Dale Finucane calls time on career effective immediately!

[Freakzilla]

He's had a good career.

We should've never let him go.

 

[DinkumDog]

Good guy, good player, wish he never left Belmore considering we got that peanut T-Rex in return. However 4 years was very ambitious when he signed that Sharks contract. Best of luck to him in retirement.

 

[dogluva]

Wow. I always remember telling Todd Grenburg that both Dale and Jacko should be a priority to keep at the club. That was before Hasbeen got free rein over the team and didn't give Dale much game time.

Well, we all know that Dale left but it would have been good to see him as a one club player like Jacko..

Wish him well...

 

[Dogmonster]

Storm would never have made it without the Bulldogs influence.

 

[B-Train]

He's suffered a tonne of concussions during his career so good on him for retiring when he has and hopefully he has a happy and healthy life after his FG career.

He was as tough and fearless a player as there could be. He was one of my favourites at the Bulldogs and I was gutted when he left for Melbourne..

 

[wendog33]

Good luck in retirement Dale.

Will NRLol be insisting some of his contract amt be still on Sharks salary cap like Jacko on ours? Or is this different?

 

[BELMORE]

Tough bloke. When I watched him play earlier this year you could tell the game had passed him

 

[John Matrix]

All the best to him, great bloke.

..on the other hand the sharks, interested to see how the NRL handles this - should still be on their books for the remainder of the year at the very least.

 

[Berries]

Good luck in retirement Dale.

Will NRLol be insisting some of his contract amt be still on Sharks salary cap like Jacko on ours? Or is this different?

Is he staying on as a trainer or coach? Didn’t South’s get away with that too with Inglis or S.Burgess can’t remember

 

[Berries]

All the best to him, great bloke.

..on the other hand the sharks, interested to see how the NRL handles this - should still be on their books for the remainder of the year at the very least.

I wonder if they will treat concussions differently so say a chronic knee injury. If they are serious about the head knocks they should

 

[DinkumDog]

interested to see how the NRL handles this - should still be on their books for the remainder of the year at the very least.

I don’t think there’s any suggestion that they get cap relief and that’s probably why the Sharts CEO specifically said that Dale will ‘continue to work with the club in an off-field capapcity’. They have to pay him, they have to find a way for him to earn that money.

 

[senshidog]

A long career, and a player you always knew what you'd get.

But when it comes to head injuries you can't muck around.

 

[alwaysthesun]

The fact he only played 5 games for NSW says a lot about Blues selection..

It's a real shame we couldn't keep him.. one of the hardest working tough competitors in the comp over many years.

 

[Moedogg]

Congrats Dale on wonderful career.

 

[ChesoBulldog]

Tremendous career. Should never have left the Dogs. I still miss him

 

[Bob dog]

Six grand finals, achieved a hell of a lot, gunna miss seeing him go around, all the best in life after footy.

 

[Freakzilla]

The fact he only played 5 games for NSW says a lot about Blues selection..

It's a real shame we couldn't keep him.. one of the hardest working tough competitors in the comp over many years.

Was thinking the exact same thing when they showed it on NRL 360. He should've played about 20 Origin games.

 

[maroondog72]

Losing Dale had a massive negative impact on our off field standards and we have suffered since he left until now. Very Glad the NSW selectors couldn't recognize an Origin player if he bit them on the ass. Stay healthy in retirement legend.