Rugby Australia to target top NRL talent

[mave]

Doggies fans wishing these merkins would also poach coaches.

 

[Brutus]

Tyson Gamble and Tom Humble in a 5 million dollar package deal.

 

[Colk]

Have they brought out the "third biggest sporting event on the planet" tripe yet?
I reckon people in Australia, and the world, are more interested in the Womens Soccer World Cup than this shyte.

Come on mate who wouldn’t look forward to Ireland vs Romania or Namibia vs Argentina

 

[Foreign Legion]

Ha yes, the SMH has been calling it the 3rd biggest event on the planet.

Now, I'm no expert but off the top of my head the following events would all generate more money and more viewer's worldwide...Summer Olympics, Winter Olympics, Football World Cup, Football Euros, Cricket World Cup, Cricket 20/20 World Cup, Fiba Basketball World cup ( if only for the Interest from the American and Chinese market )

Uhm what about the AFL International Series, the greatest sporting event on planet earth

 

[soc123_au]

Is Rugby still a thing?

 

[I Bleed Maroon]

You gotta stop with these backhanded compliments, ARU. You're simply too kind.

 

[Diesel]

I was of the understanding that you had to have money to poach players

 

[gerg]

Australian Rugger, just a hint if you're looking to open the war chest.

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Best second 5/8 in the game.

 

[The Great Dane]

Who gives a shit... They can poach away all they like, no one is bigger than the game in RL.

If they take a star that will provide a gap that another player will fill, and it will keep going so on and so forth until they've run out of money.

If they were smart they'd invest that money into improving and marketing their game and the grassroots, but maybe I shouldn't be giving them ideas.

 

[Perth Red]

Good let them waste their money on a couple of nrl players. Maybe Folau and Hunt are still available? worked for afl signing them lol

 

[The Penguin #6.]

The whole thing is so rugby. They have a bit of good news and it goes straight to their big heads and they start big-noting themselves - they never learn.
n.b. super rugby getting to the point end now, Kiwis stop coasting and all Oz teams lose.

 

[Wb1234]

Ponga
Crichton
Suaali
Keary

any of them would kill it for the wallabies.

 

[JamesRustle]

Ha yes, the SMH has been calling it the 3rd biggest event on the planet.

Now, I'm no expert but off the top of my head the following events would all generate more money and more viewer's worldwide...Summer Olympics, Winter Olympics, Football World Cup, Football Euros, Cricket World Cup, Cricket 20/20 World Cup, Fiba Basketball World cup ( if only for the Interest from the American and Chinese market )

Honestly, my AGBs are regularly bigger events than the RWC.

 

[JamesRustle]

Ponga
Crichton
Suaali
Keary

any of them would kill it for the wallabies.

Didn't they sign a winger from Melbourne a few years back who became the Wallabies best player.... a f**king winger!

 

[_Johnsy]

As per usual RU is in the news again with a link to the NRL. it's the only way they grab media attention. Surely the yawnion death knell is imminent. Or they may well be happy being the 4th ranking football code in Oz. If so credit to them, at least they know their place.

 

[mongoose]

Who gives a shit... They can poach away all they like, no one is bigger than the game in RL.

If they take a star that will provide a gap that another player will fill, and it will keep going so on and so forth until they've run out of money.

If they were smart they'd invest that money into improving and marketing their game and the grassroots, but maybe I shouldn't be giving them ideas.

yep, last time they raided us, these players all made their debuts a year or 2 later

Thurston
Smith
Slater
SBW
Benji
K. Hunt
+ many more

 

[Wb1234]

As per usual RU is in the news again with a link to the NRL. it's the only way they grab media attention. Surely the yawnion death knell is imminent. Or they may well be happy being the 4th ranking football code in Oz. If so credit to them, at least they know their place.

Yeh

the announcement they had won the World Cup for very little media attention on its own

 

[zombiebloodlust]

I've heard this song before.

In the intervening decades, rugby league *almost* managed to build a decent international scene which would've completely removed any hint of attraction for a player to Yawnion. Shame they squandered it

 

[Wb1234]

Rothfield has an article saying nrl Star says no to union. The photo shows suaali

 

[The_Frog]

If Suaali has said no, it just means they haven't offered him enough.