SHARKS’ XERRI CONTRACT DILEMMA

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The Cronulla Sharks are facing some tough recruitment calls.

The boom centre Bronson Xerri is on about a quarter of the salary of Josh Dugan, who has three years left on his contract. Xerri is off contract next year.

The local junior will attract huge interest from rival clubs. His scorching try against the Penrith Panthers was superstar stuff. Which brings us back to Dugan. It’s not his fault that the club agreed to pay him $800,000-a-season as a marquee player.

He was playing Origin at the time but it was a panic signing when they lost Jack Bird to the Brisbane Broncos. The Sharks need his money to keep Xerri. They can’t offload Dugan because no other club could afford him.
 

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Sharks are allowed to cheat the cap and prosper... remember the ONLY year they amazingly "DIDN'T cheat" they win the Grand Final.

They are now one of the richest owned clubs in the NRL with their apartment deal, AND they own their own stadium.

NRL secret darlings.

If the NRL had balls they'd strip the premiership they won by clearly cheating, and relocate the club.

Funny that!
 

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Theoretically they should be under pressure to retain Nikora and Xerri considering their supposed cap situation but that's never stopped them before.... In every other year but their premiership of course. Allegedly....

We'd be mad not to make big money plays for both. But you can't compete with the cartel of the Roosters or Souths and Cronulla will probably find a way to keep both.
 
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If they cant re-sign Xerri how in the world were they throwing close to a mill a season to keep Holmes?
 

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Xerri on $200k (If true) is on good money considering he's a Centre that's played a few NRL games.
 

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You guys are pretending that there's this magical thing called the salary cap... As if Cronulla haven't gotten preferential treatment before...

If they don't re-sign Xerri and/or Nikora, only one of the cartel clubs will...

I can see the Roosters losing Manu and getting Xerri and Nikora going to Souths to replace Sutton.
 

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And let's not forget they have been stripped of 350k of their cap for this year and next as "punishment"...

My money is on them retaining all their young guns with no media query as to how (ala roosters, Melbourne, souths)

Don't know how the sharks joined the cartel club list
 

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And let's not forget they have been stripped of 350k of their cap for this year and next as "punishment"...

My money is on them retaining all their young guns with no media query as to how (ala roosters, Melbourne, souths)

Don't know how the sharks joined the cartel club list
Couple of penthouse suites at Towra Point for Greenturd and Beattie and she"ll be right mate
 

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What an awesome signing Xerri would be , he will be a WANTED man..!!
 

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Sharks are allowed to cheat the cap and prosper... remember the ONLY year they amazingly "DIDN'T cheat" they win the Grand Final.

They are now one of the richest owned clubs in the NRL with their apartment deal, AND they own their own stadium.

NRL secret darlings.

If the NRL had balls they'd strip the premiership they won by clearly cheating, and relocate the club.

Funny that!
The Sharks got caught.

What about the Roosters books with Latrell Mitchell Tedesco Cronk Keary.
 

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You guys didn't get informed that the NRL now operates like survivor. Certain clubs have found hidden salary cap immunity idols. Unfortunately not us though.
 

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You guys didn't get informed that the NRL now operates like survivor. Certain clubs have found hidden salary cap immunity idols. Unfortunately not us though.
Your club found the fake salary cap immunity idol.
 

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Sharks are allowed to cheat the cap and prosper... remember the ONLY year they amazingly "DIDN'T cheat" they win the Grand Final.

They are now one of the richest owned clubs in the NRL with their apartment deal, AND they own their own stadium.

NRL secret darlings.

If the NRL had balls they'd strip the premiership they won by clearly cheating, and relocate the club.

Funny that!
$64 question... are the Sharks richer than the Bulldogs considering we're back by the leagues club?
 

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Sharks are allowed to cheat the cap and prosper... remember the ONLY year they amazingly "DIDN'T cheat" they win the Grand Final.

They are now one of the richest owned clubs in the NRL with their apartment deal, AND they own their own stadium.

NRL secret darlings.

If the NRL had balls they'd strip the premiership they won by clearly cheating, and relocate the club.

Funny that!
No there not, did you read where the money was going?
Out of the 40mil, they see 8.....
Debt was around 10m then the rest had to go the leagues club or club for Reno’s etc
Can’t quite remember but sharks got fuck all, and now it’s all sold they get no on going payments
Just a one of lump sum to get em out of the shit
I will see if I can find the article I was reading that shows where the money had to go
 

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$64 question... are the Sharks richer than the Bulldogs considering we're back by the leagues club?
Read my reply to mr I, they have no ongoing m9ney coming in from developments and only seen about 8mil directly to football
Rest was debt and delegated elsewhere
In other words they have sold there house, to get out of the shit
Now will need sponsorship etc to keep em out coz they have feck all other assets
 
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