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Jack Bird has pledged his long-term allegiance to Cronulla and is confident fellow backline aces Valentine Holmes and Ben Barba will also remain at the NRL premiers.Bird and Holmes are among the hottest properties off contract at the end of next season, while Barbas future is up in the air following his 12-match suspension for testing positive to cocaine after the Sharks historic grand final triumph in October.Barba is said to be the target of cashed-up rugby clubs in Europe and Japan after being granted a release from his Cronulla contract, but Bird delivered some welcome news for Sharks fans on Wednesday.Obviously hes a big loss, but Im sure hell be back during the year at some time and hes got all our support behind him, Bird said at the Auckland Nines launch in Sydney.Bird is hoping to settle his own future sooner rather than later and says as long as the Sharks table a reasonable offer hell almost certainly stay put.I just want to be comfortable where I am. Im happy to stay at the Sharks. I want to stay at the Sharks, he said.Birds loyalty pledge comes as a raft of rival clubs circle, with Newcastle and Gold Coast understood to be willing to throw huge money at the NSW State of Origin representative.Bird admits money is a factor but so too is camaraderie, with the rep ace keen to remain alongside his grand final teammates, including housemate and fellow young gun Holmes.Its a short career. Youre going to take as much as you can get to have a good career and be set for after footy, said Bird, who also harbours long-term captaincy aspirations at the Sharks.But Im not really demanding that much, to be honest. Im not that kind of guy. I just like playing footy if I got offered the minimum wage Id probably play.Bird is even willing to give Holmes first crack at the fullback position left vacant - for at least three months - by Barba.Im happy at centre. To be honest, it doesnt really bother me (where I play) besides winger, he said.But in saying that, anywhere to be around the ball I guess. I enjoy the halves but Im not much of an organiser. Im more of a runner.Bird collected Holmes from the airport following his return last week from NFL trials in America and is convinced the electrifying winger has the talent to make the code switch.Hed be a class wide receiver, to be honest. Hes got the speed, he can catch the ball, Bird said.But I dont think hes going anywhere to be honest. Hell be at the Sharks for a long time.Red Wings Jerseys China .25 million option on reliever Jose Veras. Red Wings Jerseys 2020 . Artturi Lehkonen, Joni Nikko and Ville Leskinen had the other goals for Finland (1-0) while Juuse Saros stopped 28 shots. Tim Robin Johnsgard had the lone goal for Norway (0-2). https://www.cheapredwings.com/ . -- Mike Smith never saw his first NHL goal go in. Detroit Red Wings Store .ca looks back at the stories and moments that made the year memorable. Stitched Red Wings Jerseys . What general manager Dave Nonis called "short and productive" negotiations ended with Kessel signing a US$64-million, eight-year contract on Tuesday.Toro Rosso started work on its 2017 car in September 2015, several months before the regulations were finalised earlier this year.Significant regulation changes will see a new-look Formula One next year as the rule book permits a wider car with re-profiled wings and wider tyres. The regulations were agreed in February this year after several meetings among team bosses but were not finalised by the FIA until the end of April.Nevertheless, Toro Rosso started work on the basic concepts of its 2017 car a couple of months before the 2015 season had finished.We tentatively started the 2017 project in September 2015, so its been 14 months so far, technical director James Key said. Back then, the chassis regulations hadnt been finalised but we thought that with any change of this nature, the sooner you start, the better.Basically, we had an outline set of regulations, which in the end underwent subtle changes before being finalised. It wasnt a massive change but in the end, the sport went with a slightly less aggressive set of regulations, which were agreed on around March-April time this year. That meant no one could steal a massive march on it because the regulations were still under review at that point.We knew the tyres would be wider and we had dimensions then of what we were going to work to. These also got refined, but not to a huge degree. We started work conceptually on this around September 2015, really just to see what it meant and then as the regs evolved, we changed our plans accordingly. By the time the car hits the track, it will have been a 17-month project.Key said the 2017 regulations represent the biggest change to the rule book in his F1 career.Yes, its a massive change. Honestly, from a bodywork and suspension and tyre point of view, this is the biggest one that Ive personally experienced in almost 19 years in F1. From a chassis point of view, its the biggest change of the past two decades, even bigger than 2009 and certainly bigger than 2014. These are exciting times!Basically, there are two processes going on. Firstly, youve got the enormous amount of research you have to do to try and understand what makes a car with these new regulations tick, without any experience of them in reality, because for a long time, we can only operate in the virtual world.dddddddddddd. That process comes to an end in January. Secondly you hit the track for winter testing, after which you go and do a season with all this work that for a long time existed in your virtual world.Key said the team is currently manufacturing the first of its 2017-spec chassis, with the rest of the components to follow as the deadline of February testing nears.We are currently manufacturing the bigger parts of the 2017 car. The chassis are being made and they are on schedule. Its still early days. Were not up to quantities yet but the first one is well and truly underway. The second one is probably started at this stage. The gearbox is also underway as are other components, both those made in-house and those from outside suppliers. Its certainly going ahead full-on at the moment. Were doing R&D work on impact structures as well and that will be well in time for winter testing. From a development side, thats also flat-out, as normal.Weve got a busy winter schedule ahead of us. With these new regs, we are paying particular attention to the loads on the car, which will be much higher because the cornering speeds will be that much faster. We therefore need to make sure that structurally, weve missed nothing. Of course, you always want to make sure thats the case, but we havent got any experience of these cars yet so we need to double-check that we are as robust structurally as we believe we should be in theory. So theres a busy winter test programme. We are, in the meantime, sitting down and discussing many of the early season developments that were planning. Theyve been underway for some time too and were looking at all sorts of possibilities for early season development so its all go. ' ' '