Are players like Payne Haas and Jason Taumalolo still worth a million dollars a season?

Payne Haas is under contract until the end of 2024 but because this is rugby league there's already been talk about his future.

There have been suggestions the star Broncos prop will make a move to the Roosters through his close association with Sonny Bill Williams, which may just be grist for a news cycle that is powered by transfer speculation, but regardless, if Haas ever was to entertain leaving Brisbane the offers would come thick, fast and lucrative for the best young forward in the league.

Because this is Brisbane and Haas is the club's best player, the saga will continue until a solution is found. It's unlikely to impact Haas's play. 

As Brisbane has spiralled into misery in the past few seasons, Haas has been the one reliable force. 

Even in grim defeats, like the 38-12 loss the Broncos suffered against the Cowboys last Sunday, he still does his job. It's been a similar story in recent years for Jason Taumalolo, the leader of the North Queensland pack that has brought the Broncos to heel. Through Taumalolo's journey we can see what the future may hold for Haas.

It has been a lean few winters for Taumalolo. Rule changes, a series of broken hands, a poor Cowboys roster and Todd Payten's attempts to use him differently in an effort to prolong his career have taken the shine off the Tongan colossus, but that doesn't change the fact that Taumalolo boasts a resume that arguably makes him the best running forward of the past 10 years.

His peak was the form he showed in the 2017 finals series is arguably the greatest play-off run by a forward in the history of the game.

Surrounded by honest toilers in the pack, Taumalolo tore off 259 metres, 240 metres and 256 metres in each of North Queensland's three finals wins. The first