Re: In 2021 | Zane Tetevano - Expires: 2023 : Sat Dec 26, 2020 8:32 am  

Anyone seen any details as to whether he’s a marquee signing or not? Can’t see anything in the announcement or from Pete Smith

Re: In 2021 | Zane Tetevano - Expires: 2023 : Sat Dec 26, 2020 8:57 am  

Trebor1 wrote:

Anyone seen any details as to whether he’s a marquee signing or not? Can’t see anything in the announcement or from Pete Smith

£220k a year apparantly so marquee thats according to Matthew Shaw of League Express

Re: In 2021 | Zane Tetevano - Expires: 2023 : Sat Dec 26, 2020 9:32 am  

Marquee is not about how much they get paid, it’s about how much of it counts on the cap. When we have a largely young team, and quite a small squad, it’s inevitable that some players will be on high salaries.

Re: In 2021 | Zane Tetevano - Expires: 2023 : Sat Dec 26, 2020 10:18 am  

batleyrhino wrote:

Marquee is not about how much they get paid, it’s about how much of it counts on the cap. When we have a largely young team, and quite a small squad, it’s inevitable that some players will be on high salaries.

True but how many teams would pay over the marquee amount and not class it as marquee?

Re: In 2021 | Zane Tetevano - Expires: 2023 : Sat Dec 26, 2020 10:21 am  

Ava was getting up to some good minutes at his best this year can tetevano do reasonable shifts?

Re: In 2021 | Zane Tetevano - Expires: 2023 : Sat Dec 26, 2020 10:53 am  

We shouldn't get too hung up on whether somebody is marquee or not. This year the cap is 2.1 million. Your squad has to fit within that but, you can exceed that figure with payments to a maximum of two players if they are paid over 175k. So if Tetavano is 200k, 25k of his wage might be marquee money. However, when you consider the wages we have offloaded this year its possible, even probable, that we are under the limit even with Tetavano. I think that is how it works.

Re: In 2021 | Zane Tetevano - Expires: 2023 : Sat Dec 26, 2020 11:01 am  

We had plenty of cap space when Merrin left and a few more have gone since. Even when you take into account Tetevano coming in and a handful of contract upgrades we must surely still have plenty left. At £220k that’s good value for a top line NRL forward in his prime. A lot of NRL fans are giving Penrith some real stick for him leaving, they see it as a big loss which tells you something

Re: In 2021 | Zane Tetevano - Expires: 2023 : Sat Dec 26, 2020 11:06 am  

Marty Grrrrrrrrrr! wrote:

True but how many teams would pay over the marquee amount and not class it as marquee?

Depends how many you have. Wigan were allegedly paying wages to Hastings, Burgess and French that would qualify as Marquee. If you’ve only got two it’s obvious, but you can have more.

Re: In 2021 | Zane Tetevano - Expires: 2023 : Sat Dec 26, 2020 11:50 am  

Marty Grrrrrrrrrr! wrote:

True but how many teams would pay over the marquee amount and not class it as marquee?

No need to declare it as a marquee signing if room already on the cap. Technically speaking you could sign 5 players on 400k per annum & still have a squad under the cap. You declare 2 as marquee players.

Personally scrap the marquee rule & just increase the base salary cap substantially.

Re: In 2021 | Zane Tetevano - Expires: 2023 : Sat Dec 26, 2020 12:00 pm  

KaeruJim wrote:

Zane, Oledski, Holroyd and Ava would be a very handy front row indeed. 3 year contract (in theory) means I guess we see Zane as being a cornerstone of the pack while the younger players are developing. He looks aggressive and may well be a good influence on the pack.

Would be good to see one or two more coming through.

Prior as well although 13 seems his best position to start but spells in the front row. Plus Thompson and Donaldson can spell there if required. Maybe we could see Hurrell put a shift in there as well, think ultimately he will end up moving i to the pack at some point.