Have you actually ever listened to yourself?

Maybe you would like to lynch them for daring to leave the NRL as well... we all need to strive to keep the NRL pure after all.

I suggest you organise a trial on the banks of the Brisbane river where a group of people like yourself tie Folau and Hunt up and cast them forth into the depths. If they float they are clearly the spawn of satan and must be immediately sent to the AFL. If they sink they are innocent and should immediately be allowed to play Origin footy again... but then be executed after game 3 for daring to try and leave the code.

Barry_McKenzie , why don't you STFU for once, most people in here have said they'd take the money, learn to read you idiot.

The problem is the lack of depth in the NRL - especially in NSW.

When Tahu - who is no world beater - can return from RU straight into Origin it suggests the sport has issues.

If Gasnier returned he would be straight back into Origin!!

How is it these guys can leave the sport and still get straight into the game's highest expression - where is the development of players? Look at the NSW half back pairing, a 35 year old scrum half and Centre playing stand off?

Maybe, they were targeted by rugby union because they were the best. If Kimmorley is the best scrum half in NSW then that's it and his age shouldn't be an issue.


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Probelm is he is seen as that and he isn't very good! Alongside his age it does beg the question what is wrong with player development in NSW? Q'land have Thurston, Prince and Cronk who are all light years ahead of anything NSW has.
I suggest they have a look at the ARU as their best bet of uncovering the next Ricky Stuart

Is there an area where NSW are ahead of QLD?

yeah NSW is struggling for players

i mean its not as if 2 ex RL players who were from nsw play for the wallabies now

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Sales of coloured wigs?

In every possible way



Apart from footy

says a lot about the quality of the Wallabies!

Maybe I'm biased as my experience of NSW was Sydney, the Blue Mountains, the beautiful beaches.
My experience of Queensland was Bundaberg.

FNQ is one of the most amazing places in the world imo.

There is a lot more to Queensland than Bundy.

Mullets, XXXX Gold and Cane toad golf for example.

the funny thing was when jb came to sydney he spent $100 on a cab when a train coudlve taken him the same route for $3.50

Who are they? next origin will have 2 ex RU players playing in it.

Get real there are some very serious issues in NSW - they are producing a host of SL standard players - no wonder Queensland kick their Ass every year



Mitchell Pearce - he is a very average player who would not get anywhere near the Queensland side, Peter Wallace, bring Brett Finch back - I know how much you rate him, Tim Smith, another of your favourites, Jamie Soward, another the list of top quality NSW halves just keeps rolling of the keyboard

RL is not as big in nsw as league fans like to think... there are not that many juniors playing the game these days.
most kids play soccer or any other sport and it's usually the left overs who stay with RL... these are the kids with poor skills who wont make it in soccer, union, afl or cricket or golf and tennis.

apart from the fact that just about any other sport in the world offers much more money and opportunities than RL why would any talented kid want to commit himself to league which is a very dangerous game that pays poorly.

also note than the nrl is on its last legs with most clubs struggling to stay afloat.
the salary cap has stayed the same for the past 10 years and now clubs like warriors, raiders, cowboys, newcastle, cronulla, manly are all running on the smell of an oily rag.

the player managers are not dumb, they can see the writing on the wall and are advising their players to leave the sinking ship while they still can.

wycliff palu, who tried to make it in st georges first grade side and failed.

and rocky elsmo, who failed to cement a spot in the dogs first grade side.

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your easily amused! I left the train to the plebians.

I used pleb at work yesterday no one had a clue what I was saying!

welcome to the inner west of sydney

I think the NRL should fight back and sign gary ablett and let him run at big sam burgess... now that would be good to watch...

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far out they are so desperate.........

That's just embarrasing