Their all-international spine of Roger Tuivasa-Sheck, Kieran Foran, Shaun Johnson and Issac Luke is rare in the history of the NRL. It's unusual to have all four marquee spine players at a club. That can be a headache for the club's accountants, and recruitment manager Tony Iro, who needs to fit the top 30 players under the cap. The 2018 salary cap is still being negotiated between the NRL and the Rugby League Players' Association, and the NRL's latest offer was A$8.84m ($9.56m). Related Content Rugby league: Chairman leads from the coalface League: Carousel of 'deals' spinning around Foran League: Feather dusters cop roastingThe closest to the Warriors' all-star spine in recent times was probably the Roosters between 2012 and 2014.

Source: New Zealand Herald April 08, 2017 17:03 UTC