Just a quick question on the habitual salary cap cheats.

Anyone have any idea how much spare cap space they had to pick up Hoffman and Finch from fellow cap cheats Melbourne Storm??

Considering the NRL cap is £2.7m ($4.3m AUD),the UK cap is £1.6m as you know, and that the Storm were already running over that it must be lucky that Wigan had sufficient space and that Hoffman and storm lynchpin Finch were willing to take (what logically must be a pay cut no?) to sign for the Warriors.

Maybe they just asked Hansen, Tomkins and co to take another salary deferment or have they learned lessons from passed cheating and have the current champions decided keep around a spare 20% of the cap free for eventualities leading into this season.

thoughts?

Nice theory and knowing from past experience it wouldn't surprise me in the slightest.

Before I throw out my own theory that will invariably land the mods with a lawyers letter, there's a [ichance[/i that Hoffman and Finch aren't on mega-bucks at Wigan.

After all, they were practically pushed out the door at Melbourne for obvious reasons and I don't think it's a coincidence that one of them is going back to the NRL after one season.

What colour would you like?

The salary cap is now live mate, you can't beat it.

You can beat anything if you want to hard enough.

Didn't they release a few players at the end of last season. Feka and Piggy to name two.

Nothing to see here

What Wheels said.

Another day, another embarrassing thread on Southstander.

It can easily be cheated but it would be very difficult for the rfl to pick up, so if it hasn't been caught at the time of signings then it is unlikely to be caught. Not saying Wigan are cheating here though.

Surely if you want to discuss this sensibly, you should also mention/consider what players left or perhaps signed reduced deals?

It wasn't long ago since Leeds "had to be" cheating the salary cap - it goes with being the best side in the comp, other fans can't understand how there can possibly be a team better than theirs.

The cap is live but until we have punishment the same as the NRL With a full points deductions teams will try cheat it.

leave it to the powers to be if they have then good luck to them but cant see em doing it again

Everyone knows my club is cheating, except the RFL.

Typical arrogant Wire fan... making things about them

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Cap space is not a problem here for Wigan.

Clutching at its best!

Rumbled

OUT:

Riddell
Phelps
Bailey
Feka (who was on mega bucks)

4 out, 3 in. Phelps + Bailey weren't on massive money anymore but add the wages together and it'll no doubt be decent.

After that Gleeson left, giving us the space needed to add Cross a few weeks ago.

Don't reason with the muppets. Let them continue to make fools of themselves.

Plus Fieldens re-signing on a much reduced contract.

Bloody hell, the big fish are biting.

I usually give em 1 decent reply, after that it's just all abuse.

based on the caps

average SL squad wage £80,000
average NRL squad wage £135,000

If it helps you to think that Finch and Hoffman are over here for the kind of money they could get as an average squad player in NRL then please do that. Just sayin'

Nail on the head, but that would require a certain number of brain cells. Either way without any details it's all speculation based on nothing more than having muppet tendencies.

Embarrassing thread

Fine. They probably are over here for an average NRL wage. They ain't gonna be over here for the superstar money that Barrett, Feka etc were paid.