Waratahs 2015
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Apparently we should have given him a Wallaby top up contract after the Basic Skills Test in year 9.
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David Wilson (68)
I don't that was the point. He was a league junior, who was recruited to a GPS school where he played rugby and when given the choice after school chose league over union. The Waratahs did try to recruit him, they just weren't successful.
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Billy Sheehan (19)
Wait up fellas, I think I'm being misinterpreted. What I mean is that League teams seem to be recruiting players into paying contracts from ages as young as 17-18 with a minimum yearly salary of $80,000. Rugby Union hasn't nearly enough cash to compete with that which is why athletes like Angus Crighton, Tepai Moeroa and Ta'ane Milne all have Contracts with league clubs. To get a professional Union contract, young talent must brave and impress in Colts and Shute shield before any Teams even notice they exist. I dont care if its GPS, CAS or bloody Penrith high school If there are talented players out there Australian Rugby badly needs depth
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David Wilson (68)
It all comes back to money. There's more money in the NRL for a 19 year old kid than in rugby.
But I agree with your general point.
That's not entirely true.
Campbell Magnay is fresh out of school and has a contract with the Reds.
I'm not sure if there were any other school leavers signed straight out of high school this year but generally there are a few.
Hooper got a contract straight out of high school a few years ago.
It's true that the best football players straight out of high school are offered more money in the NRL than in rugby union but to say that players must play colts and grade before any super rugby side has a look at them is completely untrue.
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Charlie Fox (21)
The point is I think, there are 16 odd NRL clubs with feeder teams and U20s who are all staffed by professional players and coaches. Rugby doesn't offer anywhere near the same level of opportunity at a professional level.
If you want to pursue a career as a professional rugby player of either code, you'll always have more opportunity in league
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If you want to pursue a career as a professional rugby player of either code, you'll always have more opportunity in league
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David Wilson (68)
Certainly in the foreseeable future. Rugby has made advances recently, but until public and corporate support for the code grows there will never be enough to compete with other professional football codes in Australia.
Brendan Hume
Charlie Fox (21)
There's nowhere to go once they've finished school though Pfitzy. League and Afl have a 90 year head start on their professional structures. I'm not sure that rugby will ever catch up in Australia. We'll still have good footy players and might continue to make small gains in the community game - the future of the NRC is a nice addition for development but compared to these other codes we're not even close. It's not a lot different to Rugby pre-1995, pretty much everyone except the Super Rugby squad needs a job with a very understanding boss if you want to get to the next level.
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Ken Catchpole (46)
I got very irritated with the commentators continually providing excuses for dropped balls. The players were simply trying to do too much too early in the catch-play on process.
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Arch Winning (36)
That's incorrect he played both club and rep union as well as league before being recruited to newington .
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I'm not sure what the argument is...
Yeah it would have been great if the Tahs had signed him, but they didn't... They were beaten to the punch by an NRL side which was able to offer more both financially and in terms of playing opportunity(Toyota Cup).
Yeah it would have been great if the Tahs had signed him, but they didn't... They were beaten to the punch by an NRL side which was able to offer more both financially and in terms of playing opportunity(Toyota Cup).
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Nathan Sharpe (72)
Come back when you're 30, 40 and 50.
Instant gratification is not all its cracked up to be.
Instant gratification is not all its cracked up to be.
Pfitzy
Nathan Sharpe (72)
Yes they do - the good ones go to Super Rugby, the second rank go to Sydney Uni, and the rest of Premier Rugby gets what is left
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Allen Oxlade (6)
A league club was paying the school fees of a bloke in my class at a GPS school 25 years ago. I doubt it was a new phenomenon at the time.
If they already have a financial relationship from the time the kid is 15 or 16, there's hardly a lot of incentive for him to change to union when he leaves school, particularly if he's looking at the money drying up for a couple of years while he looks for a grade, nrc or super rugby contract.
If they already have a financial relationship from the time the kid is 15 or 16, there's hardly a lot of incentive for him to change to union when he leaves school, particularly if he's looking at the money drying up for a couple of years while he looks for a grade, nrc or super rugby contract.
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David Wilson (68)
But league was always his first sport.
I don't know, they poach plenty from the lessor schools with scholarships, so it ends up like a elite development pathway. The other real pathway is just as elite within the selective sports high schools
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