The Rumours Thread

[TheRev]

Also gives us some cover if Su'a doesnt re-sign.

 

[FlickFlano]

My main issue is it will increase other players expectations in either resigning with us or coming in.
700k to 750k would of been it for me but this is where we are as a club.

Read the article and do the math .. we are paying him around 700 per year

 

[Newcomerfan01]

Read the article and do the math .. we are paying him around 700 per year

oh thats a better figure then - He would get that at most clubs

 

[TheRev]

It's 2.7m over 3 years, its 900k per year (averaged).

Says we only pay 500k this year cause its already February, but we need to pay more than that if we can so lessen the blow for 2025/2026.

Edit: Subject to a full medical before its official =)

 

[Belta]

Worth noting that Luciano Leilua has not been named anywhere for the Cowboys trial this week

Dan Russell is on our extended bench which might put rumours of his departure to rest

Now we know why.

 

[randomdragon]

It’s not 900k a year.

 

[Stake Removed]

It's 2.7m over 3 years, its 900k per year (averaged).

Says we only pay 500k this year cause its already February, but we need to pay more than that if we can so lessen the blow for 2025/2026.

Edit: Subject to a full medical before its official =)

Calling Dr Nick Riveria

 

[St Tangles]

Read the article and do the math .. we are paying him around 700 per year

Saw that they are paying 400K this year averages out to around 767K per year from us since you are being pedantic

 

[FlickFlano]

Cows are also contributing part of 2025 salary as well

 

[Dragon David]

Cows are also contributing part of 2025 salary as well

Is this how desperate they want to get rid of him? I hope the Dragons have done their due diligence, medical, other possible offences, baggage??

 

[FlickFlano]

they want the ability to upgrade cotter and keep Luki/Fine so need to trim some money .. they keep the others now put are paying us some cap dollars for that privilege

 

[Number of the Beath]

If there was any Prodigal Son that I wanted to come back from the Cows it would be Robson.
He might be a Hurstville Utd junior but this falls into the "Geez, we're dumb!" signings category for me.

 

[Centralcoastdragon2]

I see that we have a lot of Islanders which is all good. I just hope they all get on well or we might end up with trouble. I have seen first hand what happens when there is a disagreement between Islander Nationalities.

 

[justadragon]

Hoops: How Flanno’s $600k move for rising Cowboys star helped seal Leilua switch

Hoops: How Flanno’s $600k move for rising Cowboys star helped seal Leilua switch

www.foxsports.com.au

He was always coming back to us and Deano would have also had a hand in all of this. Costly I know but we do have some spare and I feel that Su'a's deal will be similar.

Hey Dave the article reads 2.3 mill for 3 years ??

 

[justadragon]

My main issue is it will increase other players expectations in either resigning with us or coming in.
700k to 750k would of been it for me but this is where we are as a club.

I think if you have a look at the way the contract is organised and what the cows have put in for this season, it will mean the Dragons are not far from the payment of $700k per season for him.

 

[justadragon]

I cant believe we actually got a praise from the Fox team about how we conducted negotiations in an aggressive manner !!!

 

[Dragon David]

Hey Dave the article reads 2.3 mill for 3 years ??

Yes, this is the latest Fox article. The earlier one was a deal at $2.7 mill over 3 years. Maybe Hoops doesn't know the exact amount or maybe he has deducted an amount that the Cows will cover??

 

[Hound of Dracula]

Hey Dave the article reads 2.3 mill for 3 years ??

I think the contract is 900k per year of which 400k has already been paid by cowboys.
I.E we outlay 2.3K - av 766k per year.
That means this year is technically 500K outlay by Dragons.

I don't understand frontloading but hopefully we can apply substantially more than 500k on 2024 salary cap??

 

[Dragon David]

Some Leilua highlights -

Leilua the unstoppable

Luciano Leilua so dangerous close to the line

www.nrl.com

 

[Parko1310]

I think the contract is 900k per year of which 400k has already been paid by cowboys.
I.E we outlay 2.3K - av 766k per year.
That means this year is technically 500K outlay by Dragons.

I don't understand frontloading but hopefully we can apply substantially more than 500k on 2024 salary cap??

Basically what you've just said there on your last line is what front loading is. Considering the Dragons have so much cap room this season, theoretically they could pay Leilua 700k this year, thus knocking off 100k pa for the next two years of the contract (so long as Leilua agrees to get paid more now and less later). In this scenario, he is still paid $2.3M total by the Dragons over the term of his contract. However, I'm not too sure what the salary cap rules say about it. Considering we are taking over his current contract, and he has earned 400k from Cows already since November, I'm not sure if we are allowed to pay him over the 900k total this season (i.e. 500k coming from us) in order to free up space over the next two years. Maybe someone else can clarify if this would be legal.