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How many of their juniors are at other clubs ?
Not sure, like I said going through every squad and seeing where a player debuted would be the litmus test for who is really doing a good job in nrl production.. If I’m bored one day I’ll do it lol
Storm have lost a stack of juniors too to dolphins and cheese to roosters
Yeh as I’ve been Going through Storm, broncos, panthers and wests stand out as teams that have a lot of their debut players at other clubs.
From what I can see there's a range of media exposure (and general visibility) from potential bidders - and the great unknown is whether there's anyone quietly weighing up a bid but not making the noise that the Bears or Pirates or rejected "Brisbane 2" bids are.
Cronulla players are involved in the community during the summer months and hospitals and charities.That's why on a population basis 4.5% attend games on average under restricted numbers due to bldg development.Souths AFAIK do the same.
Mate that isn't true about Cronulla juniors in the top 30. Honestly Its easy to see that you are spinning things but please do not make up shit without due checking.
That's the thing about PNG, who's going to bid for that franchise? Albo and pistol Pete are the only ones interested and both may be in their roles short term.
So you don’t think a team like Penrith who have developed so many players locally should be rewarded ?, having a successful NRL team with so many home grown products certainly encourages children from that area to play rugby league.
Perth Red classes players who have made their first grade debut with clubs as juniors not where they have actually come from lol.
I look at local NRL players like Nicho Hynes (Umina Bunnies/Woy Woy Roosters), the Saifiti bros (Terrigal Sharks/Entrance Tigers), Connor Watson (Kincumber Colts), Bradman Best (Woy Woy Roosters) and Scotty Drinkwater (Terrigal Sharks) when they are on the Central Coast, they make appearances at their junior clubs’ registration days, presentation days/nights and training sessions when they are able to make it.
I'm not sure what you are driving at but I look at it this way. I support a club. The team may change players and be successful or poor but the club remains the same. I support that club because something about it identifies with me, it might be because its local, it might be the culture, it might be because my family supports it.
i have 11 more that were in our juniors or debuted with us
My mistake, I only looked at the jnr club of those that actually debuted in the nrl for the sharks. And some of the others dont have their jnr club listed, like Stonestreet.
Out of that list only Sorro was a local junior, and that is a bad miss by me.
That’s not what’s happening. Look at the nrl debut numbers I’ve posted. Clubs are generally in the 45-60% range of home grown. No one is developing all their own squad and No one is buying whole squads from other clubs.
