Flanagan gets his star Dragons signing with $2.5m Holmes pickup | NRL News

the St George aora dragons have finally won out on the player Market signing state of origin star Valentine homes from the Cowboys the Superstar pickup will join Shane Flanigan's team from next year Holmes 29 is set to earn around 2.5 million over the next three seasons through to 2027 and is in line to take kicking responsibilities after Zack LX leaves the North Queensland Cowboys have been in talks with homes for some weeks now about his NRL future with the Queensland Club on the hook to pay the 29-year-old origin representative a hair over $1.1 million next season there were some of the club that wanted that pay bill off the salary cap as soon as possible while homes will still earn the million the dragons will only pay around $800,000 of the freight the Cowboys will chip in the rest and save themselves four quarters of the seven figure sum in the process Flanigan and the dragons are just as happy after they chased a star signing for some months there's been a string of Misses for Flanigan in the recruiting department since he took the helm at the red V with ad F Blake Tom diden Joseph Manu and English fullback Jack welsby all slipping through his fingers the club has enjoyed some Rising success on the field though and remains in the hunt for 2024 NRL finals after knocking off then L leaders Melbourne storm last week the joint venture now sits in ninth with 10 wins in 20 games and will face the Gold Coast Titans canala sharks and Camber Raiders in the last three rounds