Chris Rattue evaluates the rumours of Kiwi league star Manu Vatuvei joining the Melbourne Rebels in The New Zealand Herald.
"The new rugby and league seasons have yet to see a ball kicked in genuine anger, although temperatures will already be rising Penrose way. The Warriors' league wing Manu Vatuvei - a runaway truck in the straight forward gears and still learner driver in reverse - is said to be a target of the new Melbourne rugby franchise.
"With the faithful wondering about the state of this country's NRL outfit, what with the strange demotion of Steve Price from the captaincy, the rumour around the sometimes fabulous wing strikes another jarring note.
"The Vatuvei headline has already been written, the potential distraction in a new season - after a horrid 2009 for the Warriors - already in place. Such stories are convenient when talking up the price of your man, although Vatuvei still has two more years on his Warriors' contract so these are early days for haggling."
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