Rugby Australia to target top NRL talent

[taste2taste]

Yeh but that means playing union all your career! I can see them going over and taking the money but miss playing league or not being very good at union. Superleague could be a big winner out of vlads apartheid.

Isn't the Super League going to stand by thier Australian brothers and also ban players for 10 years ?

 

[Perth Red]

Isn't the Super League going to stand by thier Australian brothers and also ban players for 10 years ?

I hope not.

 

[Jpw25111]

Whilst this article is behind a paywall, the part visible on the SMH's website indicates the ARLC sought legal advice before this announcement, so I suspect they haven't made the announcement blindly.

NRL announces 10-year ban for players and agents who negotiate with R360

After receiving legal advice, league bosses have vowed to impose heavy sanctions on players and agents who hold talks with the breakaway rugby competition.

www.smh.com.au

Further the ban would apply to its competitions only, so the basis of legal action being successful would, I'd suspect, be on the remote side. Also if the player was off contract, it wou;ld mean they wouldn't be able to come back to RL if they find they aren't suited to it. The big ticket item though is the prospective ban on player agents, which I suspect would be a disincentive to agents negotiating with R360 for players under contracxt to an NRL club (e.g. Zac Lomax's).

It’s still a restraint of trade as they’ll be un contracted when they want to return, they made the same threat about superleague and it got thrown out in 10 minutes

 

[T to the T]

Good strong move by PVL

Those who are against the NRL defending their ground or decrying this as 'union behaviour' should go buy a phone, call their own number and have a fücking word with themselves

 

[BuffaloRules]

Until someone does an ACL playing for Boston or Madrid the same calendar year as a WC or a break out year for a club

I’m sure they will happily keep taking the oil money even if that happens every month

 

[Dark Corner]

Good strong move by PVL

Those who are against the NRL defending their ground or decrying this as 'union behaviour' should go buy a phone, call their own number and have a fücking word with themselves

Yes some fans same to forget or weren't around 30 years ago with the dreadful Super League war happened.

 

[Gobsmacked]

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This is possiblity the dumbest comparison ever.

The players that defect to another League are going to be promoting the NRL'S direct competitor for years with the profile that came from the NRL.

What that has to do with drink driving, I'll never know.

 

[Trifili13]

This is possiblity the dumbest comparison ever.

The players that defect to another League are going to be promoting the NRL'S direct competitor for years with the profile that came from the NRL.

What that has to do with drink driving, I'll never know.

Most of us are sensible enough to realise the situations are different. It's more the optics of banning someone for 10 years because they wish to go to another sport to earn a living and someone committing what Ezra did and basically getting a slap on the wrist by the NRL and allowed to play a couple of months later. If the NRL wants to talk tough and puff it's chest out it should have taken a much harsher stance on Ezra (and others).

 

[BuffaloRules]

Most of us are sensible enough to realise the situations are different. It's more the optics of banning someone for 10 years because they wish to go to another sport to earn a living and someone committing what Ezra did and basically getting a slap on the wrist by the NRL and allowed to play a couple of months later. I

The Ezra thing is just something the haters are latching onto to try to bash the NRL over

you could argue that the NRL treated him a lot harsher than the courts did …

 

[Gobsmacked]

Most of us are sensible enough to realise the situations are different. It's more the optics of banning someone for 10 years because they wish to go to another sport to earn a living and someone committing what Ezra did and basically getting a slap on the wrist by the NRL and allowed to play a couple of months later. If the NRL wants to talk tough and puff it's chest out it should have taken a much harsher stance on Ezra (and others).

This has nothing to do with talking tough.

The NRL don't want players leaving the sport to promote another code.

Ezra Mam didn't leave the sport to promote it's competition and directly undermine it's business model by stealing it's customers.

These 2 things are not even remotely related.

We're not here to talk Ezra... that's a different thread.

 

[titoelcolombiano]

It’s still a restraint of trade as they’ll be un contracted when they want to return, they made the same threat about superleague and it got thrown out in 10 minutes

Is it though? Players get deregistered for all sorts of things. NRL aren't stopping them going to a competitor to play their trade, they are just not allowing them back if they go.

Players will still be able to earn big money in other Union domestic leagues and potentially Superleague.

 

[Dark Corner]

Is it though? Players get deregistered for all sorts of things. NRL aren't stopping them going to a competitor to play their trade, they are just not allowing them back if they go.

Players will still be able to earn big money in other Union domestic leagues and potentially Superleague.

Is the NRL just banning players who go to R360 or is this whole of Rugby Union i.e. Wallabies, Top 14, Japan ?

 

[mikail-eagle]

Is it though? Players get deregistered for all sorts of things. NRL aren't stopping them going to a competitor to play their trade, they are just not allowing them back if they go.

Players will still be able to earn big money in other Union domestic leagues and potentially Superleague.

100% correct.
And the NRL would not have come up with the 10 year ban policy without the support of all the NRL Clubs.
Th only way the restraint of trade scenario may get tested in court is if one of the Clubs breaks ranks and tries to sign one of the R360 players back to the NRL.
But if all the NRL Clubs don't blink and not make any moves or show interest to sign any R360 player back then restraint of trade scenario may not need to be tested in court.

Correct me if I'm wrong on this.

 

[mikail-eagle]

Is the NRL just banning players who go to R360 or is this whole of Rugby Union i.e. Wallabies, Top 14, Japan ?

Its just for R360.

 

[Dark Corner]

Its just for R360.

It's a threat but it's not Rugby League comp it's a Rugby Union comp and it's not based in Australia and New Zealand but looking at the comments on X and the Roar NRL and PVL are getting stick which I don't see why as he has a job to in the NRL and fair play to him.

 

[Perth Red]

100% correct.
And the NRL would not have come up with the 10 year ban policy without the support of all the NRL Clubs.
Th only way the restraint of trade scenario may get tested in court is if one of the Clubs breaks ranks and tries to sign one of the R360 players back to the NRL.
But if all the NRL Clubs don't blink and not make any moves or show interest to sign any R360 player back then restraint of trade scenario may not need to be tested in court.

Correct me if I'm wrong on this.

Nope, a player can claim that no one is willing to to sign him becuase of this edict and therefore it’s a restraint of trade. We saw it with ARL and it was overturned by the courts.

 

[mikail-eagle]

Nope, a player can claim that no one is willing to to sign him becuase of this edict and therefore it’s a restraint of trade. We saw it with ARL and it was overturned by the courts.

Okay thanks. I stand corrected if that is the case.

 

[Perth Red]

Good strong move by PVL

Those who are against the NRL defending their ground or decrying this as 'union behaviour' should go buy a phone, call their own number and have a fücking word with themselves

Did you consider it fair that union imposed life bans on players who switched codes to league?

 

[shadowformz]

Awkward truth in mysterious R360 clause; why rival’s Bellamy bid defies belief — Crawls

Awkward truth in mysterious R360 clause; why rival’s Bellamy bid defies belief — Crawls

www.foxsports.com.au

 

[BuffaloRules]

But if all the NRL Clubs don't blink and not make any moves or show interest to sign any R360 player back then restraint of trade scenario may not need to be tested in court.

Correct me if I'm wrong on this.

I made the same point yesterday ….

Technically you may well be correct … but have you followed the NRL long ? When it comes to the actions of clubs, Self interest is king … if someone like Haas or Cleary went to 360 and then wanted to return to the NRL ..any gentlemen’s agreement wouldn’t last a New York minute ..and the clubs fans where they went to would be laughing at the rest of the league