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Message: [QUOTE="Super Freak, post: 2739610, member: 8536"] MATT Gillett is set to sacrifice up to $200,000 per season to stay in Brisbane. The Courier-Mail can reveal Gillett will decide his future within a week and Broncos officials privately believe he will spurn large offers from Cronulla and South Sydney to stay at Red Hill. It is understood Gillett would be sacrificing more than $200,000 per season to re-sign with the Broncos. What he would receive in return is the best chance of winning his inaugural premiership, a quest Brisbane continues on Saturday night at Suncorp Stadium in a clash with the Knights where they are raging favourites to win. Coach Wayne Bennett has preached a message of sacrifice for success since he returned to Brisbane and Gillett has listened. “If it was just playing for money it wouldn’t be an issue but it is much deeper than all that — you have to be happy where you are at,” Bennett said. “At the great clubs that’s what they have to do, they make sacrifices for success. “That’s been part of our psyche since day one.” Gillett isn’t the first person at Brisbane to take a pay cut to chase premierships with the club arguably the best in the NRL at getting people to stay in the face of bigger offers. Gillett is a Kangaroos representative and State of Origin mainstay who has improved again this season. A Bribie Island talent, Gillett is reluctant to leave family for Sydney. Outside of the Sharks and Rabbitohs, the Gold Coast Titans are the other possibility for Gillett but they will struggle to make a competitive offer and already have a right edge star in Greg Bird. Asked if Brisbane were confident Gillett would stay, coach Bennett said “Yeah”. “There are ongoing negotiations. “He’s keen to stay here and we’re keen to keep him.” The Broncos’ biggest issue is next season’s off-contract list with the deals of Anthony Milford, Darius Boyd, Alex Glenn, Ben Hunt, Jordan Kahu, Andrew McCullough, Josh McGuire, Corey Oates, Adam Blair, Joe Ofahengaue and Jack Reed all expiring. Bennett said he wanted to see more from the Broncos on Saturday night, after the team had been flat the previous two weeks. “We’ve been a bit flat since the Cowboys game,” Bennett said. “We haven’t been quite on that high that we were. That game took a lot out of us, physically and mentally. “We’ve got the job done and I’m just hoping we can start to up the ante again now.” [URL]http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/nrl/matt-gillett-to-sacrifice-up-to-200000-per-season-to-stay-in-brisbane/news-story/2ce6c22346e4ff3931133554a0803b5e[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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