Re: Recruitment rumours and links : Fri Aug 18, 2023 10:57 am  

Alffi_7 wrote: Olam doesn't sound likely, If Burgess is on $400k AUD that's around £200k (£100k on the cap if we use the marquee rule on him). Seems doable financially but I don't watch any NRL to know if he is a 'spent force' or not... https://www.totalrl.com/warrington-wolv ... owerhouse/ https://www.totalrl.com/tom-burgess-lin ... ague-move/ Pretty sure Wires 3 marquees next year are Williams Vaughan and King

Alffi_7 wrote: Olam doesn't sound likely, If Burgess is on $400k AUD that's around £200k (£100k on the cap if we use the marquee rule on him). Seems doable financially but I don't watch any NRL to know if he is a 'spent force' or not... https://www.totalrl.com/warrington-wolv ... owerhouse/ https://www.totalrl.com/tom-burgess-lin ... ague-move/ Pretty sure Wires 3 marquees next year are Williams Vaughan and King

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Re: Recruitment rumours and links : Fri Aug 18, 2023 11:09 am  

King? ... As in Toby King? ...

Re: Recruitment rumours and links : Fri Aug 18, 2023 11:28 am  

NSW wrote:

Pretty sure Wires 3 marquees next year are Williams Vaughan and King

The club will of course use the marquee allowances to maximise the amount of 'cap free salary' they can. I haven't seen anywhere that Vaughan is marquee in 2023 (or 2024). If Burgess was coming over (which he isn't) I'm sure the club would be better using the marquee spot on him rather than Vaughan, given the additional saving you get against the cap for GB eligible players.

Re: Recruitment rumours and links : Fri Aug 18, 2023 11:28 am  

Toby King. My god.
I know its the marquee/club trained rules but that just shows what a basket case reactionary club we've become.
Gary Chambers has one hell of a job to do.

Re: Recruitment rumours and links : Fri Aug 18, 2023 11:37 am  

Surely King is worth a marquee spot as according to the Wigan forum from March-July he was on a par with Mal Meninga.

Re: Recruitment rumours and links : Fri Aug 18, 2023 12:00 pm  

NSW wrote:

Pretty sure Wires 3 marquees next year are Williams Vaughan and King

The only marquee player we have for next season is Williams. Vaughan isn't, and it depends who else comes in and on what wage as to whether Toby King is classed as one.

Re: Recruitment rumours and links : Fri Aug 18, 2023 12:07 pm  

Abe Froman wrote:

The only marquee player we have for next season is Williams. Vaughan isn't, and it depends who else comes in and on what wage as to whether Toby King is classed as one.

That's good to hear.

Re: Recruitment rumours and links : Fri Aug 18, 2023 12:31 pm  

Alffi_7 wrote: Olam doesn't sound likely, If Burgess is on $400k AUD that's around £200k (£100k on the cap if we use the marquee rule on him). Seems doable financially but I don't watch any NRL to know if he is a 'spent force' or not... https://www.totalrl.com/warrington-wolv ... owerhouse/ https://www.totalrl.com/tom-burgess-lin ... ague-move/ I love that line in the Tom Burgess piece "Meanwhile, Warrington’s revolution is in the hands of his big brother Sam"

Alffi_7 wrote: Olam doesn't sound likely, If Burgess is on $400k AUD that's around £200k (£100k on the cap if we use the marquee rule on him). Seems doable financially but I don't watch any NRL to know if he is a 'spent force' or not... https://www.totalrl.com/warrington-wolv ... owerhouse/ https://www.totalrl.com/tom-burgess-lin ... ague-move/ I love that line in the Tom Burgess piece "Meanwhile, Warrington’s revolution is in the hands of his big brother Sam"

Re: Recruitment rumours and links : Fri Aug 18, 2023 4:10 pm  

It makes sense to use Toby king as our marquee player as only 50k of his wage will count on the cap. It would be stupid if he wasn't.

Re: Recruitment rumours and links : Fri Aug 18, 2023 4:38 pm  

Or thane wrote:

It makes sense to use Toby king as our marquee player as only 50k of his wage will count on the cap. It would be stupid if he wasn't.

It would unless Burgess is trying to bring some big names over with him.