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Message: [QUOTE="Kimlo, post: 3393456, member: 2021"] [ATTACH type="full"]18241[/ATTACH] Paul Gallen labelled Yeo as the best lock in the game, however his deal is believed to be worth around $650,000. That puts him into the 6th-10th ranked locks, who earn an average salary of $670,000. Gallen has added Yeo and Finucane into his top five, removing Thompson and de Belin from the list. [HR][/HR] [HEADING=2]Hookers[/HEADING] [HEADING=2]Top 5[/HEADING] [LIST] [*]Average salary = $618,440 [*]Median salary = $550,000 [/LIST] This is one of the most alarming statistics of the document, highlighting a decline in quality hookers in the NRL. Only three hookers are in the top five paid players at their respective NRL clubs. The No.9 role is one of the most important positions on the field but apart from wingers, the position paying the least for the top-five players is hooker. A top five front-rower now earns $230,000 more than a top class hooker. [ATTACH type="full"]18242[/ATTACH] The highest paid hooker in the NRL, Canberra’s Josh Hodgson, doesn’t feature in the top five No.9s in the game, according to former Wests Tigers rake Robbie Farah. Farah’s ranking highlights the value for money Penrith are getting out of Api Koroisau, whose salary will increase by around $200,000 when he links with the Wests Tigers from next season. [HR][/HR] [HEADING=2]BACK-ROWERS[/HEADING] [HEADING=2]Top 5[/HEADING] [LIST] [*]Average salary = $753,643 [*]Median salary = $728,800 [/LIST] Despite David Fifita’s monster salary inflating the value of the second-rowers, it remains the least valuable of the big men positions. Wade Graham is on the final year of a lucrative deal which puts him in the top five, while Villiame Kikau’s salary is expected to increase next year at the Bulldogs. [ATTACH type="full"]18243[/ATTACH] Gallen believes there are three backrowers who don’t feature in the top five highest paid players in that position who are among the best in that role. Gallen couldn’t find room for Fifita, Crichton or Frizell in his top five, adding Jai Arrow, Liam Martin and Kurt Capewell. [HR][/HR] [HEADING=2]PROPS[/HEADING] [HEADING=2]Top 5[/HEADING] [LIST] [*]Average salary = $845,860 [*]Median salary = $818,800 [/LIST] A decade ago Wayne Bennett declared a front-rower should never be paid more than $300,000 a year. A lot can change in 10 years. The front row position is now considered the third most valuable of all roles in the game, well ahead of spine positions like hooker and five-eighth. Tevita Pangai Jr is enjoying two salaries from the Bulldogs ($750,000) and Brisbane ($175,000). [ATTACH type="full"]18244[/ATTACH] Marty Taupau and Andrew Fifita are both in the final year of big deals they signed a number of years ago. James Fisher-Harris and Payne Haas, considered by many as the best two props in the game, are both on salaries in the $700,000s. Their respective contracts will rise in the coming years. [/QUOTE]

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