7th Tackle: Panthers could grant Tim a lifeline
Tim Grant remains a free agent at the end of this season, with Tigers coach Ivan Cleary set to lose him for a second time.
Ironically, the big prop could find a new home back where it all began – at Penrith.
We’ve heard the Panthers are open to offering Grant a modest two-year deal, which would see him start in reserve grade and fight his way into the team’s star-studded front row.
After a brief move to Maroubra when he joined South Sydney in 2015, the Panthers junior has now settled back in Sydney’s west.
Penrith officials also believe he’d make a valuable mentor for the club’s younger forwards.
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The stumbling block for a return would be money – Grant has been on decent coin for most of his NRL career and is still playing strongly enough to command a reasonable contract somewhere in the competition.