Rugby Australia to target top NRL talent

[Perth Red]

maybe get his wife to back the WA NRL team just to spite him

Haha that would be funny!

 

[Valheru]

Assuming Suaalli stays next season does Toupu go to NSW cup ?

I can't see him staying in the NRL, you'd have to be certified insane to turn your back on 1.6m.

By next season do you mean 2024? The 1.6m in rugby doesn't start to 2025. I previously was at the forefront of calling for sualli to be released early but that looks very unlikely now with momo, Paulo and Allen all leaving.

To answer your question no idea... sualli can't play centre, that was a proven disaster so yeah 3 does not go on to 2 with toops, young and sualli. The original plan before he signed for rugby was toops to be let go but they gave him a 1 year deal. If sualli was to reneg we might be looking at a toops retirement given the club has been very quiet on his injury but that is pure conjecture from me.

 

[Valheru]

Not with that guaranteed bag and no expectations. He can f**k around all he wants, nobody cares about RU in this country.

I think it's the absolute worst decision for his career. I get the money aspect but who knows how he comes back from rugby and what the NRL will look like in 2028

 

[Valheru]

What he can be? A middle of the road winger?

If that makes you feel better. He is 20 years old and if you can't see his potential then I can't help you.

Yeah centre was a disaster and not for him but wing until his mid 20s and then FB is the obvious progression.

 

[Perth Red]

I think it's the absolute worst decision for his career. I get the money aspect but who knows how he comes back from rugby and what the NRL will look like in 2028

Likely a club 18 will be throwing money around that year trying to sign players.

 

[taste2taste]

I think it's the absolute worst decision for his career. I get the money aspect but who knows how he comes back from rugby and what the NRL will look like in 2028

Thats not a bad piont, The NRL cap will be somewhere around 20m in 2030, if Suaallii goes to Rugby and disappears on a loosing team he won't get much interest from NRL or European rugby when he comes off contract in 2027, if he stays and takes less now over the long run he could end up better off. Even so, I think there's Buckley's he'll stay in the nrl.

 

[Wb1234]

Premiership Rugby sees losses double to reach UK£36m for 2021/22 season - SportsPro

English rugby union's Premiership top-flight cites CVC investment deal as the main factor in losses shown in the latest accounts.

www.sportspromedia.com

 

[Chins get the wins]

If that makes you feel better. He is 20 years old and if you can't see his potential then I can't help you.

Yeah centre was a disaster and not for him but wing until his mid 20s and then FB is the obvious progression.

I feel fantastic we have 5 or 6 better in our system alone

 

[Valheru]

I feel fantastic we have 5 or 6 better in our system alone

Sure you do

This is one of the few threads not about PENRITH. Sorry if that offends you.

 

[Chins get the wins]

Sure you do

This is one of the few threads not about PENRITH. Sorry if that offends you.

Of course the thread is about PENRITH! if the ARU want League's best players

 

[bazza]

Sure you do

This is one of the few threads not about PENRITH. Sorry if that offends you.

Sadly, Joseph grew up in Penrith

 

[Captain Apollo]

Lmao Yeh I rate Sam Walker even more

is fittlers kid a 6? Whose your halves in lower grades to look out for

We've had some good players in SG Ball and Jersey Flegg, but they were signed away by the Warriors (i.e. Ronald Volkman) and the Raiders. Jake Elliott (five eight) and Cassius Tia (half) lead the Jersey Flegg team to a GF loss against the bulldogs last weekend.

Toby Rodwell is the half in the Harold Matthews squad who's regarded highly.

Zach Fittler, Brad's son, was in the Harold Matthews squad this year too. He plays in the forwards, either at lock or the second row. He and Rodwell were joint squad captains.

 

[Perth Red]

I see the rah rahs are talking about cutting a club again lol. How sht a professional sport are You if you can’t even sustain 5 clubs?

 

[Wb1234]

I see the rah rahs are talking about cutting a club again lol. How sht a professional sport are You if you can’t even sustain 5 clubs?

Where did you read that

it should be two anyway

 

[Perth Red]

Where did you read that

it should be two anyway

Something on Facebook about not enough talent for 5 clubs if australia wants to compete at club level lol

some interesting comparative stats in this one re jnr funding and salary caps

Australian rugby has reached its lowest point. How did it get here?

Pundits had suggested a strong World Cup performance was vital for the health of the game. The horror result in France will put even more pressure on the sport to reform to stay relevant.

theconversation.com

 

[taste2taste]

The Roar is reporting the offer to Angus Crichton is closer to 500k per season. If he plays all games for the Wallabies he could earn about an extra 200k

So essentially RA are asking Angus to take a pay cut, move to Perth and get beaten every week in front of 5k fans.

He'd have to truly hate playing league to take that offer.

Revealed: Why Rugby Australia won't break the bank on Origin star, NRL chair's pot-shot at embattled code

Rugby Australia wants Angus Crichton. But the governing body won’t break the bank to secure the services of the former Schoolboys star turned household…

www.theroar.com.au

 

[Perth Red]

The Roar is reporting the offer to Angus Crichton is closer to 500k per season. If he plays all games for the Wallabies he could earn about an extra 200k

So essentially RA are asking Angus to take a pay cut, move to Perth and get beaten every week in front of 5k fans.

He'd have to truly hate playing league to take that offer.

Revealed: Why Rugby Australia won't break the bank on Origin star, NRL chair's pot-shot at embattled code

Rugby Australia wants Angus Crichton. But the governing body won’t break the bank to secure the services of the former Schoolboys star turned household…

www.theroar.com.au

I’m sure there’s a twiggy top up lol that’s probably just the ARU‘s payment,

 

[bazza]

Something on Facebook about not enough talent for 5 clubs if australia wants to compete at club level lol

some interesting comparative stats in this one re jnr funding and salary caps

Australian rugby has reached its lowest point. How did it get here?

Pundits had suggested a strong World Cup performance was vital for the health of the game. The horror result in France will put even more pressure on the sport to reform to stay relevant.

theconversation.com

They still seem to fall for the trap that a kid who plays rugby league from 6 years old then plays a few years of rugby union in high school is a "rugby union developed" player

 

[Wb1234]

Something on Facebook about not enough talent for 5 clubs if australia wants to compete at club level lol

some interesting comparative stats in this one re jnr funding and salary caps

Australian rugby has reached its lowest point. How did it get here?

Pundits had suggested a strong World Cup performance was vital for the health of the game. The horror result in France will put even more pressure on the sport to reform to stay relevant.

theconversation.com

Typical union flogs re juniors

They still seem to fall for the trap that a kid who plays rugby league from 6 years old then plays a few years of rugby union in high school is a "rugby union developed" player

How’s ponga a union junior

 

[Wb1234]

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