Brad Takairangi
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stevied
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Yes, it's hard to fathom why Taylor chose not to have him. He would have been cheap and there was no depth in the centres here….
goldcoast_tiger
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He's shown this year what a stupid decision that was
sideline_eye
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Keeping him would have put us over the salary cap and I'm sure we would have kept him if we could have.
@sideline eye said:
As I recall it was just that Taylor didn't want him.
If it had anything to do with taking us slightly over the salary cap we should have copped a slap on the wrist fine and kept him.
We have enough money to pay $750k for someone to play against so money shouldn't have been a problem.
Cosimo_Zaretti
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@Tiger Come Lately said:
I'd be very surprised if the Panthers weren't paying at least some of Taylor's 2016 contract. They'd already left him in reserve grade for half a season.
851
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@Flippedy said:
No he would have been stuck in reserve grade behind Lovett, Milone, Rankin and all the other favourites. :bash
Fade_To_Black
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Sheezus I am waiting for the 1st halfwit to say "we would have been playing finals if he was out there in a WT jersey yesterday". He was a pretty ordinary player, albeit steady, before this season-he performed better than expected for Parra this season. It happens. He wouldn't have been the difference for us this season.
fergiefurr
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@Regan said:
Yep.
Taylor told me this to my face at the coaches night last year. He had takairangi at Easts and said there were major discipline issues with him, so he didn't want that at the Tigers.
The whole thing was a farce as Mayer took it upon himself to sign Takairangi to a 3 year contract when we didn't even have a coach!!
And yes we are paying part of his contract.
Gold Coast Titans coach Neil Henry says he is open to “considering” a return for Titan-turned-Tiger Brad Takairangi after the Sydney club told the utility yesterday that it had backflipped on a three-year deal for next season.
The crushing news for Takairangi, who only signed the deal with the Tigers last month, came hot on the heels of an announcement that potential Titans target Ben Hannant was off to the Cowboys.
Takairangi signed his deal before new Tigers coach Jason Taylor had been appointed.
The 25-year-old’s management was yesterday informed by the Tigers the deal was off.
The crushing news for Takairangi, who only signed the deal with the Tigers last month, came hot on the heels of an announcement that potential Titans target Ben Hannant was off to the Cowboys.
Takairangi signed his deal before new Tigers coach Jason Taylor had been appointed.
The 25-year-old’s management was yesterday informed by the Tigers the deal was off.
