Salary Cap
League
Tigers board cools on new negotiations with Marshall
Adrian Proszenko, Glenn Jackson Just hours before Benji Marshall returns to the Wests Tigers' starting side against North Queensland at Leichhardt Oval, chief executive Stephen Humphreys will hold talks with the five-eighth's...
League
Sky the limit as salary cap hits seventh heaven
Adrian Proszenko The NRL salary cap will officially increase to $7 million in 2017 – but could rise even higher if additional money comes into the game.
Smith flags salary cap changes
Adrian Proszenko NRL CEO Dave Smith will review the world's best salary cap systems during the next six months with a view to modernising the rugby league version to ensure the best athletes are attracted to the game.
Rugby League
NRL boss viewing salary cap systems for ideas
Adrian Proszenko Dave Smith's review aims to modernise things to ensure best athletes are attracted to the game.
League
Doyle offers new vision for salary cap
Adrian Proszenko Jim Doyle has outlined his vision for the salary cap, promising to bring a more transparent system to ensure the world's best athletes are attracted to – rather than squeezed out of – the NRL.
League
Raiders salary cap still hampers Papalii deal
Lee Gaskin Raiders enforcer Josh Papalii won't be distracted by on-going speculation about his playing future and is primed to step up to the state-of-origin arena.
Discord
Fawning over Folau, salary cap in hand, sells league short
Steve Mascord Discord is sick of hearing about how rugby league "bungled" the return of Israel Folau.
League
Boycott over salary cap would punish fans: Shillington
Jon Tuxworth Canberra Raiders prop David Shillington insists boycotting flagship events should be a last resort, despite the players' growing frustration that a salary cap still hasn't been resolved for next year.
Rugby league
Mattiske not ruling out increase in salary cap
Glenn Jackson OFFICIALS are set to put an offer to a heavy-hitting group of players including Jarryd Hayne, Cameron Smith and Johnathan Thurston at a critical and potentially explosive collective bargaining...
League
Players seek salary cap rise as union talks continue
Brad Walter NRL players want the salary cap for next season to be more than the $5 million ceiling agreed to by clubs and the ARL Commission and are also seeking a five-year collective bargaining agreement.
League
Cowboys play the percentages with salary cap
Brad Walter Kangaroos stars Johnathan Thurston, Matt Scott and James Tamou are to be offered a percentage of North Queensland's salary cap in their next contracts due to the uncertainty about how high it will be.
Kite slams stingy salary cap as he faces uncertain future
Adrian Proszenko BRENT KITE has taken a swipe at the salary cap amid fears Friday night's demoralising preliminary final loss to Melbourne will be his last game for Manly.
Rugby league
Bonus for players but no salary cap rise
Greg Prichard PLAYERS are likely to receive extra payments in a variety of forms for next season as a means of ensuring they properly benefit from the game's $1.025 billion television rights deal.
Kite's future at Manly blowing in salary cap wind
Adrian Proszenko, Jim O'Rourke BRENT KITE, the man of the match in Manly's impressive victory on Friday night, is in danger of being squeezed out of the club due to salary cap constraints.
Sunday Sin Bin
Storm salary cap scandal sends top players scarpering from banned agents
Adrian Proszenko A big-name international player will attempt to wriggle out of his contract with one of the banned agents in what is looming as a test case for the NRL.
Souths put Inglis re-signing on hold until new salary cap is known
Daniel Lane SOUTH SYDNEY chief executive Shane Richardson insisted his laugh when asked about Greg Inglis's future at the Rabbitohs was not through nerves or even the fear his club's superstar had increased the...
Club bosses set sights on $5m minimum for salary cap
Brad Walter THE NRL salary cap is set to rise to $5 million next season after a meeting of club chief executives yesterday agreed that was the figure they would work on when signing players.
LEAGUE
Tigers deny they've got salary cap trouble
Brad Walter, Michael Carayannis Wests Tigers officials insist the decision to release utility back Mitch Brown to the Bulldogs was unrelated to a meeting they had last Friday with NRL salary cap auditor Ian Schubert.
Tigers say starting spot, not salary cap, behind Brown move to Dogs
Brad Walter, Michael Carayannis WESTS Tigers officials insist the decision to release utility back Mitch Brown to the Bulldogs was unrelated to a meeting they had last Friday with NRL salary cap auditor Ian Schubert.
Eels plan to fight salary cap fine - as well as poor start to season
Michael Chammas PARRAMATTA'S nightmare start to the season has gone from bad to worse. They have won just three of their past 21 games, their big off-season signing has been dropped to park football and now the club...
