Quote: morleys_deckchair "I've seen more RL national press in the last week, than ive probably seen over the last few years thanks to this SBW signing.
Its a bit like the time Widnes signed Davies from union. (that signing ripped the back out of union at the time.... no one could quite believe what had happened).
I think its great.... Toronto linked with Tuilangi today.... i dont know what the rules are around their salary cap... But i hope they dont have one.'"
I read somewhere that we made enquiries about Tuilangi before signing Burrell.
They follow exactly the same salary cap as everyone else does. SBW will count as £150k on the cap. If they sign Tuilangi he will count as zero on the cap in Year one, then 50% in Year Two. Signing Tuilangi would still be a risk. He rejected an £850k contract from France earlier this year. You'd think he'd want a similar fee from Toronto to give up his International payments in RU, that would mean in the second year of his contract he would take up a marquee spot - thats a risk.
I think Toronto are quite rightly cashing in on the exposure, and allowing themselves to be linked with everyone. But I think they would be better off targeting a genuine NRL star than risking a marque spot on a Union player.
