Yes, I also heard this being reported by them with a fair bit of certainty...
I just can't fathom how we could allow the following players to walk, and not have a significant amount left over...????
Fifita $800K ???
Graham $600K ???
Tolman $250K ???
Moylan $350K ???
Total: $2M
Obviously, we're bringing on Oregen Kaufusi, but I'm guessing he'd be $500K max...?
How does that work????
You can't simply look at those off contract and assume we'd have that money in the cap for the following year
A significant portion of that money (if not all) has probably been budgeted for in the players upgraded or signed in the last year or two.
We've got Oregen Kaufusi coming and you'd assume it's for a top 17 position, so he'd be on, what 300-400K?
In the last 12 months we've also signed or upgraded
Dale
Nicho
Toby
BHU
Williams
Nikora (all but locked in)
Sifa
You would think almost all would be on contracts north of 500K and some will take effect from 2023.
I don't expect us to be overly active in the player market for next year.