Yet again what about the Roosters team of the naughties?
Minichello, Hegarty, Hodges, Fitler, Wing, Morley, Fitzgibbon, Rickettson, Flannery, Fletcher and Crocker all rep players and internationals no way they could have been under the cap.
My point is some teams are able to get away with it and the other's dont.
I am not condoning what they did, it is proven cheating but the punishment should be heaped on the individuals behind it and not the players who put in so much work over the last 5 years.
Doesn't matter, Penrith still flogged them in the grand final
I love 2003!
But that was the talk back then, also. They got rid of those players quick though so i suppose no records are there to show it.
Got rid of Hegarty, Hodges, Flannery and Morley quick. Then Rickettson, Fittler and Fletcher retired, Crocker left soon after that and then Fitzy last season.
I'd go far as to say they were over the cap the past 2 seasons with O'Meley, Mason, Anasta, Minichello, Fitzgibbon, Myles and Pearce all with beefy contracts. They got rid of 3 though which has masked it again.
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