'No incentive': Joey blasts 'not fair' poaching

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Calls are increasing louder for an overhaul of the NRL's wage headdress strategy aft the Panthers mislaid yet different subordinate to a rival nine with much wage headdress room.

Spencer Leniu this week became the latest to denote helium volition permission the club, with reports indicating the weapon erstwhile Panthers inferior volition determination eastbound and articulation the Roosters. Stephen Crichton volition besides articulation the Bulldogs adjacent season.

For the 2023 season, the Panthers mislaid Api Koroisau and Charlie Staines to the Tigers, Isaiah Katoa, Robert Jennings and Sean O'Sullivan to the Dolphins, Viliame Kikau to the Bulldogs and J'maine Hopgood to the Eels.

Bulldogs prima Matt Burton was besides a merchandise of the Panthers system, which came from a decennary of concern successful inferior footy successful determination NSW.

Speaking connected Wide World of Sports' Freddy and the Eighth, Andrew Johns branded the poaching signifier "totally not fair", and said clubs with a beardown improvement pathway should beryllium compensated erstwhile those players determination on.

"There's nary reward truly for producing your ain players - you yet get them to the apical people and they play determination for 2 oregon 3 years and past different clubs prime him up," helium said.

He suggested a transportation interest mightiness beryllium a solution.

Speaking connected Wide World of Sports' Six Tackles with Gus podcast, Phil Gould said the wage headdress nether its existent guise "punishes success".

"It gives nary inducement for development," helium said.

"It's bittersweet the Panthers are going to suffer a batch of those homegrown developed players … [but] they're not the archetypal nine to person this hap to them."

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Leniu averaged lone astir 25 minutes of crippled clip coming disconnected the seat past play for the Panthers. Gould said helium was apt connected the determination to find much crippled clip and a higher wage cheque, neither of which Penrith could guarantee.

"At astir different clubs successful the competition, Spencer Leniu is getting starting clip and getting bigger minutes," Gould said.

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"He can't beryllium paid apical front-rower wealth due to the fact that they've got apical beforehand rowers, they've got apical fastener forwards. So if helium wants to spell and gain beyond that, oregon find a nine wherever helium tin get a starting relation … past unluckily helium had to move.

"The wage headdress unit the Panthers are feeling is due to the fact that determination has been a deficiency of improvement successful the bulk of the different clubs, erstwhile they don't person a improvement strategy wherever players are coming through.

"What bash they bash erstwhile they're abbreviated of a subordinate oregon they privation to amended their lot? They've got to spell and bargain a player. Where bash you spell and buy? Off the squad that's performing the best."

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Gould said it was clip league bosses mandated concern successful inferior pathways.

"The crippled has ne'er truly had a strategy, nor has it had immoderate work connected clubs [to invest]," helium said.

"When you motion your NRL licence to play successful the NRL competition, and you enactment your manus retired for each those broadcast dollars each the clubs are present getting, it should travel with obligations [to invest] into the aboriginal of the crippled and the aboriginal of your ain club, and not conscionable leaving it up to a fistful of clubs to bash it.

"They can't each bash it arsenic large arsenic Panthers, but they should each beryllium capable to bash something."

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