Our salary cap situation for 2023 (According to Zero Tackle)

[Magic Arrow]

Disclaimer: I am not saying this is 100% accurate. This is the best source I have in the one place
Disclaimer Part 2: I read the NRL salary cap rules. My understanding for 2023 is put in this thread. If I'm wrong I apologise.
Disclaimer Part 3: I have an avid curiosity with things like constructing teams for the salary cap, so if this thread is pointless again I apologise.

550,000	Josh Addo-Carr
500,000	Matt Burton
500,000	Corey Allan
450,000	Kyle Flanagan
800,000	Luke Thompson
750,000	Tevita Pangai Jr
600,000	Josh Jackson
600,000	Reed Mahoney
800,000	Villiame Kikau
450,000	Jack Hetherington (Used to be listed as this, now removed) [Mutual Option, club can not sign him]
6,000,000	Total Spent

Our 10 highest paid players account for $6 million. How much of that counts against the cap is unknown. Let us be generous and estimate $5.5 Million

Other players signed for 2023 (Undisclosed amounts): Paul Alamoti, Jake Averillo, Braiden Burns, Bailey Biondi-Odo, Jeremy Marshall-King, Brent Naden, Jayden Okunbor, Chris Patolo, Aaron Schoupp, Ava Seumanufagai, Corey Waddell Total 11 players

Let us again be conservative and estimate those players earn an average of 225k each (On average, players like Naden will likely be on more and players like Patolo are likely on less) $2.5 Million Total Spend

$8 Million spent across 21 players
$9.7 Million NRL Salary Cap for top 30 Players (For 2023 Season)
$1.7 Million remaining for 8 players

Players 27-30 must earn a minimum of 80k. 350k for four players.
Balance for players 22-26 $1.35 Million across 5 players (Players must earn a minimum of 120k p/a in this bracket)

We basically have $1.35 million to spend on five players for next year (Please remember this is the best case scenario for us)

Unless we offload players we are unlikely to be able to afford any 700k+ signings without filling out the rest of the squad with fringe first graders. This is my best attempt at making sense of our salary cap situation for next year.

 

[bradyk]

We most likely will be offloading players imo, e.g. Thompson. We need another big fish in the spine, fullback or halfback. Maybe none will be available tho.

 

[King Gus]

We have 12 players off contract it’s not that hard.

 

[Malla]

We have 12 players off contract it’s not that hard.

Yeah lol literally have half the team off contract. In saying that we still need to fuck Thompson and Allan off

 

[Big Vibe]

Looks grim af. Paying Hetherington and Allan 450-500k each is criminal.

 

[Glenn L]

Corey Allan $500,000. Just let that sink in.

 

[Bulldog1966]

Corey Allan $500,000. Just let that sink in.

I actually don't think that figure is right, I could be wrong.

 

[Freakzilla]

I actually don't think that figure is right, I could be wrong.

We signed him when he was an Origin player so I believe it.

 

[Glenn L]

We signed him when he was an Origin player so I believe it.

Seems like a lifetime ago!

 

[Magic Arrow]

We have 12 players off contract it’s not that hard.

Yeah lol literally have half the team off contract. In saying that we still need to fuck Thompson and Allan off

Unfortunately players have different values in the salary cap. Signing players like Kikau and Mahoney is not the same as losing Wakeham and Stimson.

 

[bradyk]

I actually don't think that figure is right, I could be wrong.

I can't remember exactly, but the reports were he was on 300 or 350k at the Rabbits and we gave him an upgrade. He played origin because Bennett was there and already coached him at the Rabbits, he was literally last man standing, they had 3-4 fullbacks out/Holmes form that season was terrible. The club got tricked bad. I honestly didn't see that signing coming myself (especially when you hear the salary).

 

[dogwhisperer]

We most likely will be offloading players imo, e.g. Thompson. We need another big fish in the spine, fullback or halfback. Maybe none will be available tho.

I’d go for a fullback. Flanno can be more of a consistent player than Dufty, Dufty scares me. If you got a gun hooker(Mahoney), Burton and a gun Fullback then a lot of pressure would be taken off Flanno to concentrate on his own game.

 

[Bulldogsteve]

We most likely will be offloading players imo, e.g. Thompson. We need another big fish in the spine, fullback or halfback. Maybe none will be available tho.

if we offload thompson, it doesnt help. Lets say we get $400,000 relief, what are we going to pay for $400k, nothing.

 

[bradyk]

if we offload thompson, it doesnt help. Lets say we get $400,000 relief, what are we going to pay for $400k, nothing.

sign/promote minimum wage players for the other spots, 400k extra is a lot when you factor that in. e.g. replace Dufty, RFM and Vaughan with minimum wages and you have a lot to work with.

 

[Bulldogsteve]

sign/promote minimum wage players for the other spots, 400k extra is a lot when you factor that in.

its not, you have to replace thompson with a like for like , cant get that on $400k. Be better for him to stay and then release at contract end. Otherwise we end up in the same situation we are this year with Cotric, a winger short that has caused us massive problems

 

[B-Train]

I hate to sound like Twin Turbo but you're not factoring in TPA's and numerous other salary cap concessions plus you're basing all of this off the high end of everyone's reported salary. So exercises like this are a waste as you could be off by over half a million dollars plus for all we know as the real figures could be very different.

 

[bradyk]

its not, you have to replace thompson with a like for like , cant get that on $400k. Be better for him to stay and then release at contract end. Otherwise we end up in the same situation we are this year with Cotric, a winger short that has caused us massive problems

do the math from my above message, you don't need to replace like for like either, M. King has given us more output than Thompson this year and he's on nothing (you can replace with a min wager and spend elsewhere, that's how cap balance works), if it's to sign a marque spine player we need it regardless, Gus has shown with your Cotric e.g. he'll already do it

 

[BULLDOGS 3005]

we need to off load mariner. He is on top money and has done nothing for 3 years.

 

[Bulldogsteve]

do the math from my above message, you don't need to replace like to like either (you can replace with a min wager and spend elsewhere, that's how cap balance works), if it's to sign a marque spine player we need it regardless, Gus has shown with your Cotric e.g. he'll already do it

yes i fully understand the cap, but if we release thompson and we dont get a like for like player, then we go backwards. No point upgrading a player if he is not going to cut it.
We need to improve the roster, if that means releasing thommo, im ok with it, but we must improve the roster not go backwards.

 

[Bulldogsteve]

we need to off load mariner. He is on top money and has done nothing for 3 years.

see thats an uneducated comment, check how many games he played in 2020 and he was close to our best