TheRam
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NRL BLIND TO SUCCESS OF ISLANDERS
IMAGINE if Semi Radradra was still paddling a canoe. If rather than igniting the NRL, rather than creating the greatest feel good story of 2014, this Parramatta flyer was back home in Fiji commuting between mainland footy games and that little island where he and his hardworking parents farm kava.
Would seem a waste, right?
So why is it the NRL refuses to financially support Brad Fittlers blueprint for not only improving Fijian rugby league, but bringing more Islanders like the leading NRL tryscorer Down Under?
Twice Fittler and good mate Andrew Johns have walked into League Central asking for help with their project. Twice theyve been knocked back. And so, from their own pockets, the pair pay for all flights, accommodation and coaching clinic costs.
Hosting fundraisers, visiting schools, changing lives.
And having already unearthed Penrith flyer Eto Nabuli, the pair now have two more youngsters they insist will walk straight into the NRL. Instead, they work farms. Seems a waste, right?
http://www.news.com.au/sport/nrl/pa...-yellow-and-blue/story-fndv34of-1226890086676
As much as things change, things just stay the same. :crazy:
What a bunch of losers. And these guys have the hide to call themselves custodians of our game.
IMAGINE if Semi Radradra was still paddling a canoe. If rather than igniting the NRL, rather than creating the greatest feel good story of 2014, this Parramatta flyer was back home in Fiji commuting between mainland footy games and that little island where he and his hardworking parents farm kava.
Would seem a waste, right?
So why is it the NRL refuses to financially support Brad Fittlers blueprint for not only improving Fijian rugby league, but bringing more Islanders like the leading NRL tryscorer Down Under?
Twice Fittler and good mate Andrew Johns have walked into League Central asking for help with their project. Twice theyve been knocked back. And so, from their own pockets, the pair pay for all flights, accommodation and coaching clinic costs.
Hosting fundraisers, visiting schools, changing lives.
And having already unearthed Penrith flyer Eto Nabuli, the pair now have two more youngsters they insist will walk straight into the NRL. Instead, they work farms. Seems a waste, right?
http://www.news.com.au/sport/nrl/pa...-yellow-and-blue/story-fndv34of-1226890086676
As much as things change, things just stay the same. :crazy:
What a bunch of losers. And these guys have the hide to call themselves custodians of our game.