Panthers' strong claim as Kikau suitors circle

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Penrith person issued the strongest connection yet that weapon backrower Viliame Kikau volition stay astatine the nine for the foreseeable future.

Panthers CEO Brian Fletcher appeared connected Sky Sports Radio's The Big Sports Breakfast this greeting and said the Fijian planetary was the past portion of the puzzle for adjacent year.

"The lone big-name near for america to motion for the aboriginal is Viliame Kikau," helium said.

"We're precise assured that we volition beryllium capable to travel to an statement with his absorption and person him connected the roster for different 3 oregon 4 years arsenic well.

"Every denotation is that he'll beryllium staying."

Kikau's aboriginal had been up the aerial with Penrith boasting 1 of the strongest rosters successful the competition, and the 26-year-old apt to bid monolithic wealth arsenic 1 of the standout performers successful his position.

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Fletcher said determination was a large accidental that Kikau would instrumentality little wealth to stay astatine a palmy club, with Penrith finishing 2nd connected the ladder and 1 crippled distant from a 2nd consecutive expansive last appearance.

"A batch of players similar to instrumentality a small spot of a discount to play with a broadside that's going well, truthful I deliberation helium comes nether that category," helium said.

"He's been determination ever since helium was a young subordinate and helium has got a location retired successful Penrith, and he's precise bully friends with each the Polynesian boys."

Fletcher besides said adjunct manager Cameron Ciraldo, who remains 1 of the hottest caput coaching candidates successful the sport, would beryllium sticking around.

"Cameron comes up each clip there's a vacancy oregon determination looks similar being a vacancy ... I consciousness precise assured he'll enactment adjacent year.

"He's lone a young man, I don't deliberation he'll beryllium rushing into a occupation that's got immoderate hazard with it. The future's successful his hands, if he's diligent helium tin enactment and determination mightiness beryllium a amended occupation travel up."

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