PROP HOLDS MANLY TO RANSOM
Tongan Test star Siosiua Taukeiaho’s rumoured move to Manly has collapsed after a dispute over his contract value.
The Sea Eagles were keen on signing Taukeiaho for next season but it’s understood the former Roosters premiership prop was seeking around $500,000 a season.
Manly could not afford that figure under the salary cap and have walked away from the deal, leaving the goalkicking prop in limbo.
Bulldogs coach Cameron Ciraldo remains interested in signing the 32-year-old bookend, who is keen to return to the NRL after an injury-plagued stint at French club Catalans Dragons.
Taukeiaho was due to turn out for Canterbury this season, only for the deal to fall through after he failed a medical.
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Tongan Test star Siosiua Taukeiaho’s rumoured move to Manly has collapsed after a dispute over his contract value.
The Sea Eagles were keen on signing Taukeiaho for next season but it’s understood the former Roosters premiership prop was seeking around $500,000 a season.
Manly could not afford that figure under the salary cap and have walked away from the deal, leaving the goalkicking prop in limbo.
Bulldogs coach Cameron Ciraldo remains interested in signing the 32-year-old bookend, who is keen to return to the NRL after an injury-plagued stint at French club Catalans Dragons.
Taukeiaho was due to turn out for Canterbury this season, only for the deal to fall through after he failed a medical.
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