Rumours are another big player has signed. Bateman, anyone?

I'd rather it was Whitehead but he's still a quality player with a winning mentality. Certainly better than our current second row options.

Bateman’s 4yrs younger so would be the better option,he is a winner and a bit of a mongrel as well.

I’d be very happy with either, but think I’d prefer Whitehead

Can't see either if we have Trueman, Abdul and asiata as marquee players

Are you Bonaire?

Clearly not but you can only have 3 marquee players and Bateman or whitehead won't come cheap

Fair enough, Hope things are better for him now

You can't still pay a player big bucks even if not a marquee. Pretty sure you can put whatever players that fit the marquee aspect.

So may take one off been marquee and put Bateman forward as one

So you can pay Abdull say 150k but it is effectively £50k on the cap after the £50k marquee allowance is applied which enables us to sign both Asiata and Bateman?

I thought all 3 marquee players had to be on a minimum of £175k.

I'm not disputing what you say just seeking clarification.

I'm almost certain you nominate your marquee players. Donut would be whichever three are the cheapest overall I would think. I suspect that would be Abdull, Asiata and then Bateman probably over Trueman.

I may stand corrected but I'm certain you can nominate players and change them around.

Trueman was reported to be on a marquee wage which I found astonishing given his injury record and the fact that he has yet to fulfil his early potential.

In reality though who knows what players salary's are?

A few on here think they know

I'm aware of that but then you take a massive hit on the salary cap and restricts your overall squad

If Batemam comes, Wests will probably be paying a big chuck of his salary in the first year. He still has two years left at Wests after this year, so like Reynolds they will pay towards his wage to get him off their cap.