Explosive courtroom documents obtained by The Sydney Morning Herald has revealed that the Melbourne Storm asked the NRL to "apply the blow torch" to Parramatta to release Zac Lomax.
A slew of documents released in the Supreme Court revealed that during a phone call between Storm chair Matt Tripp and Eels supremo Matthew Beach on January 13, that the Eels again rejected a $200,000 release fee.
“During the telephone call, Mr Tripp referred to the possibility of punitive steps being taken by the NRL against Parramatta Eels in relation to its salary cap if Parramatta Eels did not agree to the proposal being put forward by the Melbourne Storm,” according to a document the Eels tendered to the court.
“This assertion by the Melbourne Storm was intended or had the tendency to exert pressure on the Parramatta Eels in circumstances where the NRL had never communicated such a stance to the Parramatta Eels.”
It was further revealed that an alleged text from Storm CEO Justin Rodski to NRL CEO Andrew Abdo on January 21 was used to try and have the NRL pressure the Eels into a release.
“Hi Andrew, not getting anywhere at this point, can you apply the blow torch on parramatta [sic] to get this done.
Rodski added: “Lomax staying in the NRL is obviously a win for the game.”
It's what we always suspected. The Storm trying to bully their way into a deal that would favour them. They should be expelled from the competition.
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Maybe the end result will be the NRL knows that they cannot get away with this nonsense favouritism and eyes are watching and taking note .....if this is the minimum result we get re : the estsblishment , it's been well worth it
they have been operating as an uneven playing field for too long .
Having an experienced SC like Moses perhaps he will suggest corruption ....will that benefit us ??
Will we be the Erin brokovich of the league perhaps ?????
I think, as Hoe suggested, that this was a warning shot using Live ammo.
We have the full transcript
Randy, We let V'landys, Abdo, Walters, and Melbourne fire their rounds. Confidently. First. Before setting up this checkmate. Piece by piece. The ground shook. They wouldn't like the look of the end game anymore.
Also appears that Vlandys is also on the nose with parts of the racing community.
I've always wanted a Kate mc clymont type expose on the NRL and the uneven playing field
mb Arthur Moses will do it all on his own !!!!!
Hey Carlo thought of you today when I read these disgusting revelations and the implications of what this all means for how we've felt over the years. Now, pretty much seeing thst we aren't in the 'biggins clique' with the dodgy bros nrl bosses mob and were right ...finger to them all luv!
yes I recall you stating we needed Kate McClymont type on board going back many years. You must be as wrapped as all and myself at the way we are conducting ourselves thry Beach (who shits all over grubs Tripp) and Arty the champ!? And like you mentioned re Erin, I absolutely love a gutsy Erina type of huge natural helper ;)
Yep it's the whistleblowers !!!
but mb there was no one brave enough in this instance and we had to have legal proceedings for something to be uncovered by legal minds in the process of uncovering evidence
I guess the result is the same except we may be held accountable as it's the clubs counsel as opposed to an independent whistleblower or journalist
and that may be bad for us
Yeah it will be if abdo and vlandys aren't checked by ARL, but argh well we can't have it both ways. We either sit on our butts and whine about the unfairness or we fight! Im for the whats fair vibe and whats right in this. This one is ultimately us vs Lomax storm and also nrl as they all are too obviously acting disgusting n unfair!
it's hard as I so love footy and our eels but they can stick it if they go any further down the shithouse route as per what storm's Tripp and other bloke were inferring tbh it's too much and that's just not what sport is meant to be about mega grubs!
I'm curious as to what the documents were pertaining to the phone call between Tripp and Beech.
adam it sounds like a stat dec / statement made by Beech about the phone call and the content of that call. would be my guess.
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