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AFB - travel
RCG - we didnt want to pay for 3rd year
Terrell May - travel and we didnt really want
Saifiti - his partner was told not to come by a former players wife
Utoikamanu - couldnt compete with the Storm and got too expensive
Horseburgers - raiders didnt release
Guler - raiders didnt release
Royce Hunt - were not interested
Finefeuiaki - was a choice between Luki/Fine/Leilua - we got one ... Also Fine is an edge forward not a big prop
The failures are basically AFB/Reg/Saifiti and for various reasons stated above we missed them all.
With all due respect, I'm guessing all the above excuses are just speculation on your part or heard from others, nothing concrete or actually reported. My take is if you really want a player and have the money/tpa's and a competent recruiter then you get your man - other clubs do it on a regular basis. Roosters, Dogs, Melb, Broncs and even Wests have little trouble landing who they want while we are left to grab only players no-one else wants and little else. We've landed some good players but they're short term, end of career players other teams were looking to off-load. No established and much "sought after" players with a big future will come anywhere near us. There's an issue with SGI and it's been an issue for years now.