than $200,000 a year.

It is also written in his contract that he cannot play in the NFL this season and the frustration of sitting and just watching the action every weekend is believed to have been the straw that broke the camel's back and made up Holmes' mind to return to the NRL.

Holmes hails from North Queensland but moved to the Sharks as a 17 year-old - and the club has been trying to get him back ever since.