Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[GNR4LIFE]

You don’t reckon that’s both sides?

You reckon that only NSW have an agenda to not pick players from Tigers?

We’ve barely had any Queenslanders play for us over the years. Can’t think of many, if any that got rorted of a spot. Whereas the list for the Blues is endless. They would have called players out of retirement before giving May a chance. And don’t get me started over picking Robson over Api. They can go piss up a rope.

 

[TigerGene]

I can answer that for you.
NRL and Fortitude do not belong in the same sentence, and they will only do something about it, if it is beneficial, making them look bad, or it is a Sydney club they may wanna get rid of in the future.
“Last on, first off”, that’d be nice, but I think we all know that will not happen. They will be keeping the player they want (Gal), or he will go bullying against the NRL.
Player managers all know. I reckon that’s a given. But we have all seen the piss weak NRL penalties dished out to them leeches.

Sorry I got a bit ranty there but my pet hate at the moment is the Piss Weak NRL, and Mr where’s a camera 🎥 PVL.

Agree with your comments.

In the end, the “nothing to see here line” will no doubt get trotted out by the NRL.
We need a disgruntled player or ‘Insider’ to blow the lid on this scandal much like what happened to the Dogs back in 2002!!! Otherwise, crickets…..

 

[Rock Hopper Steve]

Don’t worry Rock
I am cheering for the Blues every time they play.

Yes mate it has lost some of its appeal but I will watch it, when elite athletes are representing their sport it's hard to ignore.
The Socceroos and Matildas in soccer or the Aussies playing in grand slam tennis events not to mention our representatives at the Olympics just touching on some sports.

The intensity and skill of the modern-day athletes is just amazing.

 

[TigerGene]

Its a completely reactive rather than proactive approach. If someone gets caught, they will come down hard on them (like the Storm and Bulldogs) to preserve the integrity of the game and give the impression that they enforce the salary cap. But they're not going proactively look for cheating, even though they know it happens.

All you need to do is listen to any ex-player, administrator or Jurno. They all say teams cheat the cap, they all know and constantly even joke about it. Almost everyone has a story about dodgy deals and theres been so much evidence over the years.

The NRL is one of the only competitions in the world that has a salary cap with zero transparency. Its designed to be cheated. Theres a million ways around it.

Any competition needs to have one or the other. Either a salary cap with complete transparency of player earnings (US sport) or if there is no transparency on player salaries it needs to be a free market with no salary cap.

Fair comment.

A free market with no salary cap would, you’d think, result in a competitive 12 team comp.

 

[Tom Shines]

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I hear what you're saying.

But I would imagine that the integrity of the game, particularly when media outlets are happy to jump on the critique of loopholes and bring negative press from that angle, would be enough of an incentive to tidy it all up.

It will never be tidied up …. In addition to the NRL having little appetite to enforce the salary cap.. the RLPA doesn’t want any transparency in what players are earning ( I wonder why…) so essentially both sides are happy with the status quo … the media has done nothing either …past salary cap breaches have come from whistle blowers inside the clubs ( Canterbury and Storm)..

 

[pawsandclaws1]

Neither of these two journalists are day in day out rugby league reporters so it was no threat to their careers.

Both are high calibre investigative journalists who backed themselves on the quality of their investigations and reporting.

 

[TheEnz]

High profile players are making multiples of their club contracts in third party deals, I read somewhere that Critta is donating $3m of endorsements to charity....this is a bloke who is supposedly on $750k and the Gus sycophants in the media were promoting it as an incredibly smart negotiation from Gus getting him so cheap....it's all BS. I can just imagine the picture Gus painted for their most recent recruit of the rexona, adidas and gatorade ads he was able to deliver for Cleary at the Panthers and how his boy next door persona sans the haircut will generate untold wealth for him if he comes on board, "just look at how a few comments I have already made have turned you into the favourite for the next immortal "

 

[Camel2281]

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for anyone curious how 17 yr old masi is doing 🥹

Interesting that he's playing on the wing. He was outside centre at the Waratah Jnrs a couple of years ago

 

[Camel2281]

No, it was Pascoe. Pascoe is the one who put negotiations on hold so he could go off on holiday (in the middle of the season). Then JAC signed with Melbourne while he was gone.

Taylor said to the Fox, he'd only ever be a reserve grader. That's why he looked elsewhere. This came directly from the Fox's brother

 

[Dennisspicer1]

Origin is definitely on the way out I think … I got nothing personal against Slater, but he has overacted here …there used to be some theatre in the media that got played up before the game … Gallen for one copped way worse than this…. But now no one will be game to say anything anymore ..

Sounds like LG crying about bullying.9

 

[BlackWhiteGold]

A couple of interesting snippets in Dean Ritchie's DT column today ...

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/s...ium=facebook&twitter&utm_content=SocialBakers

MID-SEASON MADNESS

Which two well-known players from a Sydney club are tipped to be moved on before June 30. One isn’t a shock, the other will be contentious.

TIGERS DREAM

In a unique situation, Wests Tigers debutant Charlie Murray is managed by a company called Enriched, where Tigers CEO Shane Richardson is a shareholder.

Richardson’s son, Brent, Enriched CEO, said: “I’m Charlie’s agent, not Shane. If you speak to Paul Massey (operations manager for NRL’s Accredited Player Agency Scheme), it will have my name under Charlie’s on the registry.

“He came to Wests Tigers with no guarantees and no real contract. Charlie’s dream was to play NRL. He’s a great kid, a hard trainer who puts the club first.

“Shane doesn’t manage anyone in the business.”

Brent admitted the player-son-CEO relationship was “quirky”.

 

[The Chad]

A couple of interesting snippets in Dean Ritchie's DT column today ...

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/media-mogul-kerry-stokes-and-the-western-australian-media-are-being-childish-over-the-perth-bears/news-story/764e5eef0e429b760cd163b931b432e3?utm_campaign=EditorialSB&utm_source=Daily+Telegraph&utm_medium=facebook&twitter&utm_content=SocialBakers

MID-SEASON MADNESS

Which two well-known players from a Sydney club are tipped to be moved on before June 30. One isn’t a shock, the other will be contentious.

TIGERS DREAM

In a unique situation, Wests Tigers debutant Charlie Murray is managed by a company called Enriched, where Tigers CEO Shane Richardson is a shareholder.

Richardson’s son, Brent, Enriched CEO, said: “I’m Charlie’s agent, not Shane. If you speak to Paul Massey (operations manager for NRL’s Accredited Player Agency Scheme), it will have my name under Charlie’s on the registry.

“He came to Wests Tigers with no guarantees and no real contract. Charlie’s dream was to play NRL. He’s a great kid, a hard trainer who puts the club first.

“Shane doesn’t manage anyone in the business.”

Brent admitted the player-son-CEO relationship was “quirky”.

Reed Mahoney

Toby Sexton

That'll be the 2.

 

[tigahhh]

A couple of interesting snippets in Dean Ritchie's DT column today ...

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/media-mogul-kerry-stokes-and-the-western-australian-media-are-being-childish-over-the-perth-bears/news-story/764e5eef0e429b760cd163b931b432e3?utm_campaign=EditorialSB&utm_source=Daily+Telegraph&utm_medium=facebook&twitter&utm_content=SocialBakers

MID-SEASON MADNESS

Which two well-known players from a Sydney club are tipped to be moved on before June 30. One isn’t a shock, the other will be contentious.

TIGERS DREAM

In a unique situation, Wests Tigers debutant Charlie Murray is managed by a company called Enriched, where Tigers CEO Shane Richardson is a shareholder.

Richardson’s son, Brent, Enriched CEO, said: “I’m Charlie’s agent, not Shane. If you speak to Paul Massey (operations manager for NRL’s Accredited Player Agency Scheme), it will have my name under Charlie’s on the registry.

“He came to Wests Tigers with no guarantees and no real contract. Charlie’s dream was to play NRL. He’s a great kid, a hard trainer who puts the club first.

“Shane doesn’t manage anyone in the business.”

Brent admitted the player-son-CEO relationship was “quirky”.

why do jurno’s do these “hints” instead of just dropping the actual story

 

[Roar_Power]

Heath Mason extended and upgraded to Top 30

Wests Tigers are pleased to announce that Heath Mason has extended his stay with the club until the end of the 2026 season and will be upgraded to the NRL Top 30 effective immediately.

www.weststigers.com.au

 

[GNR4LIFE]

why do jurno’s do these “hints” instead of just dropping the actual story

Half the time they’d get sued.

 

[Wiz]

Both are high calibre investigative journalists who backed themselves on the quality of their investigations and reporting.

No doubt. I agree. But they don’t rely on being fed information from clubs, players and player managers for their day to day job like Chammas, Read, etc do. If a day in day out rugby league journo exposed a salary cap breach I reckon they would be ostracised for spoiling the rort that everyone is in on.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

Heath Mason extended and upgraded to Top 30

Wests Tigers are pleased to announce that Heath Mason has extended his stay with the club until the end of the 2026 season and will be upgraded to the NRL Top 30 effective immediately.

www.weststigers.com.au

1 year is pretty weak and shows where they rate him in the scheme of things.

 

[tigahhh]

1 year is pretty weak and shows where they rate him in the scheme of things.

hopefully means they look as latu as the half and not a bloody lock

anyway well deserved for Mason

 

[TheEnz]

1 year is pretty weak and shows where they rate him in the scheme of things.

Difficult to nail down what he can contribute moving forward, he is probably not a starting 1 or 6, however more a utility at 14. To be successful there he probably needs to develop his skills at 9 and 13, as well as his defence. That is the bread and butter for most utilities, the defence and dummy half coverage are the gap with Heath.

 

[rihannafan1]

1 year is pretty weak and shows where they rate him in the scheme of things.

He may have asked for that? Bears and Hunters coming into the comp will get players like him bigger, longer contracts.