I wouldn't think that a player has to be contracted to a club to play in a testimonial game. I'm sure Johnny Vegas played in a Saints game a few years ago.

I know for a fact that Simon Grix had his playing contract terms honoured when he transferred to the coaching staff, so we can safely assume that the club did look after players who could not anymore contribute regularly as a player. This was a good deal all round, freeing up salary cap space but not penalising a player who spent so much time injured that he could not really justify his contract.

Harrison has given his all for us.. could have been a great player but injuries cost him.

Remember him putting fielden to sleep early in the smith era, i will always remember that hit to my dying day.

Isn't that the same thing? Unless of course he is drawing a salary whilst not being a player as they did with Simon Grix.

On a related point, does anyone know the rules around players, coaches and the salary cap?

I reckon Greg Inglis would be great coaching our under-13s: well worth paying him, say, £1m a year for. Whilst he's here, get him to stick shirt on, and pay him a tenner a week if he can force his way into the first team?

The million would count in that case

Really?!



The reason I asked was out of interest as to whether there were any rules around this: is it the case that payments to anyone registered to play counts under the cap? So even if you had player-coach, where quite legitimately a percentage of his pay would be for his coaching duties, it would all count? Wondered how Peacock's salary would have been treated last year-I'd guess it didn't count until the point when he was registered to play, after which presumably it all did? Just wondered if anyone knew?

yup there's rules, hence my previous answer.

That's what I mean, yes.