Sorry Melbourne and the Wests Tigers - no deal!

The NRL has officially torpedoed the proposed Harry Grant-Paul Momirovski player swap between the clubs due to a salary cap dispute.

It is believed that Rugby League Central informed the Storm they would be $15,000 over the salary cap if the trade took place.

Simply awaiting league approval, all signs pointed to the swap going ahead with both players touring the other club's facilities and meeting with coaches Craig Bellamy and Michael Maguire.

The clubs were told they would receive an answer last week, however, the NRL Integrity Unit informed the Storm on Monday that the deal would not go through.

According toย Fox Sports'ย James Hooper, the Tigers will still look to attain Grant if he is given a release. But the Storm will not be getting Momirovski back.

Momirovski is reportedly closing in on a two-year extension to remain at the Tigers until the end of 2022.

11 COMMENTS

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  2. As far as I’ve read, this issues to pertains to them not allowing the storm skip counting already paid wages to the player during the off season in their cap.
    The NRL isn’t blocking the player swap, they are blocking the modification that sees the storm over cap.

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  5. Storm still trying to come up with ways that they can be over the cap……..So why doesn’t Cameron Smith take a $15K paycut? He’s earned millions from the Storm……Andrew Fifita and Josh Dugan have taken $100K paycuts to help the Sharks out, zero chance Smith will even do $15K to help his team.

  6. I don’t think it’s possible for a team to have a player take a pay cut to fit into a cap – I believe that is seen as gaming the system.

  7. To clarify, you can probably take a cut when signing a contract – but once you’ve signed, you’re unable to modify your amount down.

  8. Wayne – Players can do this easily, many have done it in the past. All they need to do is terminate their current contract and sign a new one.

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