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Sea Eagles captain Daly Cherry Evans has responded to reports that he was too volatile in meetings between the NRL and RLPA of player pay cuts.

Danny Weidler reported on that the Queensland captain’s aggressive approach raised some doubts in both the players’ and the NRL camps.

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“Cherry-Evans took the NRL on and asked them some really heard questions and it got to the point where they didn’t want Cherry-Evans to be part of ongoing meetings,” Weilder said on The Big Sports Breakfast.

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“No one will come out and say that is definitely the case, but he was considered too volatile and too aggressive for the players in a lot of ways with the stance he was taking and the passion he was speaking with.”

Speaking on Fox League Live, Cherry-Evans said he wasn’t trying to cause ripples in the meetings, he just felt the need to ask the important questions.

“Obviously people have to protect their own image and their own jobs in the game so I can completely understand if people need to protect themselves but I can assure you I didn’t go in there with any sort of agenda,” Cherry-Evans said.

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“I just wanted what’s best for the playing group and just felt as though I had to ask the questions that everyone was thinking. There’s no bad blood there, if all this stuff that’s coming out is true then that’s fine, it’s not going to stop me and my ways and what I’m trying to achieve.”

The Fox League Live panel dug a little deeper and asked Cherry-Evans what those questions were.

He was forthrite with his answers saying he wanted to know everything about the NRL’s financial situation and why the players need to take such a big hit.

“The first thing I wanted to understand was our financial position, why we were in that position as a game that we could only be offered two months of pay over the next seven months? I needed to understand why couldn’t it be more. Why couldn’t we take a percentage pay cut over the next months not just a big hit?

“The other thing I wanted to know, if we were going to make such a big decision I wanted all the financials laid out for us to see. Once you have clarity I feel you can make the best decisions moving forward.”

Former South Sydney captain Sam Burgess applauded DCE for standing up for players but disagreed with the need to protect an image.

“It’s quite refreshing hear someone stand up for what they believe in in the game, but I disagree with you there, I don’t understand why people have to protect their image.

“What we’ve got to protect is the longevity of the game and the financial security moving forward.