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Turner snubs Titans
By James Hooper
November 10, 2006
RENEGADE NRL wing Steve Turner continues to thumb his nose at Gold Coast - snubbing the Titans orientation week and refusing to return phone calls from club officials.
In the latest twist in the Turner tug-of-war, Gold Coast warned the Melbourne flyer last night that he must honour his contract or risk sitting on the sidelines for the next three seasons.
Turner insisted he intended to stay in Melbourne after Storm's grand final defeat, and he has previously declared a willingness to take the NRL to court to remain with Storm in 2007.
But Gold Coast remains furious with the defiant wing, who continues to ignore attempts by the Titans to make contact and resolve the issue.
The majority of the Titans playing squad assembled for an orientation day last Tuesday before heading into a three-day camp at Robina.
Turner's future remains unclear.
"Our position hasn't changed since the first day we heard of Stephen trying to back out, and I don't think our position will change," Titans managing director Michael Searle said.
"At some stage, Stephen has got to come to the realisation he has made an agreement to play football with the Titans.
"This is a whole-of-game issue.
"It is setting a fairly ugly precedent if you allow a player to unilaterally terminate a playing contract agreement.
"The role that Melbourne played in facilitating that contract is quite questionable.
"You would hate to infer that someone has induced a player to terminate an agreement but it's certainly looking that way.
"Realistically, he's looking at three years on the sidelines if that's the way he wants to go."
Turner agreed a three-year deal with the fledgling Gold Coast outfit last July before doing a backflip in August and signing another contract with Storm.
The NRL has refused to register the Melbourne contract.
NRL chief executive David Gallop was on the Gold Coast yesterday to launch the 2007 season draw, and he maintained that Turner would not be allowed to play for Storm next year.
"The situation still in our view is that he entered into a contract to play for the Titans," Gallop said.
"We then received a contract from Melbourne Storm - which we have said we won't register.
"While we can't make him play for the Titans, we can certainly ensure that he doesn't play for the Storm.
"Clubs and players have to realise that contracts are something you can't just walk away from."
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Steve better start making some plans cause at this rate he isn't going to be doing much for the next three years
Turner snubs Titans
By James Hooper
November 10, 2006
RENEGADE NRL wing Steve Turner continues to thumb his nose at Gold Coast - snubbing the Titans orientation week and refusing to return phone calls from club officials.
In the latest twist in the Turner tug-of-war, Gold Coast warned the Melbourne flyer last night that he must honour his contract or risk sitting on the sidelines for the next three seasons.
Turner insisted he intended to stay in Melbourne after Storm's grand final defeat, and he has previously declared a willingness to take the NRL to court to remain with Storm in 2007.
But Gold Coast remains furious with the defiant wing, who continues to ignore attempts by the Titans to make contact and resolve the issue.
The majority of the Titans playing squad assembled for an orientation day last Tuesday before heading into a three-day camp at Robina.
Turner's future remains unclear.
"Our position hasn't changed since the first day we heard of Stephen trying to back out, and I don't think our position will change," Titans managing director Michael Searle said.
"At some stage, Stephen has got to come to the realisation he has made an agreement to play football with the Titans.
"This is a whole-of-game issue.
"It is setting a fairly ugly precedent if you allow a player to unilaterally terminate a playing contract agreement.
"The role that Melbourne played in facilitating that contract is quite questionable.
"You would hate to infer that someone has induced a player to terminate an agreement but it's certainly looking that way.
"Realistically, he's looking at three years on the sidelines if that's the way he wants to go."
Turner agreed a three-year deal with the fledgling Gold Coast outfit last July before doing a backflip in August and signing another contract with Storm.
The NRL has refused to register the Melbourne contract.
NRL chief executive David Gallop was on the Gold Coast yesterday to launch the 2007 season draw, and he maintained that Turner would not be allowed to play for Storm next year.
"The situation still in our view is that he entered into a contract to play for the Titans," Gallop said.
"We then received a contract from Melbourne Storm - which we have said we won't register.
"While we can't make him play for the Titans, we can certainly ensure that he doesn't play for the Storm.
"Clubs and players have to realise that contracts are something you can't just walk away from."
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Steve better start making some plans cause at this rate he isn't going to be doing much for the next three years
