Dragons inspiration Tariq Sims has opened up connected the club's blindsiding call to not connection him a declaration hold and adjacent let him to articulation a rival nine with a twelvemonth to tally connected his deal.
While Sims is contracted to St George Illawarra until the extremity of 2022, Nine's Danny Weidler revealed past week that efforts to person declaration talks with the Dragons had taken an unexpected and disfigured twist.
Two days aft the Dragons' grim 2021 run fizzled to a adjacent successful a 20-16 decision to an undermanned Rabbitohs broadside connected the Sunshine Coast, Sims has spoken retired astir however it felt to person the news.
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The 31-year-old revealed helium had had 2 "short and sharp" meetings with the nine to sermon his declaration situation.
He besides said that, aft receiving the "devastating" quality successful the archetypal chat that nary hold would beryllium offered, helium was told successful the 2nd 1 that helium was escaped to find a caller location immediately.
"I was upset astatine the commencement ... but unluckily that's shot sometimes," Sims told Weidler connected Sydney's Nine News.
"I'm evidently precise passionate astir my club, I emotion the Dragons and the Red V has evidently been progressive successful my household for rather immoderate time."
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After playing 71 games with the Cowboys and 27 with the Knights betwixt 2011 and 2016, Sims joined the Dragons during the 2016 season.
The second-rower has since represented NSW successful State of Origin connected 5 occasions and finished this play arsenic stand-in captain, aft wounded wiped retired Ben Hunt and Andrew McCullough.
"I inactive consciousness similar I person 2 truly bully years successful maine and beyond that," Sims said.
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