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Even better example. Literally exactly what the Raiders did. There was a mutual option and the Raiders tried to get him to take less than the option. And Fogarty is a 31 year old halfback rather than a 34 year old centre. Jamal has made probably less than a third of what Dane has in his career too.
He’d be a good get for us. Probably walks into our top 17 if not the starting prop position vacated by Leo.
Speaking of it in terms of how it’s covered. They weren’t being questioned for basically pushing him out the door the way other clubs might be. And it’s not just a “winning solves everything” thing, the Fogarty stuff happened before they went on this run. All in spite of the fact that Jamal is one of the most impactful players on his team’s win rate in the comp (coming into this year they were something like 60% with and 40% without, Mitchell Moses and DCE might be the only players who significantly clear that sort of mark).
Let’s not forget there will be guys expecting more money in the coming seasons, so it doesn’t take much for a club to start letting players leave early especially when they’re trying to keep their big guns. Not saying we’re even guaranteed to get Mooney either way but things change quickly in the NRL.
