Rugby Australia to target top NRL talent - Lomax case settled

[ayatollah_murdoch]

All Blacks great Michael Jones says rugby union losing 'hearts and minds' to league

His comments came just before the Moana Pasifika Super Rugby team said it would fold unless new investors came in.

www.rnz.co.nz

 

[Wb1234]

 

[CAS]

That's what i love about Rugby Union folk, Arrogance and a reluctance to look at facts, that Area apparently are all Union Nuts and NOT turning to Rugby League because they prefer it, but because they feel abandoned, utter bollox, keep thinking you rule the world guys, maybe go back to banning people again to help.

 

[taste2taste]

The Aus government is about to give Fijiian, Tongan and Samoa Rugby Union 150 million of Aus tax payers dollars.

You can't make this stuff up.

 

[taste2taste]

If NZ best players go to league it would at least make Bledisloe games competitive.

Australian players not good enough to make the NRL
Vs
NZ players not good enough to make the NRL

 

[marlins2.0]

That's what i love about Rugby Union folk, Arrogance and a reluctance to look at facts, that Area apparently are all Union Nuts and NOT turning to Rugby League because they prefer it, but because they feel abandoned, utter bollox, keep thinking you rule the world guys, maybe go back to banning people again to help.

Tana Umaga is a Leaguie at heart. Was on contract with Newcastle but got homesick, then rugby went "professional" (read - decided to pay tax).

 

[Murishido]

The Aus government is about to give Fijiian, Tongan and Samoa Rugby Union 150 million of Aus tax payers dollars.

You can't make this stuff up.

Well we are giving png 600m for rugby league so 3 countries getting 150m combined for union seems unders

 

[Last Week]

Well we are giving png 600m for rugby league so 3 countries getting 150m combined for union seems unders

The GDP of PNG is more than 3 times the GDP of Tonga, Samoa and Fiji combined.

If we're talking investment, PNG is easily the obvious choice. Particularly given their natural resources.