League Targets

[Sword of Justice]

Probably for the Exodus thread but what we may see from now on is that by allowing our players to go to France/Japan/etc we actually protect our player pool rather than our current mindset of them being lost. A new mindset.

 

[Derpus]

Meh - he wont go to League. Japan a far more attractive prospect.

 

[Sword of Justice]

I used to take that view as well and he may very well do that but players have familial concerns, support networks, mates etc. If there’s salary room extensions the NRL salaries will be akin to Japan.

Many here have expressed the view of ‘Tokyo over Illawarra’ or similar and frankly I agree but I have family members who have done it (lawyers, not rugby players) and they found it very isolating. I am not suggesting it’s not a wonderful country. Similarly I know of a recent former Wallaby (friend of a friend type deal) who found France very difficult with a young family.

There is a storm coming with these contracts in the NRL. We are 90 years behind them professionally.

 

[LeCheese]

Purely an attempted anti-Union beat up. ‘Made an approach’ - nothing to see here.

 

[Sword of Justice]

Idk Cheese they are talking about it constantly on League media. Not Wright but more generally. There’s only so many good players and the new teams will create a vacuum.

 

[Derpus]

I used to take that view as well and he may very well do that but players have familial concerns, support networks, mates etc. If there’s salary room extensions the NRL salaries will be akin to Japan.

Many here have expressed the view of ‘Tokyo over Illawarra’ or similar and frankly I agree but I have family members who have done it (lawyers, not rugby players) and they found it very isolating. I am not suggesting it’s not a wonderful country. Similarly I know of a recent former Wallaby (friend of a friend type deal) who found France very difficult with a young family.

There is a storm coming with these contracts in the NRL. We are 90 years behind them professionally.

Nah living in Japan would be fucked. Those guys are nuts.

But Wright isn't going to be a big dog in League. He may not be able to crack a starting side if we are being honest. He is one of the best fullbacks in the world in Union.