A couple more for me….
1 - The saying ‘I don’t disagree’… how about you just say ‘I agree’ - but the truth is, people use this phrase when what they really mean is ‘I think you’re a dickhead, so don’t want to ever admit to agreeing with you on something, or give you credit for being right for once; but on this occasion, I do agree with you’.
2 - This dickhead that is running the ‘Rugby Australian’. He’s clearly using the Suallii signing as a promotional tool for RU, and keeps making inflammatory remarks about the NRL just to get into a media spat, to keep himself and RU in the media and feeling relevant. I think we should banish any player who signs with RU to reserves so RU get no development and no airtime from stealing RL players. I’d also say player contracts should all actually be NRL contracts, and their actual NRL contract should be for 1 year longer than their actual club deal, that way, players can’t sign on with RU on the sly to avoid being stood down. So if you sign a 3 year deal with a club for a total of $1m, it’s actually a 4 year NRL contract, and would be paid at $250k per year. If you don’t sign with another NRL club before the end of the 3 years, you’re sat not playing for 12 months on $250k. If you sign with RU 2 years into the deal; you’re in reserves and rotting for 2 years. I’m also more than happy for NRL to pay the wages for players being forced to rot, and clubs getting salary cap dispensation.
3 - National sports organisations using their country as the last part of their organisation name… ‘Rugby Australia’, ‘Team GB’… nobs