Why don't we ever "raid" Union?

[Wb1234]

So he should be publicly flogged because he wants to play fullback? FMD how many players over the years have moved club because they wanted to play a certain position (typically a spine position)?
Look I understand it’s disappointing he’s leaving but the over reaction is getting beyond ridiculous. To suggest he should be kicked out of the game immediately like Gus alluded to is just idiotic but tracks with Gould’s history of sacking people mid contract

He’s getting 1.6 million pa

a few negative comments is something he can deal with I guess

I hope he never comes back League isn’t a doormat

I’m not disappointed at all

what he has done shows his character

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Just waiting on this rugger bugger boss to tell us his he's opening the war chest.

Union is so far down the pecking order of Australian sport it's laughable and he thinks this will give them relevance.

 

[Wb1234]

What does it matter exactly? Karmichael Hunt and Izzy went to AFL expansion franchises that were based in RL heartlands and people weren’t asking for them to be kicked out and black listed. Most people understood they signed for money and accepted that, but with Suualii that notion is not accepted and people are treating him like he’s committed high treason and should be locked up

Folau wasn’t mocked ? Whaaaat ?

 

[Wb1234]

Just waiting on this rugger bugger boss to tell us his he's opening the war chest.

Union is so far down the pecking order of Australian sport it's laughable and he thinks this will give them relevance.

Average nrl game 710k viewers
Average super rugby game 20k viewers

 

[Chief_Chujo]

What does it matter exactly? Karmichael Hunt and Izzy went to AFL expansion franchises that were based in RL heartlands and people weren’t asking for them to be kicked out and black listed. Most people understood they signed for money and accepted that, but with Suualii that notion is not accepted and people are treating him like he’s committed high treason and should be locked up

Nah don't agree. Plenty called for both being moved out of the game immediately. But they weren't and the AFL got plenty of advertising out of it. Sure it meant nothing in the long run but why give these vulture codes an opportunity? If you want to sign our kids to try ride the coattails we need to send a message that we nip it in the bud.

 

[Gobsmacked]

Here's an interesting take.. for the next year and a half union guys will be watching League...

 

[Wb1234]

Nah don't agree. Plenty called for both being moved out of the game immediately. But they weren't and the AFL got plenty of advertising out of it. Sure it meant nothing in the long run but why give these vulture codes an opportunity? If you want to sign our kids to try ride the coattails we need to send a message that we nip it in the bud.

The boss of rugby australia doesn’t even know his star recruit is a league junior

 

[aqua_duck]

Folau wasn’t mocked ? Whaaaat ?

As I said most people understood it was about money and that was the context it was portrayed with. With Suualii most people aren’t even trying to see it as him taking the money but about how morally corrupt he is and how he’s committing high treason.

 

[Chief_Chujo]

The boss of rugby australia doesn’t even know his star recruit is a league junior

Because the story in the media is they're from union schools. Completely ignores that they are league kids sent to gps schools on league funded scholarships.

 

[Chief_Chujo]

As I said most people understood it was about money and that was the context it was portrayed with. With Suualii most people aren’t even trying to see it as him taking the money but about how morally corrupt he is and how he’s committing high treason.

Again, no one, is disparaging the kid for taking the money. But decisions don't happen in a vacuum.

 

[Wb1234]

Here's an interesting take.. for the next year and a half union guys will be watching League..

ok our ratings go up now by five people

most union fans already watch nrl anyway

Because the story in the media is they're from union schools. Completely ignores that they are league kids sent to gps schools on league funded scholarships.

dopes are still calling Wally Lewis a union junior

 

[Gobsmacked]

Australia: David Campese slams Rugby Australia over Joseph Suaalii deal

Wallabies great David Campese took aim at Rugby Australia over the message their big-money signing of league teenager Joseph Suaalii sends to young players.

www.planetrugby.com

 

[Wb1234]

As I said most people understood it was about money and that was the context it was portrayed with. With Suualii most people aren’t even trying to see it as him taking the money but about how morally corrupt he is and how he’s committing high treason.

Falou copped way more flak than suaaali

his only saving grace was he almost bankrupted the aru so it ended up even

 

[aqua_duck]

Nah don't agree. Plenty called for both being moved out of the game immediately. But they weren't and the AFL got plenty of advertising out of it. Sure it meant nothing in the long run but why give these vulture codes an opportunity? If you want to sign our kids to try ride the coattails we need to send a message that we nip it in the bud.

Your issue is you’re so protective and insecure about rugby league it’s bordering on obsessive. I do watch rugby union on occasion but for me league will always be a better product and hence I’m not concern about union or AFL killing league

 

[Wb1234]

Your issue is you’re so protective and insecure about rugby league it’s bordering on obsessive. I do watch rugby union on occasion but for me league will always be a better product and hence I’m not concern about union or AFL killing league

Union did basically kill rugby league in France so there’s that

 

[aqua_duck]

Union did basically kill rugby league in France so there’s that

Let’s be honest that was as much as result of bad administration and lack of a truly strong professional comp as much as it was about rugby union. Rugby League is far too established in Australia and particularly Sydney for rugby union to make a significant dent

 

[Chief_Chujo]

Let’s be honest that was as much as result of bad administration and lack of a truly strong professional comp as much as it was about rugby union. Rugby League is far too established in Australia and particularly Sydney for rugby union to make a significant dent

f**king what? It was union literally teaming up with Nazis to ban the game and take all it's assets. "Bad administration" f**king read up mate.

 

[BODISGOD]

France somehow managed to host the inaugural RLWC (with attendances of c. 20k per game) and get to the final yet we are supposed to believe the game was killed a decade earlier. They also managed to get to the 1968 final somehow, after apparently being killed a quarter of a century earlier.

 

[BODISGOD]

Here's an interesting take.. for the next year and a half union guys will be watching League...

SBW returning to league resulted in Sky Sports in the U.K. getting interested in the NRL again and brought more of an international audience.

 

[Chief_Chujo]

France somehow managed to host the inaugural RLWC (with attendances of c. 20k per game) and get to the final yet we are supposed to believe the game was killed a decade earlier. They also managed to get to the 1968 final somehow, after apparently being killed a quarter of a century earlier.

Did union align with the Nazis in France to ban league and take all its assets? Simple question with an answer already proven but let's see if you can admit it.