Knights Seek to Re-sign Seu Seu

Well I'm not sure how much he was on, so don't take my word as the gospel but I'd assume thats how much he was on.

He has also taken a day job during the week to cover other costs, apparently hes earning about $800 a week from working and footy.

I reckon by the end of the year he would've learned his lesson but by the then the Sharks may have already got to him seen as though DeGois is off contract.
 
Sharks pick Seu Seu
By BRETT KEEBLE


THE Newcastle Knights will formally terminate their association with Terence Seu Seu today, allowing the troubled hooker to resume his National Rugby League career with Cronulla on Sunday.

The 20-year-old former New Zealand A representative, who was sacked by the Knights last month after a series of serious alcohol-related incidents, has been named on the Sharks' first-grade bench for the game against Wests Tigers at Toyota Stadium.

His manager, Mark Rowan, said Seu Seu had "got his head back on" and was determined to make the most of his second chance with the Sharks, who have signed him for the rest of the season.

"He's on track. He's going good and I'm really happy with him," said Rowan, who would not rule out a reconciliation with Newcastle some time in the future.

"Anything's a possibility. I don't say no to anything, but at the moment we're just concentrating on getting him on the straight and narrow, and we're now lucky that he's playing for Cronulla this Sunday, so it will be interesting to see how he goes."

The Knights have been waiting for Seu Seu to sign the necessary deed of termination so they can forward his clearance to the NRL.

Knights operations manager Warren Smiles said last night that Seu Seu had been granted a conditional release last month to play for Cronulla's feeder club, the Southern Sydney Sharks, in the lower-tier Jim Beam Cup.

"But to go back to the NRL, he needs to sign a deed of termination," Smiles said.
"I haven't seen that yet, but if his manager says he's faxing it to us in the morning, we will forward that on to the NRL as soon as we get it."

Seu Seu could not be contacted for comment, but Rowan did not anticipate any obstacles with the Knights or the NRL.

"He had a clearance to play at the Southern Sharks, but there was the deed of termination that I had to get him to sign, which he's signed tonight, and I'll send that off tomorrow and everything will be sweet," Rowan said last night.

"I've just got to send that back to the Knights tomorrow, and that will be sorted, so it's not a problem; there's no issue there. He owed them a bit of money, but that's all been paid."

Smiles said the Knights had advanced Seu Seu some money while he was still contracted to the club, and that had since been repaid by the Southern Sydney Sharks.

"It's all just due process. We're not standing in his way at all," Smiles said.

"We wish him well. He was terminated through our code of conduct, but we still rate him as a footballer, so maybe the change of scenery will give him an opportunity to improve himself and hopefully it all works out for him."

Seu Seu was being groomed by the Knights as an understudy and eventual replacement for NSW and former Australian skipper Danny Buderus, who will leave Newcastle at the end of this season to take up a two-year contract with world club champions Leeds.

But after repeated warnings for several incidents, including an assault charge still before the courts, the Knights sacked Seu Seu on March 5.

He had been charged with mid-range drink-driving two days earlier.

Seu Seu appeared in Newcastle Local Court on April 7 and was fined $800 and had his licence suspended for six months after pleading guilty to drink-driving while using a hand-held mobile phone.

According to police fact sheets tendered to the court, he was pulled over for a random breath test shortly after 4am on March 3 in Bridges Road, New Lambton, after officers saw him using the mobile phone.

He recorded a reading of 0.145 but, as a provisional driver, he was subject to a blood-alcohol limit of zero.
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Two possible replacements for Bedsy in the hooker position have signed contracts for the 2009 season. Friend has re-signed with the titans, and Stuart Flannagan has signed a new Deal with Canberra. (source Illawarra Mercury)


Hopefully the club has a plan on who to sign, or what juniors to bring up. Cause IMO this is probably the only position we need to get right this offseason.
 
hahah isn't that ironic how the sharks pick up Terrence yet we're about to sign their hooker (touch wood)
 
I met this guy today who went to school with Seu Seu and he reckons that seu seu said the best thing that ever happened to him was gettin kicked out of knights :p
 
The Sharks have offered the Seu Seu an incentive-based contract for the rest of the season, which amounts to about $2000 for every first grade game he plays. It's a far cry from the six-figure salary he was earning at the Knights, but there are no complaints after completing three weeks of labouring work around Toyota Stadium.
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Hmm, $2000 per game. How many games do you reckon he will get?
 
AussieKnight said:
With the De Gois on the outer, depending on his performances I reckon he could play every game until the end of the year.

Could command about 40k.
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Still quite a bit of a pay cut, from the 6fig sum at the Knights. I guess it will help him realise what he got himself into and teach him a thing or two. But in saying that good luck to him..
 
knight-no-7 said:
Still quite a bit of a pay cut, from the 6fig sum at the Knights. I guess it will help him realise what he got himself into and teach him a thing or two. But in saying that good luck to him..
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Actually him on 100k+ goes to show how over paid our players were under Hagan IMO.

Sure thing Seu Seu might be worth it now but before he hadnt played any FG Games.
 
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