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Maitua among casualties as Eels cull ranks for fresh start
Date
June 5, 2013
Stumbling: co-cpatain Reni Maitua in action for Parramatta this year. Photo: Anthony Johnson
Parramatta co-captain Reni Maitua is one of at least a dozen players coach Ricky Stuart will move on in the biggest cleanout in the club's history.
After just 12 rounds at the helm, Stuart has made a call on the roster at his disposal and it spells the end for some of the club's highest-profile names.
Fairfax Media has been told that Maitua, Matt Keating, Ben Smith, Willie Tonga, Ben Roberts, Cheyse Blair, Daniel Harrison, Nathan Smith, Pat O'Hanlon and Matthew Eisenhuth are among those on the chopping block. Some of those on the list have recently re-signed or are on contract for 2014.
It's unclear whether pivot Luke Kelly, who was dropped for Friday night's clash with the Roosters, has a long-term future with the club. Stuart isn't expected to discuss the matter until after the Parramatta Stadium fixture.
After years of under performance - including ''winning'' the wooden spoon last year - the club has acted. Stuart broke the news to the affected players on Wednesday morning in the presence of chief executive Ken Edwards and newly appointed chairman Steve Sharp. The sackings will be confined to the playing group.
Edwards then relayed the news in an open letter to Eels fans, in which he wrote, in part: ''Over a long period of time, there have been a lot of people who have lost their jobs at the Eels without the playing group ever being held accountable. As of today the playing group is being held accountable …
''Our members, sponsors and fans have suffered long enough. We truly believe today is a defining moment for this club; it's the day we drew a line in the sand. We will not be stationary in our approach on the field or off it, because success simply doesn't allow for it.''
The Eels have recruited Corey Norman, William Hopoate, Lee Mossop and Gareth Hock for next season. Edwards said there were other high-profile targets but the exact amount the club could spend would be determined by how many of the unwanted players moved on.
It's understood that Maitua - named as one of three co-captains along with Jarryd Hayne and Tim Mannah - took the news particularly hard. The loss of Keating and Smith means the club will need to bolster its hooking stocks as a priority.
''The results the club has achieved over the last four or five years aren't acceptable and some tough decisions needed to be made. Possibly, they should have been made a long time ago,'' Edwards told Fairfax Media.
''Ricky has been here for a preseason now and everyone has been given every opportunity over the first 12 rounds to show what they are made of and what they can do. We're not achieving the results we want to achieve and we had to make our mind up on who will be part of our future. We made that hard call.
''Importantly, while Ricky has made the hard call, it's something that has been discussed across the whole club and all are behind what's going on. This is a whole-of-club thing, it's not just Ricky.''
If players chose not to take an early release, Edwards said that contracts would be honoured.
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