Angus Bell, Rob Leota, Alan Ala'alatoa, Fraser McReight & Tate McDermott all to re-sign through to the Lions tour.
Some of the Wallabies’ biggest headline acts will put pen to paper over the coming days, as Rugby Australia puts their proposed contracting model…
www.theroar.com.au
That article mentions the new contracting arrangement has stalled.
Paraphrasing:
"Players will have more freedom to choose which team they play for as they're signed by RA and not to a franchise" but then later in the article "RA will have the power to move players to other teams if that team is stacked in a particular position".
Probably a bit of semantics around which players will be given the opportunity to choose and which players will be told what to do per their contract.
It will definitely make for an interesting period and open a few cans of worms. For example, Taniela Tupou, despite what is being said in the media, would likely have packed up and left the Reds if given open slather to pick which franchise to play for. The Reds aren't exactly flush with props though to step up so would leave them in a pickle. But this is what RA want?