St George Illawarra have added even more fire power to an already envious forward pack with the signing of Korbin Sims.
Sims will join the Dragons from Brisbane on a three-year contract starting next season, joining older brother Tariq in the red V.
The 26-year-old has represented Fiji at international level and has acted as Queensland’s 18th man for State of Origin.
Sims has played 112 NRL games for the Broncos and Newcastle and will join a forward pack already including representative stars James Graham, Paul Vaughan, Tyson Frizell and Jack de Belin.
Dragons director of rugby league pathways and list management Ian Millward said Sims would be a welcome addition as a replacement for the New Zealand Warriors-bound Leeson Ah Mau.
“Korbin has some really good years in front of him. We believe he is coming into his prime, and he brings us some stability and experience as well as being a really good replacement for Leeson moving forward,” he said.
“The club spoke to [Brisbane coach] Wayne Bennett about Korbin and he gave him a big rap as a person and coachable-wise and where he sees him developing moving forward. We're really pleased to get him on board.
“We have some really good emerging forwards that Korbin will help in their development too like Luciano Leilua, Jacob Host, Josh Kerr, Jackson Ford, Reece Robson and the like.
“We know how close Korbin was to playing for Queensland and he's seen the advancement of Tariq to play Origin this season as well as Jack de Belin, Paul Vaughan and Tyson Frizell so we know he's keen to follow in their footsteps.”
St George Illawarra said in a statement Sims’ acquisition was a major step in completing the Dragons’ recruitment for 2019.
