Official Andrew Fifita

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Could someone post the Brisbane Times Fifita article please. Having trouble doing it from my phone. Talks about where he at.

 

[sharks2010]

Sharks prop Andrew Fifita is set to finally re-sign with Cronulla. Photo: Ben Rushton
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By BRAD WALTER
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Test prop Andrew Fifita may sue Canterbury for up to $3.4 million after his lawyers issued the club with legal documents over the failed four-year deal to join the Bulldogs next season.

After receiving a new offer from Cronulla on Thursday, Fifita is expected to consider the deal over the weekend and may agree to stay at the Sharks as early as next week.

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However, Fairfax Media has been told any new deal with Cronulla will have no bearing on his threatened legal proceedings against Canterbury and it is believed Fifita may sue the Bulldogs for the full amount of the $850,000 per season deal that stunned the league world when it was announced and again when it collapsed.

Before agreeing to the deal with Canterbury, Fifita had been considering a $650,000 per season offer from South Sydney and the Sharks later came in with a $700,000 per season contract.

Other clubs, including St George Illawarra, were linked to the Australian and NSW front-rower.

But interest dropped off after Fifita and the Bulldogs announced he was heading to Belmore next season on a deal that would have made him the highest paid prop in the game's history.

As a result, the 24-year-old no longer holds the same worth on the player transfer market he did a month ago.

Fifita's comments about wishing he had gone to rugby union after being told the day before that Canterbury wanted to pay him less than he claims to have initially agreed to when he and the Bulldogs signed a memorandum of understanding on March 11 also appear to have damaged his market value.

It had been widely assumed Fifita was seeking compensation from Canterbury for the difference between any contract he signs with Cronulla or another NRL club and the amount he was expecting from the Bulldogs but he may demand the full $3.4 million after serving the club with a legal letter on Thursday outlining his intention to sue.

Representatives of I.am Athlete Management, who look after Fifita, met with NRL chief investigator Nick Weeks last Tuesday after the collapse of his deal with the Bulldogs and are understood to have handed over documentation.

Canterbury chief executive Raelene Castle has confirmed that she spoke informally to Weeks last Friday and said it was at her instigation.

Castle has maintained the value of the deal was less than $850,000 per season and refutes any suggestion up to half of Fifita's money was from third-party agreements or that salary cap issues forced the Bulldogs to revise the worth of the contract.

She also insists that Canterbury announced the deal before it had been finalised after Fifita told Cronulla, Channel Seven and his followers on Twitter that he was joining the Bulldogs in 2015, and regretted doing so as it is not usual club policy.

Fifita will not consider playing anywhere else if he is happy with the latest offer from the Sharks on Thursday but the club should not expect him to accept less than the deal they tabled before he reached agreement with Canterbury because of his pending legal action.

He will consider the offer over the weekend and may make a decision next week but the pressure is now off him to sign anywhere and if he rejects the deal from Cronulla Fifita's management will then begin to consider other options.

Source http://m.brisbanetimes.com.au/rugby...d-sue-canterbury-bulldogs-20140411-zqto4.html

 

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Source http://m.brisbanetimes.com.au/rugby...d-sue-canterbury-bulldogs-20140411-zqto4.html

Thanks 2010, but with efforts like that you'll never gain passage to the elite dud poster squadron.

 

[Gards]

After all the trouble he has been through and all the talk of wishing he had stayed a Shark, going to miss club ect if he signs anywhere but Cronulla I willl lose any semblance of remaining respect for him

 

[fizman]

No worries HB, all good. Will you be at the Roosters game? We must meet up for a beer. Or Pepsi Max in my case!

A man with excellent taste in beverages!

 

[Blix]

And you would stay at your job if somewhere else was offering you 150k more for the same thing....

People need to realise he is a sharks player and stop sh.ting on him

 

[Frenzy]

And you would stay at your job if somewhere else was offering you 150k more for the same thing....

People need to realise he is a sharks player and stop sh.ting on him

Agreed.

 

[slide rule]

If he leaves for more, fair enough. If he leaves for the same I'll be a bit pissed.

 

[ouCh!]

Same. Hopefully his wife stays out of these negotiations

 

[vicsharkfan]

if i was him id stay a shark, sign for another 2 years and back myself to continue to dominate, then slut myself around again.. hope he dosnt do this and signs on for 4 with us..i rekon as far as red hot young players in key positions more will start signing shorter more expensive contracts back themselves to stay inform and injury free the whole loyalty card is being played less and less by clubs and players...

 

[Sir Chadley]

A man with excellent taste in beverages!

Yes. A man's drink!

 

[sharks2010]

Yes. A nan's drink!

spot on

 

[Sir Chadley]

spot on

Oh no! I've been taken out of context! Misquoted! Where's my lawyer?

 

[sharks2010]

Ill probably get banned... Again lol

 

[Sir Chadley]

I'll get my secretary to take a letter to my lawyers. The honourable Charles H Hungerdunger. Care of Hungerdunger, Hungerdunger, Hungerdunger, Hungerdunger and McCormack.

 

[evertonshark]

So that Andrew Fifita, good player ay..

 

[Gards]

Good to see you having a laugh and some chuckles today Andrew - the fans certainly weren't

 

[sharkyboy]

Good to see you having a laugh and some chuckles today Andrew - the fans certainly weren't

Just said that to my mum.

She was like "why what's wrong? He's just having a laugh"

Yeah it must be fun to be robbing the club of millions to not give a **** and just laugh off being done by 20 points.

 

[Gil]

What did the dogs do to him, he's not the same.

Based on that performance he should be getting nothing more than 100k.

 

[Western Sharkie]

Just said that to my mum.

She was like "why what's wrong? He's just having a laugh"

Yeah it must be fun to be robbing the club of millions to not give a **** and just laugh off being done by 20 points.

Totally agree sharkyboy.

I just posted something similar on the game thread.
The lads should be cranky as all hell after a loss, not running around given the opposition hugs and kisses!