Hull KR are linked with a move for the West Tigers centre-back

Hull KR have been linked with a move for West Tigers’ Brent Naden as they look to “offload” the $300,000 man.

The outside back has mainly played in the New South Wales Cup this season and now reports have emerged in Australia that Wests CEO Shane Richardson is looking to offer him to other clubs.

Since reports surfaced, Jenna Brooks of Sky Sports News linked the back with a move to Hull KR, saying: “Much of the talk this week has been around West Tigers chief executive Shane Richardson. He’s in the UK trying to offload some players to free up space on their salary cap.”

She added: “Hull KR are looking at center or winger Brent Naden.”

If he were to join the Robins, he would add even more strength to their back unit with Tom Opacic, Oliver Gildart, Peta Hiku, Jack Broadbent and Joe Burgess. He would also join former NRL men Jesse Sue, Matt Parcell, Jai Whitbread and Kelepi Tanginoa.

The move also makes sense with Ryan Hall’s departure back to Leeds Rhinos confirmed earlier this year.

Naden made his NRL debut in 2019 with the Penrith Panthers. He made 37 appearances for the Panthers in his three seasons before moving to the Canterbury Bulldogs in 2022.

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Naden also won a minor premiership while with the Panthers in 2020. After making just eight appearances for the Bulldogs, he made the switch to the Wests Tigers.

His early time at the Tigers also earned him a call-up to the NRL All-Stars game where he represented the Indigenous All-Stars against the Maori All-Stars in 2022.

Since making his debut for Wests, he has made 24 appearances in three seasons.

However, Naden flourished in the reserve grade. The outside back made 79 appearances in the New South Wales Cup representing Penrith, Newcastle, Mount Pritchard and Wests in the second grade competition.

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