Didn't know about this, sorry if already posted.
**Bungle dogs Matt**
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HE COULD have been lining up for Wests Tigers against his ex-Bulldogs teammates tomorrow night, but a bizarre contract bungle has Matt Utai playing park football for Auburn Warriors instead.
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Sport Confidential can reveal the Tigers offered Utai an NRL lifeline after the Kiwi international reneged on a $130,000 deal to play in the English Super League with Celtic Crusaders late last year.
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With his former Bulldogs coach Steve Folkes - now strength and conditioning man at Concord - convincing Tigers officials to take a punt on the blockbusting winger, Wests were keen to have Utai on board until told they would be hit with a transfer fee.
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"Matt signed with the Crusaders, but told them he wasn't going to England because he wanted to retire," said a source close to Utai. "He was keen to play with the Tigers but the Crusaders would have hit the roof and demanded compensation, which the Tigers would not have paid."
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The stand-off has left Utai playing park football alongside former Bulldog Andrew Emelio at the Auburn Warriors, where he has signed on as captain-coach.
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However, easing the pain of the lost $130,000, Utai got to lift an oversized trophy when his side won the Grand Hotel Kiama Rugby League Nines on the South Coast last month.
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A SCHEDULING clash will prevent Parramatta great Brett Kenny witnessing Nathan Hindmarsh break his appearance record against South Sydney on Sunday afternoon.
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Instead of being at ANZ Stadium, Kenny will be marooned 10km west at Ringrose Park - the home ground of his NSW Cup side Wentworthville.
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Kenny took over the coaching reins at Wentworthville - Parramatta's feeder club - this year and his reserve-graders kick off at 3pm.
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"In hindsight, maybe the club should have done something to get us together when he equalled the record at Parramatta Stadium last week," Kenny reflected.
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Meanwhile, Eels supremo Roy Spagnolo was appointed to replace Ron Hilditch as football club chairman on Tuesday night.
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**Bungle dogs Matt**
>
HE COULD have been lining up for Wests Tigers against his ex-Bulldogs teammates tomorrow night, but a bizarre contract bungle has Matt Utai playing park football for Auburn Warriors instead.
>
Sport Confidential can reveal the Tigers offered Utai an NRL lifeline after the Kiwi international reneged on a $130,000 deal to play in the English Super League with Celtic Crusaders late last year.
>
With his former Bulldogs coach Steve Folkes - now strength and conditioning man at Concord - convincing Tigers officials to take a punt on the blockbusting winger, Wests were keen to have Utai on board until told they would be hit with a transfer fee.
>
"Matt signed with the Crusaders, but told them he wasn't going to England because he wanted to retire," said a source close to Utai. "He was keen to play with the Tigers but the Crusaders would have hit the roof and demanded compensation, which the Tigers would not have paid."
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The stand-off has left Utai playing park football alongside former Bulldog Andrew Emelio at the Auburn Warriors, where he has signed on as captain-coach.
>
However, easing the pain of the lost $130,000, Utai got to lift an oversized trophy when his side won the Grand Hotel Kiama Rugby League Nines on the South Coast last month.
>
A SCHEDULING clash will prevent Parramatta great Brett Kenny witnessing Nathan Hindmarsh break his appearance record against South Sydney on Sunday afternoon.
>
Instead of being at ANZ Stadium, Kenny will be marooned 10km west at Ringrose Park - the home ground of his NSW Cup side Wentworthville.
>
Kenny took over the coaching reins at Wentworthville - Parramatta's feeder club - this year and his reserve-graders kick off at 3pm.
>
"In hindsight, maybe the club should have done something to get us together when he equalled the record at Parramatta Stadium last week," Kenny reflected.
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Meanwhile, Eels supremo Roy Spagnolo was appointed to replace Ron Hilditch as football club chairman on Tuesday night.
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