Re: Canberra Signing : Mon Jun 22, 2020 11:05 am  

Itchy Arsenal wrote:

Rushton is potentially an excellent prospect
and I agree 100% that this is very worrying indeed
I wonder why Canberra seem almost obsessed with British players?

It is a cunning plan by IL and the Canberra District Rugby League Football Club ltd to convert The Canberra Raiders into The Wigan Raiders

[Pemps]

Re: Canberra Signing : Mon Jun 22, 2020 11:12 am  

Rogues Gallery wrote:

It's happened before with Saints and Leeds. Saints lost Levy Nzoungou and Andre Savelio, Leeds with Mason Tonks and Jordan Baldwinson.
None of them really made it over there which should be a warning to most young players.

The players you've mentioned above were all established 1st teamers over here.

Didn't Matty Russell go over there too?

Re: Canberra Signing : Mon Jun 22, 2020 11:41 am  

Pemps wrote:

Didn't Matty Russell go over there too?

Yes he did.

Re: Canberra Signing : Mon Jun 22, 2020 9:11 pm  

Rogues Gallery wrote:

It's happened before with Saints and Leeds. Saints lost Levy Nzoungou and Andre Savelio, Leeds with Mason Tonks and Jordan Baldwinson.
None of them really made it over there which should be a warning to most young players.

The players you've mentioned above were all established 1st teamers over here.

Keith Mason and Ian Sibbitt also

Re: Canberra Signing : Tue Jun 23, 2020 12:41 pm  

Chris Thorman

Re: Canberra Signing : Tue Jun 23, 2020 1:54 pm  

Richie Mathers

Re: Canberra Signing : Tue Jun 23, 2020 2:19 pm  

Jordan Tansey

Re: Canberra Signing : Tue Jun 23, 2020 2:50 pm  

Phil Wilkinson has said Rushton is leaning towards going. It seems a pretty big gamble to me for a kid I think would’ve got a debut here this season and had a sniff of getting plenty of games for our first team in 2021.

Re: Canberra Signing : Tue Jun 23, 2020 2:54 pm  

Mathers and Tansey were already established 1st team players, Rushton isn't.

The only ones I can think of who are comparable are the Burgess twins?

Re: Canberra Signing : Wed Jun 24, 2020 8:39 am  

Moley reporting that rushton has signed a 3 year deal with the raiders today. Good luck to him, big move for a young lad