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PLAYER Ben Hunt
- Thread starter Mustafur
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Bucking Beads
International Captain
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Go Dozer!!
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My Hunt...My Hunt. My Hunt My Hunt My Hunt.
I bleed Maroon
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It's an interesting dilemma. If Dozer gets a chance to show he knows how to unlock Walsh at some point this season....Welp Pezet would have some work to do.
theshed
Just a Game
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Pezet is no guarantee. He’s been hot and cold in his first grade appearances.
Duffy is no slouch either.
While I’m not sure Ben Hunt is the best option at 7 next year, I wouldn’t have an issue with keeping him on the cheap and earning that spot - forcing Pezet to have a season under Madge’s coaching before making the step up into first grade.
Also, pretty sure Ben may be our only player eligible for the long service cap discount once Reynolds retires.
Pretty sure the veteran allowance is either 200 or 300k. Which given Hunt is on 500k this year to be an aging bench utility, his market value is probably 300k which means we can extend him for basically free
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I’m just purely guessing here but I wonder if Carrigan also qualifies and maybe at a pinch HGiki and Staggs but that’s pure guessing.
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All 3 of them would likely qualify, so would Paix
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After Reynolds retires Benny will be our most experienced player, but after him it's actually Jensen then Staggs... although with Jensen's current health status Staggs will overtake him.
Patty is about 15 games behind those two.
I thought the veteran allowance was 8 seasons?? Staggs debuted in 2018, so he's potentially already eligible.
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It’s 8 years at the club or 10 years in the game. It’s 300K across each club though, not per eligible player.
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Yeah so Staggs would qualify as of this year. Reyno and Bhunt obviously as well.
Looks like Jensen debuted in 2017, so he's eligible from next year onwards.
theshed
Just a Game
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If it’s 8 years at one club then they start qualifying next year (crazy to realise that). If it’s 10 they’re still a couple years away.
I can’t remember if it’s 10 or 8.
The cap relief should be more for 1 club players though.
it's 300k across the club- it's top 30 for 8 years continuous at one club or 10 years across the NRL.
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This is from NRL.com. the allowance is $300k per club
Veteran and Developed Player Allowance
Veteran and Developed Player Allowance for eligible players who were either developed by the club prior to becoming NRL players and/or have been a Top 30 player for at least 8 years at the club or have been a Top 30 player for at least 10 years across the game.
theshed
Just a Game
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Thanks for confirming mate. Sproj is right then, looks like a few of the boys close to qualifying if not already.
the_next
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Ben Hunt just confirmed that he is playing on at the Broncos next year and is thankful that he and the club have been able to work something out.
Announcement to come shortly.
Really hope last week was a one off, he was extremely poor.
You’d also hope that we didn’t spend anymore than 300k. Not sure what that means for Duffy, hopefully we can keep him. If we let him go I’ll be pretty disappointed.
Announcement to come shortly.
Really hope last week was a one off, he was extremely poor.
You’d also hope that we didn’t spend anymore than 300k. Not sure what that means for Duffy, hopefully we can keep him. If we let him go I’ll be pretty disappointed.
