Cap probe won't derail us: Cherry-Evans
Jul 20, 2017 - 1:06 AM Manly captain Daly Cherry-Evans insists the NRL's investigation into salary cap cheating at the club won't derail their premiership ambitions this year.The governing body's integrity unit on Wednesday began looking into the Sea Eagles books following explosive allegations of illegal top-up payments to players.
However Cherry-Evans denied the speculation would distract the team, who currently sit in the top four with just seven games to go before the finals series.
"If something actually goes wrong, of course it will. But as far as speculation goes, that's not derailing anyone's season," Cherry-Evans said on Thursday.
Cherry-Evans said it was a shame the club's reputation was being dragged through the mud.
"And if in the end we are proven to be innocent, then the damage is already done. As far as I know, we're doing all the right things and we're complying with the NRL," he said.
"We'll continue to do our job as players and try and win football games. And front office are going to make sure that they do everything they can to get this club's name cleared again."
The Sea Eagles star backed the club's decision to invite the NRL to explore their front office and find evidence of rorting the salary cap.
"I applaud the front-foot mentality to have it all done as soon as possible," he said.
"The damage can be done just from the allegations themselves but hopefully there's a big song and dance about it if and when we are cleared.
"If allegations are made by the media and it's not found to be true, it'd be great to see some sort of apology start to come forward. But I can't see that happening either."
Cherry-Evans did admit he was frustrated players were forced to address the issue publicly.
"As a club we still make the same mistakes by having the players here having to talk about it. I understand the allegations probably directly affect the players," he said.
"But really, I don't think we should be standing here talking about it to be fair. I think people from the front office should be dealing with this in front of the cameras."
Source: AAP
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