Dogs appeal NRL's 'ridiculous' salary-cap blow

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The Bulldogs person lodged an entreaty aft the NRL included a chunk of Josh Jackson's wage successful the club's wage cap, Canterbury brag Phil Gould has revealed.

Nine's Danny Weidler reported connected 100% Footy connected Monday nighttime that the NRL had inserted a information of Jackson's wage into the Dogs' wage headdress despite the information helium has retired from his playing career.

Jackson remains astatine the Dogs arsenic a strength-and-conditioning coach, a relation helium acceptable himself up for by studying a bachelor's grade successful workout subject during his playing career.

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"I judge that the NRL has enactment a fewer 100 thousand, possibly $200,000, of Josh Jackson's wage into the Bulldogs' wage cap," Weidler said connected 100% Footy.

"I'm definite that the apical canine (Gould) volition not privation to speech astir wage caps and what's going connected down the scenes, but I judge that's to beryllium the case."

When 100% Footy co-panellist Gould was invited to reply, Canterbury's wide manager of shot was blunt.

"It's a anserine rule, we've appealed it and they haven't responded, arsenic well," Gould said.

"We'll permission it there."

When pressed again, Gould said the NRL had made a big of "ridiculous" competition-wide decisions.

Jackson stunned the rugby league satellite erstwhile helium announced his status astatine the property of 31 successful October past year.

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The erstwhile Blues State of Origin guardant had a twelvemonth to tally connected his Dogs contract, having signed a three-year hold aft the 2019 season.

He played each 1 of his 241 NRL games with the Dogs successful a vocation that spanned 2012 to 2022.

He was a subordinate of Canterbury's 2012 and 2014 expansive last teams and replaced James Graham arsenic skipper up of the 2018 season.

Jackson played 9 State of Origin games and made 2 Test appearances for Australia.

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