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Inside story: Leutele signing ‘more than about football’ – NRL.COM
The signing of Ricky Leutele for the rest of the year has been hailed as “more than about football” by the Storm’s general manager of football Frank Ponissi after a whirlwind week of negotiations.
The signing of Ricky Leutele has been hailed as “more than about football” by the Storm’s general manager of football Frank Ponissi.
Ponissi told NRL.com that Melbourne got the deal done with “twenty minutes to spare before yesterday’s 5pm deadline” in what is a great result for Leutele, his young family and the Storm.
There was some toing and froing with the NRL to get Leutele over the line regarding the player’s valuation under the salary cap.
The fact the 2016 premiership winner was contra…
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