Expect the Cronulla Sharks to announce that Ben Barba is a done deal sometime in the next week.

The Sharks and Broncos have secretly been working out an arrangement that will see the Cronulla club take over Barba’s contract – worth close to a million dollars a season with ‘extras’ – for the next three years.

I’m hearing it is all but a done deal, with the Broncos happy to pay part of Barba’s wages next season just to move the former Dally M Medallist on.

The writing was on the wall for Barba as soon as the Broncos started chasing Darius Boyd – the man Wayne Bennett wants in the fullback spot.

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