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He does so regularly... and enjoys it.
He didn’t come from union he grew up in Quakers Hill and played league , went to St Pats Blacktown in year 7 which is a massive league nursery, and was offered a scholarship to Kings the following year, where they have to play union for the school.
seems pretty standard for many of the players claimed as union juniors
True , I like to correct people that regurgitate the false shit they hear from the media
There was a big article in the smh a few months ago about how NRL clubs pay for kids to go to GPS schools on the understanding they come back to the NRL club once they've finshed school. I read the article 5 times and couldn't understand why NRL clubs do this and what is in if for them ??
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Let's not lose our manners in here. Her name is Lisa Wilkinson
Cross-code coin not enough to lure Tolutau Koula away from Manly
The Tongan international said he had no hesitations extending his contract with the Sea Eagles, the club he has called home for the past five years.www.smh.com.au
Sorry, I'm not a subscriber to the smh, can't cut and paste this one.
Jones is no fool and makes a lot of sense there"Yeah, we've got about three or four that are ready to sign mate, big names too, big names -- I can't tell you now [who they are] " Jones told The Breakdown with a grin.
"I think it adds to the competitive tension. If you open the Daily Telegraph in Sydney, you've got to go to the last page, and even the last page now has probably got lawn bowls on it now instead of rugby.
"So we need to get rugby back competing as a winter sport. And by signing a guy like Suaali'i, it helps that. If we sign two or three others, it'll help that and it'll also show kids [what's available].
"A lot of the kids now go to a big private school and by the time they're 15, if they're good, if they're good readers of the game, they catch and pass - they've got a Rabbitohs contract or a Roosters contract in front of them.
"And the inevitability of that is hard to stop because we're competing against 17 clubs that all have the recruitment budget of Rugby Australia. So we've got to get some of those players back and ideally we keep more of them at a young age, which we have to do, but then to get a few of them back after they've done an apprenticeship in rugby league is fantastic."
Eddie: 'Big names' ready to jump codes from NRL
He may be deep into preparations for Australia's Rugby Championship campaign, but that hasn't stopped Wallabies coach Eddie Jones hinting that his rugby league recruitment drive has ended with Joseph Suaali'i.
Jones is a master at playing the media, he knows that out of Suaaliis 5mil contract Rugby has gained more than that in front page news advertising. He would have loved Suaallii being picked for SOO, it would have been 80 minutes of free prime time advertising.
This would be huge for the NRL, a few weeks ago McLennon declared Rugby would " blow the Broncos out of the water" with thier offer.
A lot more end to end action in bowls and the old fellas with their schooners move a lot quicker than the fat slugs lying all over the ball in one of their many borefest ruck and mauls.Jones is a master at playing the media, he knows that out of Suaaliis 5mil contract Rugby has gained more than that in front page news advertising. He would have loved Suaallii being picked for SOO, it would have been 80 minutes of free prime time advertising.
Jones is right about 1 thing, Lawn bowls gets more media attention than Rugby
The bit about kids in private schools being offered rugby league contracts if they are half decent just isn't true
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Slaughtered by a second string Boks team with calls for him being dropped from the team. A blinder.
