SEA Eagles coach Trent Barrett has denied claims star front-rower Marty Taupau is being forced out of the club due to salary cap constraints.

Taupau has been one of the form forwards in the opening months of the season, despite his team’s plight and would be a huge loss for the struggling club.

“He’s here for another three years after this,” Barrett confirmed.

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“There’s no issue around that, contrary to a lot of media reports we are well under the cap.

“We don’t have to move anyone on.

“We won’t be moving Marty and there is no one in that side moving.

“I think when salary cap stuff comes up, other club’s will try and pick the eyes out of your best players and obviously he’s one of them.

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Taupau has been a collosus for the Sea Eagles running for a whopping 259 run metres, with 34 tackles against the Roosters last Sunday.

There are fears Taupau is being asked to do too much and is risking injury by playing big minutes and carrying such a big workload and Barrett is aware of the dangers.

“He’s a professional and he wants more minutes,” Barrett said of Taupau.

“But we do need to share the workload.

“Jake Trbojevic has been doing a really good job, he’s a terrific player and Addin (Fonua-Blake) is playing well as well.

“We need all our forward pack playing well.

“The last two weeks have been good, but we need to be better again against the Broncos.”

Manly take on Brisbane in game two of the Suncorp Stadium double header on Saturday night.

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