Re: James Segeyaro : Mon Dec 05, 2016 1:40 pm  

In what way has he breached his contract? He is on leave until Jan 3rd.

Am i missing something?

Re: James Segeyaro : Mon Dec 05, 2016 1:48 pm  

Marty Grrrrrrrrrr! wrote:

In what way has he breached his contract? He is on leave until Jan 3rd.

Am i missing something?

Well he obviously hasn't breached it YET. It more a case of planning for when/if he does. If Cronulla step up with an offer then that part will go away, if we reach January the 3rd without no deal being made then it'll be interesting to see if Segeyaro is prepared to put his money where his mouth is and stay in Aus and risk the financial implications.

Re: James Segeyaro : Mon Dec 05, 2016 1:56 pm  

ThePrinter wrote:

Well he obviously hasn't breached it YET. It more a case of planning for when/if he does. If Cronulla step up with an offer then that part will go away, if we reach January the 3rd without no deal being made then it'll be interesting to see if Segeyaro is prepared to put his money where his mouth is and stay in Aus and risk the financial implications.

Exactly Printer. Not sure why Leeds are being so public about this. Hes a Leeds player, is contracted to Leeds and Leeds should just be saying hes expected to back on Jan 3rd in my opinion.

By GH being so vocal and McD press conference it is just making it harder for Segeyaro to return if no deal is secured.

Re: James Segeyaro : Mon Dec 05, 2016 2:01 pm  

I think that Leeds won't get near to the price tag. But Leeds do hold a good hand in this if they choose to take the battle, whether they have the stomach for it is another matter . By taking a hard approach we send a message to NRL clubs that players won't just be released and you can't just tap them up weeks after they sign a contract. The message to the player is that you can't just walk out on a contract, especially when you have used your extended leave generously given to you to feather your next nest. If leeds are prepared to foot the bill of his wages for up to 2 years, then they can refuse to let him go to anyone who doesn't put an acceptable bid in. It will test how much Cronulla or any other NRL team wants him, and also test how homesick he really is. If he doesn't want to come back, we can refuse to pay him. 2 years in the wilderness for a player is not great for his career.

The RFL stepping in and making salaries for contract rebels exempt from the cap would be a good message to send out for the sport in this country. Without something like this I think we will have to compromise and accept a low deal because we can't afford a top band salary being taken up by a vacant shirt

Re: James Segeyaro : Mon Dec 05, 2016 2:07 pm  

The Eagle wrote:

The RFL stepping in and making salaries for contract rebels exempt from the cap would be a good message to send out for the sport in this country.

This. I would like to see the RFL show some backbone...for once.

Re: James Segeyaro : Mon Dec 05, 2016 2:11 pm  

ThePrinter wrote:

Tbf though it should be pointed out that he was nothing but complementary about the club in his interview. How many of our squad wouldn't want to go play for the reigning NRL champions if they had the chance?

Fair enough mate, and i agree to an extent, but the whole affair is summed up by GH in this comment for me:-


“We’re very disappointed in James because he clearly came to us initially on an arrangement until the end of the season, and with a clear intent to extend that arrangement if he was happy, which he did on September 1,’’ Hetherington told The Daily Telegraph.

“James could have ended our arrangement and signed with an NRL club, but he didn’t, and gave a firm commitment to the club.’’

Re: James Segeyaro : Mon Dec 05, 2016 2:17 pm  

If contract rebels salaries was exempt from the cap how many teams would suddenly have players wanting to leave so that they could then fit another player or 2 under cap?? Its open to all kinds of abuse. Bad idea for me.

Re: James Segeyaro : Mon Dec 05, 2016 2:18 pm  

Biff Tannen wrote:

"James could have ended our arrangement and signed with an NRL club, but he didn’t, and gave a firm commitment to the club."

IMHO hits the nail firmly on the head. Tried us, liked us and re-signed, so he had more than enough time to make an informed decision. He's now just trying to mug us off, and the £250k indicates that we won't stand for. We need to dig in out of principal, or the whole system will go to ratsh1t.

Re: James Segeyaro : Mon Dec 05, 2016 3:00 pm  

Kind of a reverse Tomkins when he 'left' the Warriors to go back to Wigan.

Flip side is that he's rubbish and a crock now.

Re: James Segeyaro : Mon Dec 05, 2016 3:53 pm  

Its quite simple! If a club wants rid of a player they have to pay the remainder of his contract.

So in turn if the player wants to cut short his contract they should have to buy out his contract.

The 300k is probably 2 years wages.