Maybe its to leave some leeway in the event that certain practices get caught under the salary cap that hitherto did not?

Also worth noting that not necessarily everything a player earns from the game comes directly from the club and ranks under the cap.

There are no rlrucksrl in Rugby League.

Perhaps you've been watching the tykes?

I wonder what Red hall's reaction would be if a certain large construction company were to employ say...... about 17 new part time salesmen on 100k a year ....who co-incidentally played a mean game of RL.

I agree.
In every game that I've seen the opposition forwards seem to make more yards per carry from the PTB, particularly in the early stages.
Other than where we have gained ground due to a penalty, 40/20 or opposition mistake we've been kicking from deeper in our own half than our opponents which further amplifies our generally poor kicking game.
Bluey has hinted as much in his comments about our current lack of conditioning due to the short off season for most of our team.
I hope that learning from last season he's planning for us to improve gradually over the whole season.
God knows we'll need to.
We're too reliant on one or two outstanding individuals to make breaks rather than on an overall game plan a la Saints.
Despite playing poorly on Thursday they still had just enough nous & spirit to beat Wigan, by sticking to their accepted style of play.