adamkungl
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Stopping Folau from signing from with Parra was one of the most disgraceful fu**ups the game has ever come up with.
It was disgraceful. An absolute mess and thank god Schubert lost his job shortly after.
True but sbw laid the way and we just have to live with the fact that money talks, rather than hate on it get on the front foot with it and use it to lure the best players of any code to NRL. I'm sure his experience of the RUWC wasn't what he thought it would be and was also a factor.
Whinge all we want, until RL offers international opportunities at least in the same ballpark as RU it will continue.
Some people think Internationals have no meaningful future for the NRL's prosperity, but they couldn't be further from the truth. They compare to the NFL, and say that should be our aim. But it's not a valid comparison. The NFL is not only the only major contact football sport in the US, but it's the only sport of it's kind in the world. There is no competition for it's athletes. An NFL star can't pack up and go to France for bigger money or opportunity.
Which is why the only valid comparison for Rugby League is Union. We should aim to be playing test matches in front of big crowds all over Aus, NZ, the UK, France, Ireland, and eventually further. Because that's the draw that pulls our best athletes away from the NRL.