I agree with Garry that the allowance doesn’t do what its original purpose was meant for. Perhaps it should be termed an NRL Loyalty Allowance & u...

But surely you would have to register a contract of a veteran or development player who is entering NRL to show you’re eligible. I don’t know if you a...

One final scenario regarding the veteran & development player allowance. Say you have Joey Manu being offered $1mill to go to Union in 2 years tim...

Once again, and this is the final time I will state it, it allowed us to keep Makasini from going to Union and that was our biggest competition in thi...

I’d argue in this circumstance it’s rewarded the Tigers in being able to keep Makasini and to allow them to plan 2027, and maybe 2026, without worryin...

I agree with you in that it gives u no advantages over other NRL clubs. Perhaps it might if your club is successful & stable thereby giving you a ...

You deal with that if it eventuates, right now you get as much right as you can.

The Veteran & Development player allowance might also help in this way for example. If you have a spot to fill but only $600,000 in cap & have...

So even if it helped us in the fight to keep Makasini it’s pointless?

Not sure if the $300,000 is pointless for a team like the Tigers who don’t have veterans outside of Api & Klemmer who are both coming to the end o...

I think that's up to the club but can't confirm. There is an allowance of $300,000 for veteran and developed players. Developed that make top 30 is al...

Guys like Faataape and Porter are akin to having players on minimum you'd have in the top 30. We've pretty much swapped the the developing players to ...

I know Sol had injury setbacks this season so difficult to get a gauge on him. He had a great combo with Galvin on that left edge in Ball but have to ...

It would be great for all top 30 players to contribute but the fact is that every club will have 3,4,5 players on minimum who will contribute very lit...

The most important contributions will be made from those in the top 25 Joel, these kids will not play many games, they’ll be learning their trade &...