Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[Holden]

Top-secret documents obtained by News Corp show the NRL has offered a record $1.32 billion deal to the code’s 510 full-time stars over the next five years - the first $1b pay deal for players in the sport’s history.

The previous five-year deal was worth $980 million. The NRL’s latest offer represents a 34 per cent funding increase and would lift the average men’s salary from $325,000 to $400,000 next season.

That’s a pay rise of 23 per cent.

It can also be revealed:

• The NRL has proposed a 2023 salary-cap figure of $12.5 million from $10.2m _ an increase of 22.5 per cent;

• NRL players have been offered an extra $222 million over the next five years;

• NRL Women are set to celebrate record salaries as part of a $115m funding injection over the next five years;

• The NRLW salary cap is slated to rise from $350,000 to $800,000 next season - a whopping 146 per cent pay rise for females; and

• V’landys wants the minimum wage for NRL development players to be lifted from $80,000 this season to $125,000 next season - a 56 per cent increase for rookies. (DT)

is this real jesusssssssssssss, what 2 mil extra for every club next year? aren't we almost all signed up :')

 

[Odessa]

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Promising player.

Get him just for the hair features the Moe and mullet alone we sell merchandise

 

[Demps]

Get him just for the hair features the Moe and mullet alone we sell merchandise

Plays like a young Woodsy.

Cup standard for now though.
Only young.

 

[Odessa]

Plays like a young Woodsy.

Cup standard for now though.
Only young.

So he reverses into the defensive line falls over getting up to play the ball fumbles because of his hair is in the way shurgs his shoulders with a blank look on his face looking at the referee Interesting

 

[Demps]

So he reverses into the defensive line falls over getting up to play the ball fumbles because of his hair is in the way shurgs his shoulders with a blank look on his face looking at the referee Interesting

Similar

 

[Odessa]

Similar

Serious is he good for a young guy ?

 

[Alex Seyfarth's #1 Fan]

We'll put it down to the red moon that's been at play over the last few nights but some of the conduct on this thread has been atrocious.

I get that it's the off-season, the club came dead last and petrol is over $2 a litre....

The mods don't mind when threads get slightly off topic, human nature and this is after all a social network.

But the personal attacks aren't on. The internet is full of trolls, negativity and hate. However, this forum for a long time has provided an outlet for our collective passion that is the Wests Tigers.

So with that in mind, let's make a renewed effort to cut the personal attacks and keep some sort of pleasantness about this place.

Don't like someone, use the ignore function.

My 2 cents

So what you're saying is that people should get off Luke Brooks's back? Got it. Ban hammer for any anti-Brooks people.

 

[Alex Seyfarth's #1 Fan]

Why do people continually say that Benji will attract players to the WT's

He couldn't attract players when he was playing ...why would he attract players as a coach ...not as if he could coach the good things he did as a player ...it was too instinctive ...and half the things he did as a player you wouldn't want to be coached

You would be surprised what Benji knows. He is more technical about the game than you would think.

 

[Kelce68]

I thought we needed something to talk about as well.

I love the fence sitter comment. I'm like that IRL.

It was a fair deadpan delivery to be fair.

 

[Odessa]

You would be surprised what Benji knows. He is more technical about the game than you would think.

For some reason and I have no real idea why but I think he will become a good coach the only thing i base that on is a interview he did a few years ago talking about the different ways Sheenius and Bennett coach and he said he would take the man manager skills of Bennett and the technical skills off Sheenius if he ever had to coach

 

[supercoach]

For the first time in living memory we have had our salary cap in better shape than most other clubs, now all the advantage we had is out the window as every club will have a stack more cap space. Peter V keeps delivering for the big clubs

 

[Demps]

Serious is he good for a young guy ?

Only have seen a few cup games and his Cedars performance.

He's an OK prop.
Reminded me of Woodsy.

Takes some tough carries and gets through his work, nothing fancy.

Good luck to him in the 'Swich

 

[Tim Sheens]

Laurie and Staines can go fishing if we can get a top line player like RTS. He's still got two good years in him.

Or at six and wing respectively.

 

[jadtiger]

For the first time in living memory we have had our salary cap in better shape than most other clubs, now all the advantage we had is out the window as every club will have a stack more cap space. Peter V keeps delivering for the big clubs

It is what Uncle Nick needs to make the Rorters stronger and more viable so it was guaranteed

 

[SeanT]

The increase in the cap for next year has got Gus out of trouble. Although, I am sure he saw all this coming so he went and signed whoever he wanted.

Yeah it's an absolute joke to be honest.. lot of decisions would of been made on the bit over 10mill cap. Now Roosters can keep all their stars and then some as well as the other teams.

 

[Tim Sheens]

I'm sorry dude. You have to forgive me because I've been a Tigers supporter for a long long time and we never get news like that.

I figured everyone would realize it was too good to be true.

Sorry Everyone !

Thought it pretty obvious to any regular on here, and whilst a little sorry for anyone that was fooled, the subsequent entertainment value made it worthwhile.

 

[tony soprano]

Thought it pretty obvious to any regular on here, and whilst a little sorry for anyone that was fooled, the subsequent entertainment value made it worthwhile.

Certainly fooled a lot of people.

 

[Tim Sheens]

• The NRL has proposed a 2023 salary-cap figure of $12.5 million from $10.2m _ an increase of 22.5 per cent;

What an absolute joke the timing of that is.

Great boon for all players with a cap percentage clause in their contracts, but how on earth can it be fair, to not even have the financial position of the salary cap sorted nearly a fortnight into the season it affects.

If the likes of the dogs get a free leg up from this at our or others expense, it is just plain wrong.

 

[nrlsurvivor]

Perhaps. But at the same time this means we have even more cash to throw at marquee players.