Dragons Not Happy about Brooks playing.
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THE precocious talents of young halfback Luke Brooks will finally be on display in the NRL after Wests Tigers were granted permission to break the salary cap restrictions because of their heavy injury toll.
But the move doesn’t sit well with St George Illawarra boss Peter Doust, who has called for an urgent meeting with the NRL so all clubs can benefit from the same kind of generosity.The Tigers wrote to salary cap auditor Ian Schubert on Wednesday asking to play Brooks and prop Nathan Brown from their Holden Cup side in tomorrow’s match against St George Illawarra at the SCG.
The Tigers have nine regular NRL players on the sidelines with long-term injuries.
Tomorrow’s match marks the 50th anniversary of the Dragons-Wests 1963 grand final.
But there was no sentimental attachment in Doust’s comments posted on the club’s website.
“I think any club CEO would be interested in understanding what all this means,” Doust said, as he questioned why the Tigers were being allowed to break the second-tier salary cap with not one but two players.
“We may even need to adjust our strategies in relation to recruitment and roster management moving forward off the back of a determinations such as this,” he said.Doust acknowledged it was too late to do anything before the SCG match, but was firm in his belief that the NRL granting the application was “ill-conceived”.
“This circumstance, from the information with which we have been provided and from what we can see, is an issue of roster management, not injury management, and the fact that both teams are not in contention for the finals should not be a consideration,” he said.
"We have eight NRL players on the sidelines ourselves and from where we sit, the decision reached doesn’t seem to be very equitable.
“We have expressed our disappointment to the NRL, asked for more specifics and believe the specifics should be assessed more fully.”
The Dragons might also be smarting after their plans last month to play Rangi Chase were thwarted.
The former Dragons player wanted to return home earlier this year from Castleford, but the NRL said the money he had earned in Super League this year would have to be included in the club’s 2013 salary cap.
Tigers coach Mick Potter has not announced where he will play Brooks.
The logical spot would be at No 7, moving Braith Anasta to the backrow.
Potter is due to make his decision public after training today. He told The Australian earlier this week that he did not intend to drop the out-of-form Benji Marshall for the remaining three games of the regular season.
“He’s been a long-standing icon of this club, a former captain, and he deserves to play out the season, barring injury,” Potter said.
I think the Dragons like to complain about everything … I feel bad for them about the Moltzen deal, so as a gesture of good faith, I believe they should be able to take him off our hands for next season.
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After reading this I have two hopes
Brown scores the try that send the game to golden point
Brooks kicks the winning field goal
Which might then lead to a third even greater thing
Doust gets ousted by the board
A good day’s work by all
Thank you football gods
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Many people on here are happy to whinge about ‘other’ clubs being allowed to have an unconditional salary cap, stating its not fair etc etc… So I agree with Doust on this occasion.
At the end of the day, the NRL are allowing select clubs these exemptions based on who gives them the best little red riding hood story and there is not an equality for all clubs to enjoy the benefits of. Its no different than other clubs being granted more 3rd party exemptions!
Either way, lets hope Brooks kicks 3 x 40/20’s and the winning Field Goal!!! -
@Tiger Watto:
Many people on here are happy to whinge about ‘other’ clubs being allowed to have an unconditional salary cap, stating its not fair etc etc… So I agree with Doust on this occasion.
At the end of the day, the NRL are allowing select clubs these exemptions based on who gives them the best little red riding hood story and there is not an equality for all clubs to enjoy the benefits of. Its no different than other clubs being granted more 3rd party exemptions!
Either way, lets hope Brooks kicks 3 x 40/20’s and the winning Field Goal!!!Nothing stopping the Dragons from doing the same thing Watto , we aren’t breaking any rule , if we were Schubert would of blocked it
Game on I say , Doust is just trying to fire the Dragons up ,that’s all
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@Tiger Watto:
Many people on here are happy to whinge about ‘other’ clubs being allowed to have an unconditional salary cap, stating its not fair etc etc… So I agree with Doust on this occasion.
At the end of the day, the NRL are allowing select clubs these exemptions based on who gives them the best little red riding hood story and there is not an equality for all clubs to enjoy the benefits of. Its no different than other clubs being granted more 3rd party exemptions!
Either way, lets hope Brooks kicks 3 x 40/20’s and the winning Field Goal!!!Nothing stopping the Dragons from doing the same thing Watto , we aren’t breaking any rule , if we were Schubert would of blocked it
Game on I say , Doust is just trying to fire the Dragons up ,that’s all
No we are asking the nrl to give us permission to breach the cap. Dragons have every right t complain and if we were in their position I would complain as well. Even parra would complain coz if we win possibly coz of brooks- that assures them of the spoon.
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He’s an 18 year old with no NRL experience. The egg could just as easily be on our face at full time. It’s not like they gave us the green light to play Joey Johns!
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@happy tiger:
@Tiger Watto:
Many people on here are happy to whinge about ‘other’ clubs being allowed to have an unconditional salary cap, stating its not fair etc etc… So I agree with Doust on this occasion.
At the end of the day, the NRL are allowing select clubs these exemptions based on who gives them the best little red riding hood story and there is not an equality for all clubs to enjoy the benefits of. Its no different than other clubs being granted more 3rd party exemptions!
Either way, lets hope Brooks kicks 3 x 40/20’s and the winning Field Goal!!!Nothing stopping the Dragons from doing the same thing Watto , we aren’t breaking any rule , if we were Schubert would of blocked it
Game on I say , Doust is just trying to fire the Dragons up ,that’s all
No we are asking the nrl to give us permission to breach the cap. Dragons have every right t complain and if we were in their position I would complain as well. Even parra would complain coz if we win possibly coz of brooks- that assures them of the spoon.
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And as I said Prmz St George had every right to try and bring someone they wanted to trial as well if they wanted to
That was their right and they chose not to do it
Should we be punished for doing something within the rules Absolutely not in my opinion
If you read some of my other posts I don’t think we should play Brooks or Brown anyway If they got injured or we lose the NYC game and miss an advantage to get a higher ranking for the finals it would be criminal
What I’m arguing is if it wasn’t OK Schubert would of scuttled the idea
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Doust is a whinger …… He was outmanoeuvred by Humpty in the Moltzen dispute and this time we have gone through the proper channels so a couple of kids can get their chance and he’s still not happy. Just learn to deal with it Pete !
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Is there any chance of the nrl over turning their decision?
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@Tiger Watto:
Many people on here are happy to whinge about ‘other’ clubs being allowed to have an unconditional salary cap, stating its not fair etc etc… So I agree with Doust on this occasion.
At the end of the day, the NRL are allowing select clubs these exemptions based on who gives them the best little red riding hood story and there is not an equality for all clubs to enjoy the benefits of. Its no different than other clubs being granted more 3rd party exemptions!
Either way, lets hope Brooks kicks 3 x 40/20’s and the winning Field Goal!!!This isn’t the first exemption we have gotten this year, and other teams have received similar dispensation in 2013 and previous years.
The only reason Doust is up on the pulpit is because we happen to play Dragons. His whinging holds zero weight because he never raised objections about any another instance of tier 2 exemptions.
Its widely acknowledged that the tier 2 cap is inadequate, the NRL is in the middle of a review which will likely see it rise next year. In the meantime its good that the NRL can use common sense for short term exemptions.
In short, Doust is a moron and has no point.
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I don’t think he is complaining about us… He is simply having a crack at the NRL which I feel he has every right to do.
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No club should be granted permission for this IMO.
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No club should be granted permission for this IMO.
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We are playing an 18 year old halfback. We are not breaching by overpaying a marquee player to play.
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@Tiger Watto:
I don’t think he is complaining about us… He is simply having a crack at the NRL which I feel he has every right to do.
The way I see it, if its not specifically about us, why didn’t he complain about any of the other exemptions granted this year? Why is this week different? Why didn’t he complain when Moylan at Panthers got an exemption?
Of course he has a right to complain to the NRL, its the motives behind it that I doubt. The cynic in me also says that the Moltzen saga is also a factor, Doust would use any excuse to have a potshot at the club.
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No club should be granted permission for this IMO.
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Exemptions are a legal part of the cap. Its not like we are milking it or dropping an inform player to blood a rookie.
