The NRL is set for an explosive expansion of the salary cap in the wake of the a massive windfall from the new media deal. With rumours suggesting the figure could be around 20 million dollars, the landscape of the code will be changed forever. Sixties and Forty20 tackle the mind-blowing numbers in a live edition of The Tip Sheet.
Meanwhile, in Parradise the Eels are reloading after a largely successful weekend against the Sea Eagles and Wests Tigers. Injury and suspension have struck both the NRL and NRLW as Jason Ryles and Steve Georgallis turn to young options to replace Sean Russell (Quadriceps, Rd 23) and Boss Kapua (Suspension, Rd 4). Lincoln Fletcher is set to make his NSW Cup debut this week in an exciting iteration of Team List Tuesday.
The big decider for State of Origin takes place tomorrow night – who will prevail? The boys give their finals thoughts on the game before going around the code to discuss the latest bits and bobs.
Interesting re: projected 20m cap. This projected cap figure suggests Parra were outsmarted by o Sullivan’s from knights when he negotiated the d brown deal. If the ratchet clause is capped at 1.4 then knights did well and we lost out as usual. Seems overs now but will be bargain soon and we don’t even use our full cap so we could of put 1.1 to brown and a limited ratchet clause…
Maybe the projections are not accurate so can’t be sure yet but food for thought