Rugby Australia to target top NRL talent

[Mother Nature's Son]

They should be focusing spending the money on all the juniors coming through, especially those who are playing both codes, to get them in the league pathways. Also go out into the Pacific Islands to make sure league becomes the dominant code in the South Pacific. Forget wasting millions on current Wallabies. Most of those will head OS anyway. Union will be semi professional in Australia within the decade.

From todays The Oz;

"Some development managers insist the players are right here in Australia. The NRL secondary cap sits around $750,000 but could be increased to $950,000, easing restrictions clubs face in elevating young players into the senior systems."

"Some clubs claim the talent is here but there isn’t enough room in the secondary cap for kids to go full-time.

“The solution is in our backyard. We just need to clean it up and get it ready for the party,” said one development officer.

“To say there’s not enough players is misinformed. We should be cherrypicking our good young kids. The talent is there – we just have to open the door.”

 

[Wb1234]

They should be focusing spending the money on all the juniors coming through, especially those who are playing both codes, to get them in the league pathways. Also go out into the Pacific Islands to make sure league becomes the dominant code in the South Pacific. Forget wasting millions on current Wallabies. Most of those will head OS anyway. Union will be semi professional in Australia within the decade.

They are but a higher cap means they keep them

Suaali is on 1.8 million a year he’s one of the highest paid union players in the world

An extra 2.5 million on the cap will lead to a decent increase for top level players but still can’t see wingers getting a million and that’s the players union targets

Any junior union claims as theirs will also be playing league and probably playing league first. So it’s a matter of retaining existing juniors

 

[Last Week]

If we want to hurt the ARU, target the GPS schools and get League played in there. They'll be dead in 15 years.

 

[Jonty]

Can’t find the full link but it’s basically saying salary cap will rise to 15 million per club which seems on the money and that will attract wallabies

A few current and potential all blacks would be top of my list like centre billy proctor and fullback rueben love.

 

[Jonty]

They should be focusing spending the money on all the juniors coming through, especially those who are playing both codes, to get them in the league pathways. Also go out into the Pacific Islands to make sure league becomes the dominant code in the South Pacific. Forget wasting millions on current Wallabies. Most of those will head OS anyway. Union will be semi professional in Australia within the decade.

100% this.

targeting NZ&fijian union schoolboys from say 16-18 years old allows clubs to put them into the different RL age grade competitions given them 3-4 years of league experience before going into the reserves and then NRL.

 

[Warrimoo3]

100% this.

targeting NZ&fijian union schoolboys from say 16-18 years old allows clubs to put them into the different RL age grade competitions given them 3-4 years of league experience before going into the reserves and then NRL.

Rugby Australia obsessed with ex NRL players. Les Kiss appointed new Wallabies coach. Who’d have thunk it ?

 

[T-Boon]

NRL should think about the way they go about raiding rugby.
One thing that ostracized AFL in NSW and QLD was the arsehole way they tried to expand here during those Kevin Sheedy years (Folau and that other fella from Brisbane for example). Ultimately if Rugby does continue to decline in this region NRL wants as many of the fans as possible to turn to RL rather than alternatives.

 

[Usain Bolt]

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/subscribe/news/1/?sourceCode=DTWEB_MRE170_a&dest=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailytelegraph.com.au%2Fsport%2Fnrl%2Fnrl-clubs-poised-to-launch-wallabies-raid-postworld-cup-with-new-broadcast-deal-creating-15m-war-chest%2Fnews-story%2F6655013bd6a9088dfb37976b7db74ac4&memtype=anonymous&mode=premium&v21=ULTRALOW-Segment-2-SCORE

Don’t even need to target Wallaby quality players. Will Warbrick and Moses Leo weren’t good enough to play Super Rugby and they’ve both played NRL

 

[ThornlieBear]

Those are Kiwi Rugby players.

 

[Wb1234]

The union World Cup in Australia will be an excellent audition for Union players before nrl CEOs

At a time when the new tv deal and salary cap have kicked in

 

[Jonty]

The union World Cup in Australia will be an excellent audition for Union players before nrl CEOs

At a time when the new tv deal and salary cap have kicked in

Even if they are not serious it will be enough for the ARU to sh#t the bed.

 

[ALX25]

In the space of a month Manu has gone from loving rugby and travelling the world to wanting to come home….

Why Joey Manu could be on the verge of an NRL return

The 28-year-old is considering asking for a release from his French rugby deal to return home due to family reasons.

www.smh.com.au

Dom Young release incoming. Manu back in.

 

[T to the T]

Nawaqanitawase

 

[Jonty]

Huge untapped market.

Springboks put on high alert as NRL team target 'no-brainer' offers to 'fill the pipeline'

The Springboks could be on high alert shortly with new NRL side Perth Bears looking to attract some of the best rugby talent to fill the junior pathways.

www.planetrugby.com

 

[Foreign Legion]

start at 5th minute

Huge untapped market.

Springboks put on high alert as NRL team target 'no-brainer' offers to 'fill the pipeline'

The Springboks could be on high alert shortly with new NRL side Perth Bears looking to attract some of the best rugby talent to fill the junior pathways.

www.planetrugby.com