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Parramatta Eels' Luke Kelly omitted due to NRL salary cap troubles
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Parramatta Eels' Luke Kelly
PHOTO: Omitted ... the Parramatta Eels' Luke Kelly. (AAP: Renee McKay)
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Parramatta coach Brad Arthur has admitted the club's salary cap woes forced him to omit in-form half-back Luke Kelly for Friday night's NRL clash with Penrith.
Chris Sandow was reinstated at half-back, spelling trouble for the contract hopes of Kelly, who Arthur said on Thursday had been one of the Eels' best since being called up from reserve grade for their past two games.
Arthur also declared that the Eels' hopes of signing Cronulla full-back Michael Gordon mid-season were "dead and buried", and that all negotiations with the club's off-contract players have been put on hold until the last-placed side starts winning.