Re: Wire game stats : Thu Sep 11, 2014 9:03 pm  

St pete wrote:

So why is the standard so bad now ?

It's the money in the NRL. A few of the best British players are now playing in Australia, and quality Aussies who used to finish their careers over here are now staying put. It does at least mean that more young kids are getting a chance, though.

Re: Wire game stats : Thu Sep 11, 2014 9:14 pm  

Dux wrote:

It's the money in the NRL. A few of the best British players are now playing in Australia, and quality Aussies who used to finish their careers over here are now staying put. It does at least mean that more young kids are getting a chance, though.

Totally agree. The sad thing is, with some decent rulings, we could do a lot to redress the balance with massively over inflating prices for clubs:

-increase the cap £2m, it's not much, but creates space for another quality signing.
-introduce the home grown cap where all home grown players only count for upto 100k on the cap, with further reductions for England knights and England caps
-reduce the overseas quota from 7 to 5 (and eventually 3) which will force clubs into recruiting quality from abroad as opposed to quantity, and thus bringing more kids through for depth...

Re: Wire game stats : Fri Sep 12, 2014 5:49 am  

Dux wrote:

It's the money in the NRL. A few of the best British players are now playing in Australia, and quality Aussies who used to finish their careers over here are now staying put. It does at least mean that more young kids are getting a chance, though.

I can't see the fact 4 burgess brothers and James Graham are in the NRL can make so much difference to how poor this league has gone.

Maybe we just not producing players like we once was.

Re: Wire game stats : Fri Sep 12, 2014 7:23 am  

St pete wrote:

I can't see the fact 4 burgess brothers and James Graham are in the NRL can make so much difference to how poor this league has gone.

Maybe we just not producing players like we once was.

Its the second part of Dux's post that carries the real weight. There's no Kevin Iro, there's no Darren Albert, Darren Britt, Darren Smith, Sean Hoppe, Willie Talau, Caylass or David Fairleigh.