NRL 2021

Even the Bulldogs put 18 points on this side when going for 52.

Pretty sure nobody who's conceded 50 has gone on to win the comp that season, it was talked about after Souths did it to the Roosters last season, so I guess we can put a line through Souths now?

Or boats suddenly appearing In driveways 

Only a solid defensive game beats the Storm this year. Eels kept them to 12, Panthers to 10.

The gap from contenders to everyone else is astronomical this year.

What a team since joining NRL in 1998 .

In 24 years, how many times have the NRL audited the real contracts of all the players?

They were literally told where the real one were,when they caught them.

 Just stating that they cheat with the salary cap...as do Brisbane and the Roosters...

 This is the lowest-key team the Storm have had, but Bellamy knows how to get the best out of them.

 He is a confidence coach...

 

 

  

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 2002

In 2002, the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs were fined the maximum of $500,000 and deducted all 37 premiership points received during the season after it was found that they had committed serious and systematic breaches of the salary cap totaling $2.13 million over the past three years, including $750,000 in 2001 and $920,000 in 2002; these were described by NRL Chief Executive David Gallop as "exceptional in both its size and its deliberate and ongoing nature". The points penalty meant that the club won the 2002 wooden spoon (South Sydney would have finished last if not for the breaches), and as the club had been leading the competition table prior to the imposition of the penalties, this was a shattering outcome for the club and its fans.

New Zealand Warriors 2005

In 2005, the New Zealand Warriors were fined $430,000 and were ordered to start the 2006 season with a four premiership point deficit and cut their payroll by $450,000 after club officials revealed that their former management had exceeded the salary cap by $1.1 million over the last two years. The points penalty meant that the Warriors missed a finals berth in 2006.

Melbourne Storm 2010

The Melbourne Storm salary cap breach was a gross breach of salary cap over a period of five years. The NRL's discovery of these breaches in 2010 resulted in the Storm being fined a record $1.689 million, stripped of the 2007 and 2009 premierships, the 2006, 2007 and 2009 minor premierships and the 2010 World Club Challenge, and ordering them to play for zero points, effectively sentencing them to finish the 2010 NRL season (of which 75% was still to be played) with the wooden spoon.

Parramatta Eels 2016

The Parramatta Eels were fined $1 million and stripped of their 2016 NRL Auckland Nines title after they were found to be over the salary cap by over $500,000. On 3 May they were stripped of the 12 NRL competition points they had earned up until then, and were not allowed to earn any further points until they fell back under the cap.

Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 2018

In 2018, Manly were fined $750,000 and two of the club's officials received 12 month bans after the NRL found that they had breached the salary cap over the previous five seasons. The breaches involve 15 players over five years, totalling $1.5 million. Unlike Parramatta and other teams who have breached the salary cap, Manly did not receive any competition points deduction.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 2019

In February 2019, Cronulla were fined $750,000 for salary cap breaches dating back to 2013, although $500,000 of that was suspended due to the club self-reporting a discrepancy in 2017. It was reported that Cronulla were over the salary cap between 2013 and 2017 but the club's 2016 premiership victory was declared by the NRL as compliant.

The NRL first launched an investigation into alleged salary cap breaches back in 2017 when former Cronulla CEO Barry Russell self reported a $50,000 payment to forward Chris Heighington that was unearthed by former NRL salary cap auditor Jamie L’Oste-Brown shortly after he joined the club.

The investigation also discovered that premiership winning coach Shane Flanagan had contravened the rules of his suspension by communicating with staff dating back to 2014. As a result, Flanagan was de-registered by the NRL.

And that's just the big ones.

 I've seen that bunker...