Who out of that list, aside from cutie, do you honestly miss? Fair dinkum, most of them come back anyway after they realise the trash football that union is.
hunt would be the last person out of that list that i miss, and the least talented. the nrl would be better off with these players, sbw brought massive hype, was a massive promotional tool for rugby league in aus and nz and also could of been one of the great kiwis, gasnier was all class and nsw dont have anyone close to his ability, gower is penrith panthers and should have never played for anyone else, mcclinden and schicofske were no great loss i agree, tuquri, sailor and rogers took a lot of publicity to rugby union and had the media in a frenzy going on about the death of rugby league. nobody in this country gave a sh*t about rugby union until these players went there, and rugby league was looked at as a feeder code. thats what sh*t me the most, the publicity league lost and union gained. yes, they may have come back, but some damage was done. i know the game is as healthy as it has ever been (until last week anyway), but it would be bigger and better still if it hadnt lost these players over the years.
Forget Gasnier as an example, when you have a backline that for most of last year had a World Cup winner in Nightingale coming off the bench, he's hardly worth considering. They're doing just fine without him.
i rate nightingale and a few of the other dragons players, but they are nowhere near the class of gasnier.
its not all doom and gloom, as i said we are in a great position, but we should be in a better position and we should be able to hold onto our best players. the nrl and rlif need to think bigger.
