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Player contracts can be difficult to break as they protect both parties but in this instance there is likely to have been breaches to certain clauses around player obligations.
No doubt Hurrells contract will be terminated, his manager has been called in next week so the writing is on the wall there.
Manus interesting with his track record of past breaches, there's a case for him and if the club chose to could effectively terminate his contract too. He's a club legend so the fallout would obviously be huge if they did but it appears he's a negative influence on certain players so management and the board may not have a choice if they're clear about their objectives for moving the culture at the Warriors forward.
The others as far as I'm aware don't have any priors so a termination of contract could end up in litigation given the nature of the offense. (Not sure about Matulino there could be a past indiscretion there somewhere from memory)
I don't think it'll come down to tearing up multiple contracts but I'd expect Konrad to be gone by the end of next week and Manu is on thin ice, he certainly can't complain if Cappy wants to throw him in the forwards or whatever. Any privileges he had as a senior player have no doubt been revoked.
Here's a link to a generic player contract it gives some idea about the kinds of things you'd find within a NRL contract.
www.sportingpulse.com/get_file.cgi?id=99639
It pains me to be writing about this kind of stuff as a Warriors fan and it's particularly hard given some of these player have been true champions in my eyes but the rational part of me knows that in order to move the club forward it'll take some hard decisions and I'm prepared for that.
No doubt Hurrells contract will be terminated, his manager has been called in next week so the writing is on the wall there.
Manus interesting with his track record of past breaches, there's a case for him and if the club chose to could effectively terminate his contract too. He's a club legend so the fallout would obviously be huge if they did but it appears he's a negative influence on certain players so management and the board may not have a choice if they're clear about their objectives for moving the culture at the Warriors forward.
The others as far as I'm aware don't have any priors so a termination of contract could end up in litigation given the nature of the offense. (Not sure about Matulino there could be a past indiscretion there somewhere from memory)
I don't think it'll come down to tearing up multiple contracts but I'd expect Konrad to be gone by the end of next week and Manu is on thin ice, he certainly can't complain if Cappy wants to throw him in the forwards or whatever. Any privileges he had as a senior player have no doubt been revoked.
Here's a link to a generic player contract it gives some idea about the kinds of things you'd find within a NRL contract.
www.sportingpulse.com/get_file.cgi?id=99639
It pains me to be writing about this kind of stuff as a Warriors fan and it's particularly hard given some of these player have been true champions in my eyes but the rational part of me knows that in order to move the club forward it'll take some hard decisions and I'm prepared for that.
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