HERE’S been a lot of noise made over Jarryd Hayne linking again with Parramatta, possibly in time to spearhead the most unlikely of finals charges.
But Dragons veteran Benji Marshall has raised a very valid point that could prove a major stumbling block to Hayne being sighted again in the blue and gold in 2016.
The loophole that is believed to allow Hayne to rejoin Parramatta this season is that as he is not a currently registered NRL player, Hayne is not bound by the game’s June 30 deadline.
It’s been reported that if Kieran Foran is granted the release he has requested from the club, it would free up an estimated $250,000, which would cover three months of Hayne’s market value on the books.
But joining the NRL360 panel along with Cronulla’s Michael Ennis, Marshall questioned how any of Foran’s 2016 salary — in excess of $1 million a year — could be taken off the Eels cap given the star halfback has already been ruled out with a shoulder injury.
“I don’t think they could fit them under the cap in their current situation,” Marshall said.
Jarryd Hayne’s future at Parramatta is reportedly contigent on Kieran Foran leaving the club.Source: Getty Images“Kieran Foran was out for the season already through injury. So how could they wipe him off the cap this year?
“He’s already going to be out. If he’s wiped off the cap next year and so on, fair enough.”
“But for the rest of this year he wasn’t going to be playing anyway. So surely he couldn’t be taking a spot anyway.”
Ennis voiced similar concerns around Hayne being spirited back into the basket case club, particularly given allegations of cash payments to players and astounding salary cap breaches continue to be revealed in the media.
“I’d love to see him back in the game, but I don’t think it can be feasible this year,” Ennis said.
“Especially at Parramatta. I don’t think it’s the right time.”
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I think someone is afraid that Parra will kip them of their current 8th place.
Maybe we'll sign him on a backended $50k contract like Gasnier was when he came back late to help Dragons win a premiership.
Oh wait, we're Parra and they had Bennett so the same rules dont apply do they...
Wonder who wrote this article....
“Kieran Foran was out for the season already through injury. So how could they wipe him off the cap this year?
ummmmmm cause he wants an immediate release that how you idiotttttsss
lol - couldn't have said it better myself Barto :)
It makes you wonder how some of these numb skulls get a gig on these shows.
Whenever I see Ennis' ridiculous head with the teenager line cut thru his hair (isn't he 35 or something?) all I can think of is how he did that lame ass selfie shite after scoring a try a couple of weeks ago. That was friggin' brutal, worse than spirit fingers.
Benji's got a shitty on because everyone is talking about JH coming back and making a big deal of it - when poor old Benj came back no one gave a shite - and thus he ended up at the lowly Dragons :)
Benji should stick with footy. Wait he's horrible at that as well.
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