GNR4LIFE
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Saw a screenshot on Facebook claiming he hasn’t trained all summer cos of his foot and could be looking at a medical retirement. Watch this space I guess.
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Hangonaminute
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He can't play when he's 100% fit, he needs to give it away.
Tiger_Steve
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There could be a lot of truth to this story. There could be some truth or there could be no truth to it. This grub would write anything, true or not and the paper would publish anything. I read the story but I’m none the wiser
We got this update on him 3 weeks ago too..
Russell Packer (foot) is also progressing well as he increases his running load and responds well on-field as a result.
https://www.weststigers.com.au/news/2020/01/25/injury-update-players-returning-as-2020-season-approaches/
Russell Packer (foot) is also progressing well as he increases his running load and responds well on-field as a result.
https://www.weststigers.com.au/news/2020/01/25/injury-update-players-returning-as-2020-season-approaches/
ElleryHanley
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Here is the article (someone else posted it)
The NRL career of struggling Wests Tigers marquee prop Russell Packer is in danger of being cut short due to a mystery foot injury that has prevented him from running or taking part in a single ball work session all summer.
The predicament could lead to a medically forced retirement similar to those of Sam Burgess and Ben Matulino.
Packer, 30, again met with medical experts on Wednesday in an attempt to get to the bottom of the problem.
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Packer could be forced out of the game early. Photo: Mark Kolbe/Getty Images
He is believed to have suffered the injury playing NSW Canterbury Cup in late July and it required surgery.
But Packer has since not taken part in any team running sessions and it is unknown when or if he will be able to play again.
He will struggle to play any part in the Tigers’ top squad in the foreseeable future given he just can’t shake the pain.
It is particularly concerning for the Tigers from a salary cap perspective because Packer is said to be earning well over $700,000 a season and is contracted until the end of next year.
Michael Maguire might have a juggling job to do. Photo: AAP Image/Dan Himbrechts
While the Tigers would have already paid him his wages between November and February, estimated to be in the vicinity of $250,000, they still have at least $1.2 million to pay before his contract finishes.
It is a huge salary cap burden that leaves coach Michael Maguire with little choice but to forge ahead with a front-row rotation that is short on experience and leadership.
While there have been rumblings that Packer and Maguire had a fallout very early on, Maguire has denied any dispute.
The Packer situation could be a blessing in disguise for the Tigers.
The NRL has shown in the past there is an avenue to have a players’ wage wiped off the salary cap if it can be proven the injury was not pre-existing, as was the case with Burgess and Matulino.
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While Maguire is not the type to complain about his predicament, you can only imagine the possible conversations behind closed doors since his arrival in relation to some of the recruitment decisions made under Ivan Cleary’s watch.
Cleary brought Packer, Matulino, Josh Reynolds, Chris McQueen and Moses Mbye to the club following the departures of James Tedesco, Aaron Woods and Mitchell Moses.
Matulino was forced into early retirement because of a knee injury, which reportedly cleared almost $800,000 in salary cap space.
Packer played 19 NRL games in 2018 under Cleary but has not been seen in the NRL under Maguire since round six last year against Parramatta, when the Tigers were flogged 51-6 at Bankwest Stadium.
The NRL career of struggling Wests Tigers marquee prop Russell Packer is in danger of being cut short due to a mystery foot injury that has prevented him from running or taking part in a single ball work session all summer.
The predicament could lead to a medically forced retirement similar to those of Sam Burgess and Ben Matulino.
Packer, 30, again met with medical experts on Wednesday in an attempt to get to the bottom of the problem.
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Packer could be forced out of the game early. Photo: Mark Kolbe/Getty Images
He is believed to have suffered the injury playing NSW Canterbury Cup in late July and it required surgery.
But Packer has since not taken part in any team running sessions and it is unknown when or if he will be able to play again.
He will struggle to play any part in the Tigers’ top squad in the foreseeable future given he just can’t shake the pain.
It is particularly concerning for the Tigers from a salary cap perspective because Packer is said to be earning well over $700,000 a season and is contracted until the end of next year.
Michael Maguire might have a juggling job to do. Photo: AAP Image/Dan Himbrechts
While the Tigers would have already paid him his wages between November and February, estimated to be in the vicinity of $250,000, they still have at least $1.2 million to pay before his contract finishes.
It is a huge salary cap burden that leaves coach Michael Maguire with little choice but to forge ahead with a front-row rotation that is short on experience and leadership.
While there have been rumblings that Packer and Maguire had a fallout very early on, Maguire has denied any dispute.
The Packer situation could be a blessing in disguise for the Tigers.
The NRL has shown in the past there is an avenue to have a players’ wage wiped off the salary cap if it can be proven the injury was not pre-existing, as was the case with Burgess and Matulino.
KFC SuperCoach NRL podcast – February 19
MORE NEWS
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While Maguire is not the type to complain about his predicament, you can only imagine the possible conversations behind closed doors since his arrival in relation to some of the recruitment decisions made under Ivan Cleary’s watch.
Cleary brought Packer, Matulino, Josh Reynolds, Chris McQueen and Moses Mbye to the club following the departures of James Tedesco, Aaron Woods and Mitchell Moses.
Matulino was forced into early retirement because of a knee injury, which reportedly cleared almost $800,000 in salary cap space.
Packer played 19 NRL games in 2018 under Cleary but has not been seen in the NRL under Maguire since round six last year against Parramatta, when the Tigers were flogged 51-6 at Bankwest Stadium.
@WT2K said in [Packer](/post/1118708) said:
May have re-injured since?
I don't wish injury on the bloke to medically retire him, despite him being woefully underwhelming.
GNR4LIFE
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That’s a sorry state of recruitment there Ivan.
Fraze23
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Realistically he probably wouldn't have made the first grade side regardless of injury. This could be huge for our cap if there's any truth to it.
avocadoontoast
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@Fraze23 said in [Packer](/post/1118713) said:
At his best he’s in our 17 imo.
Matalino got a payrise...
Another interesting chapter begins...pretty close to the season tho..
Another interesting chapter begins...pretty close to the season tho..
@Cultured_Bogan said in [Packer](/post/1118710) said:
Yea, seems to be the case. Thought it was his toe that was bothering him originally. I'm sure we'll hear more about it soon enough.
Cairnstigers
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We should just run with the article
If it's printed it must be true right 🤔
So now let's go ask for a medical retirement and get more cap relief
That will bump us up to over a million of our cap to spend
Upgrade a forward from our Cc stocks and save the rest for a marquee player pre June 30
If it's printed it must be true right 🤔
So now let's go ask for a medical retirement and get more cap relief
That will bump us up to over a million of our cap to spend
Upgrade a forward from our Cc stocks and save the rest for a marquee player pre June 30
LeichhardtTiger
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@cktiger said in [Packer](/post/1118723) said:
or on Survivor?
GNR4LIFE
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@cktiger said in [Packer](/post/1118723) said:
He’ll be off the books anyway at the end of this year.
Not unhappy about this...
Not unhappy about this...
jrtiger
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the article is pretty speculative, he may have managed to have gotten to the bottom of it with the doctor today and could be back within a month or so. if it does happen I don't think we'll hear anything about the tigers filing paperwork for medical retirement for sometime, and going off how long they took to sort Matulino's case out we're a long way away from cap relief.
Paul Crawley earlier this week...
"In the forwards the mail is Russell Packer is the fittest he has been for some time"
https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/plans-to-trade-tigers-paul-momirovski-for-storm-hooker-harry-grant-likely-to-end-up-in-the-nrls-too-hard-basket/news-story/2162bed2c276a97890f83887c64f81ac
"In the forwards the mail is Russell Packer is the fittest he has been for some time"
https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/plans-to-trade-tigers-paul-momirovski-for-storm-hooker-harry-grant-likely-to-end-up-in-the-nrls-too-hard-basket/news-story/2162bed2c276a97890f83887c64f81ac
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