A day after releasing captain Scott Prince to join Brisbane, the Coast Titans have let two more players out of contracts to play for rival NRL clubs.

With the dust not settled on Prince’s shock move, centre Dominique Peyroux and forward Brenton Lawrence were released from their contracts to take up new three-year deals with the Warriors and Manly respectively.

While neither are big name players – Peyroux played 16 games for the Gold Coast and Lawrence 17 games over two seasons – their departure along with the highly-paid face of the club Prince helps the cash-strapped club’s salary cap position in 2013.

Coach John Cartwright said he was happy that both players had secured their futures beyond 2013 with other clubs.

“At this point we are not in a position to offer them a contract after next season, so we are happy to grant them a release,” said Cartwright, who put 32-year-old Prince’s departure down to his age and the club being unable to gamble on taking up his 2014 option.

The Gold Coast’s salary cap has been stretched to the maximum in recent seasons as they recruited a number of expensive players including proven forwards Nate Myles and Luke Douglas and giant centre Jamal Idris.

While Myles took out the club’s player of the year after a great 2012 season, Idris failed to live up to his price as the club missed the finals.