Rumours have swept rugby league circles in the last 48 hours that Parramatta Eels CEO Scott Seward was facing the axe. Seward even fronted Eels chairman Steve Sharp on Friday to check it out.
He was assured his position is safe. Still, speculation is rife the NRL is lobbying hard for managerial changes at the Eels in light of the recent salary cap scandal.
State of Origin Changes?
NRL MOVES to include Polynesian players in the State of Origin series would open the door for superstar Sonny Bill Williams to make a comeback at the Sydney Roosters.
Moves to change the Origin selection criteria to include Kiwis and Pacific Islanders have been under discussion for several months.
Origin is no longer a contest between the best 34 players in the competition as it used to be because so many Kiwis are now ranked higher than Origin players.
And that has been reflected in the poor standard of games in recent years.
Sonny Bill wants to play for the All Blacks in this year’s World Cup and then represent New Zealand at the Rio Olympics in 2016.
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Buzz, shove it. Seward is doing a fantastic job as CEO and it would make no sense to remove the CEO who was part of the executive that reported the breaches. The NRL can butt right out of our club or deal with 30,000 pissed off fans.
However the PLC may take the view that individually the articles are nothing, but as a whole it is a converted effort to disrupt or cause injury to the club?
Maybe this is better answered by somebody with a legal background.
The fire's probably been lit by an arsonist.
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