Quote: DaveO "That is the point. Can we afford two players at 9 who command a top salary in the era of the salary cap?
TL is a world cup winning no 9 and Riddell an ex-NRL pro on a three year deal here. Neither of them are likely to be on low wages despite TL's contract being up (assuming we offer him a new deal that it won't be for peanuts).
Also McIllorum is contracted until the end of 2010 with an option of another year and of course the only player of the three out of contract at the end of the season is TL.
So what may happen? I think there are only two options unless we can release either of Riddell or McIllorum.
1. Let TL go so we can sign a better no. 7, keeping Riddell and McIllorum
2. Stay as we are offering TL a new deal to play 7.
Whatever it looks to me we screwed up in that we recruited a 9 to replace Higham when TL should have moved to 9 and we should have brought in a scrum half.
Dave'"
We'll have Tommy in this big deal thats going down
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