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8/12ths. NRL contracts run Nov 1st to Oct 31st.

Sam and Latu aren't guaranteed here beyond next year. Both saying the right things and club want to extend but there has also been some talk of them waiting til end of year to explore options. Not that they want to go but want to hear other pitches. Whilst Benji does have the support of the...

I'm not a Turuva fan but he is a far more balanced runner, has better passing skills allowing him to do a job at centre and appears to be somewhat of a leader. I think he is grossly overrated on the forum and overpaid for what he brings but he is not without his qualities. * I'll add that being...

We would almost certainly be paying some freight. NRL (or more specifically rlpa) rules are you get paid your full contract unless you negotiate a pay decrease with the NRL. So either Manly is paying full price or tigers chipping in. I don't see Manly paying full price.

I believe it is more him wanting to move back to Sydney then not wanted at Storm

Hopefully the Joe Chan fans on the forum are watching today and we never need to read his name on here again

That's what it is for playing contracts so I would assume the same is stated in referee contracts.

Irregular betting in overseas markets is still largely monitored. But you can never 100% rule out corruption, all you can say is despite sophisticated software used by multiple agents no betting irregularities have been detected in Ash Klein's games. I agree the NRL dropped the ball back in...

No. No it is not.

I think you have made two very good points arguing against point one. However yes the rules around involvement with betting companies is black and white his involvement as a customer is not against those black and white rules. Should it be? Yeah, for a whole list of reasons including those you...

Two seperate issues here. 1) NRL allowing him to ref with known gambling/financial concerns. 2) Has his financial concerns corrupted his integrity when refereeing games. With regards to issue 1, I'm not sure how the NRL could initially keep him on in the role. Particularly as they try to...

I mean, outside of disgruntled fans on social media there has been literally no suggestion that he is a cheat but sure...

Kaloamatangi will be at Dragons

I do somewhat agree with this but am more curious what resources we are currently lacking?

I would expect that spending by Parra includes grants given by the NRL where as the 1.5mil in tigers spending obviously does not, making it about even between the two.

There are secondary caps as well. Every contract falls under a salary cap from a million dollar first grader to a 13yr old on 2k

Everyone claims they know for a fact clubs are making payments outside the cap (and I believe they likely are). Why not report what you know, make it public knowledge and maybe have the NRL look into it?

Hes been available for about 2/3 of games the last 18 months. Not great, not awful, but pretty common for a body that is still developing being put under the stress of first grade to miss plenty of games. In that time we've added to the stress on that body by playing him through the middle the...

I haven't seen that much of him but am prepared to say no he is not.

I think he could be a weapon in attack. A few seasons ago he was by some metrics the best off-loader in the NRL. He also doesn't mind running a hard unders line, probably just lacking a little bit of footwork at the line. Left edge at Melbourne is a hard spot for an edge to excel as Munster...