Posted by Eli Stephens on February 20, 2026 at 7:07am
Storm have confirmed Xavier will miss 3 months after getting surgery for an achillies issue. That's why Storm have been trying to apply the blowtorch 🤣🤣
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Well would you look at that, exactly 12wks is what's required to receive salary cap dispensation from the NRL. Farking crooks!!
If it was an injury prior to the test (as mentioned previously in this blog) then does the cap dispensation apply?
Or are they saying the injury occurred in a rep game?
Only on rep duty though right?
I think they said he did it in the GF. So not representative footy. As i understand it this doesn't count.
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