Rumours and Stuff

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

On Brown vs Papali'i, Brown passed 6 times, plus an offload, Papali'i zero passes and 1 offload ( champion data )

And Brown does have a decent passing game. I wouldn't be giving up him on the evidence of one f**king game.

Come on, it's not like this lot would go off after a single game. That clutz Gutherson was shithouse in his debut.

 

[Bandwagon]

Come on, it's not like this lot would go off after a single game. That clutz Gutherson was shithouse in his debut.

.........and that f**king haircut, what the f**k was he thinking.

 

[Bandwagon]

Double ffs.

 

[Eelementary]

He would. But it's not just about the money. And he's definitely not playing origin if his team if going shithouse.

Absolutely.

And for that reason, I am confident he will stay with us.

 

[Gronk]

Special deal for Uncle NIck.

 

[Gronk]

^^^^ Interesting comments by Gus on his podcast last week. He said that if he was in charge he'd make it 21 min age to play NRL.

That would protect the kids, not burn them out and create an elite 2nd tier competition where these gun kids can play against men and dominate, if they're good enough.

 

[TheRam]

^^^^ Interesting comments by Gus on his podcast last week. He said that if he was in charge he'd make it 21 min age to play NRL.

That would protect the kids, not burn them out and create an elite 2nd tier competition where these gun kids can play against men and dominate, if they're good enough.

Maybe the better ones would then get the sh*ts and go to Rugby, or their managers would encourage them to. To many sharks in the sea mate.

 

[hineyrulz]

Maybe the better ones would then get the sh*ts and go to Rugby, or their managers would encourage them to. To many sharks in the sea mate.

Agreed mate, the good kids won’t wait. I mean this Suali kid doesn’t even want to wait till he’s 18. It will only help Rugby which is almost pushing up daisies in this country.

 

[Gronk]

Maybe the better ones would then get the sh*ts and go to Rugby, or their managers would encourage them to. To many sharks in the sea mate.

I see merit in both sides.

 

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

Maybe the better ones would then get the sh*ts and go to Rugby, or their managers would encourage them to. To many sharks in the sea mate.

That's right. Either clubs will have to pay them a lot of money to play reserve grade, or the players will go where they can get paid.

 

[Incorrect]

I see merit in both sides.

No surprises there Mr rah rah

 

[TheRam]

I see merit in both sides.

What is good for RL and the gifted young player is what we have now with the flexibility of exemptions as what has happened with the Suaalii case.

I think we have got it just right on this one.

 

[Gronk]

No surprises there Mr rah rah

The merit on both sides are that they play in an elite reggies comp until they're 21 OR they play em when they are good enough.

I never said that rugby picking the eyes out of the NRL kids was a good thing FFS. Ugh

 

[hindy111]

I see merit in both sides.

I would set some sort of system like USA does with sport. Rookie contracts for first 2- 3yrs with MAX earning capacity. It gives clubs a little power to be able to see if worth paying up for. Stefano is a great example. M.Burton another.

And sure a few 18ylds may go to rugby and rot. But majority will accept it. By the time they are 20/21 they are able to make the big $$
Prior its perhaps a 200k Max contract.

 

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

I see merit in both sides.

I just don't think it's something you can reverse engineer a hundred or so years after the game develops. The College footy / NFL thing (sort of) works in the states, because NFL was an extension of College Football (not the other way round), and the separation of College and senior sports is 'the norm'. Each have their own fanbase (that name still makes me shudder). I just don't see how we'd fund an elite level U21 / Reggies comp that would the best players. Absolutely nobody would be making money out of the arrangement.

 

[IFR33K]

Don’t know where to ask, but would I be able to use my season tickets for this weeks match?

 

[Noise]

Don’t know where to ask, but would I be able to use my season tickets for this weeks match?

Yep.

 

[Gronk]

Don’t know where to ask, but would I be able to use my season tickets for this weeks match?

You can actually sit in your seat too.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Maybe the better ones would then get the sh*ts and go to Rugby, or their managers would encourage them to. To many sharks in the sea mate.

Yep. Authoritarian utopia is only possible if you eliminate the competition.

 

[Angry_eel]

If someone wants to gamble with their life and body by 18, who can stop them? Most footy player struggle past 31 but squads change so fast now that most 18 year olds won't be playing NRL by 25 so I think it's ok to let them play and earn some coin by 25. Then they can be butchers or real estate agents.