To add to this, and i don't think i have seen anybody here mention it yet, hampshire is a homegrown player who came through our academy so shouldn't we get a percentage of his wage knocked off the cap also?

If we are already paying him a low wage (likely), then against the cap he should be very cheap. Seems like a no brainer signing to me if i am right.

This would only apply for marquee players. More broadly, clubs are given a £100k exemption for developing players but there are no specifics in the published rules around what clubs need to do to be granted this.

'Marquee Player – Each Super League and Championship Club is permitted to have two Marquee Players whose Salary Cap value is limited to £150,000 (or £75,000 if Club Trained);
Club Trained Dispensation – Each Super League club is given up to £100,000 of dispensation for producing Super League standard players.'

Ah, so it is likely a club like ours is already using the 100k, understood thanks.

A very bold statement here from Poundland Jerry Maguirehttps://www.totalrl.com/rugby-league-agent-ryan-hampshire-could-be-one-of-the-greatest-signings-ive-ever-seen-following-wigan-warriors-move/rl

Let me guess he is the agent for Hampshire? He is a good backup up signing but that chap just likes the sound of his own voice and spew utter sh*te

This mon is obviously trying to get a big name for himself, nobody outside a few players had ever heard of this Craig Harrison. Now he's in every other interview it seems.

and was he the one who dragged him pillar to post in search of extra coin? Not really panned out in the long run has it?

Unsubscribed his podcast as it is so Yarkshire centric and full off bull - got bored of them saying Cam Smith is the messiah....
I get they have to 'big up' their own players.....but their dream team from last season was one of the most comical things I'd ever heard.

It wasn’t in fairness to him. He said in his recent podcast that he took over managing him when he left Leigh and he did give his opinion on the fact that Hampshire was probably advised badly during his last stint here and pretty much confirmed what people have always said, in that Hampshire made his opinions on his position well known.

He does talk plenty of rubbish mind! Being a bit dense clearly doesn’t hold you back if you’re confident enough to talk enough BS.

Yea a rugby league podcast about Leeds and Bradford. I have no doubt that they don’t know the game but on that podcast they talk crap. There up there with Barry and Terry

Barry and Terry are like Einstein compared to that lot on there it's a tough listen so much hot air

The guys a magician to get him this deal at Wigan!

It is wild isn’t it. Considering they all work in the game the lack of knowledge is astounding. Constantly getting players names wrong, not knowing simple facts every normal fan knows.

Jimmy and the game caller are okay but Craig and Joe are horrendous.

to be fair he was treated pretty poorly by Wigan first tine around