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The money will tell the story in the end.
NRL players are starting at 140k; a SR average would be about 135k.
ABs would be on a lot more than that; some a lot, lot more.The ABs will always be mega; but the professional union game in NZ will (is) slowly get hollowed out by pro league.
It already has been in Aus.It's to some extent fascinating that this is happening thirty years after rugby went pro because you would assume that would have given rugby a degree of insulation from league it did not have during the amateur era when people like Frano Botica could be signed by Wigan whilst on tour with the ABs.
I think the reverse has happened in England where league seems like it's in decline and rugby is in a stronger position in relative terms. The Ellery Hanley and Martin Offiah equivalents are more likely to be playing rugby these days, it would seem.
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You can use tools to read it, you know...
I don't tend to want to put in too much effort for the bollocks that comes out of the Herald, especially when it comes to league v rugby (and I'm probably one of the bigger league fans in this place), but I may check it out when I have some time later tonight.
At any rate, we'd really need to know exactly what a NZ player gets for 12 months of rugby to probably compare it with league, as in what's their combined SR (how many are actually on the minimum) and NPC, and any other teams they might feature in. I don't think those figures are easy to come by. I think that $75k is crazy low for a minimum in pro sport, but in the context of Oz and it's salaries $140k seems pretty crazy low too.
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Yeah it'd be really good to know some real figures.
They don’t have to tell us who is getting what, but it'd be nice to know some averages and totals.I split the NPC maxs and minimums (we know those) and came up with $38,000.
Split the SR maxs and minimums and we come up with $135,000.
So if you play SR and NPC; add both together and you come up with $178,000.
Which kinda looks about right.If you are an AB you are on a lot more than that. Call ABs the max contractors.
The entry level NRL contract is $140,000.
The NRL average is somewhere north of $400,000 last time I looked.
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It would be fascinating to find out what the average player is getting, because I bet that the guys getting going aren’t on that. Some of the guys with media connections may be able to fill in the gaps, for if you are on a wider training contract and how that fits with NPC.
The fact that we are guessing while the NRL seems relatively clear says something though…
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For the technically challenged https://archive.li/OZKhw
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It would be fascinating to find out what the average player is getting, because I bet that the guys getting going aren’t on that. Some of the guys with media connections may be able to fill in the gaps, for if you are on a wider training contract and how that fits with NPC.
The fact that we are guessing while the NRL seems relatively clear says something though…
But neither are these young guys going to league, they're not going straight into the Top 30, they're going into age grade or reserve grade so we're not really clear on them at that stage either.
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@bayimports said in Exodus:
For the technically challenged https://archive.li/OZKhw
Cheers, don't know why it wasn't working for me. Likely user error.
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I do find it fascinating.
Initially it did insulate rugby union a little when they went pro; even had some players going the other way which could not have happened in the amateur era.
But a lot has changed in the last 30 years.In this part of the world rugby union has maintained its edge over rugby league from an international aspect, but in terms of the domestic pro game, rugby union has been blown out of the water in Australia.
And I think the pressure is going to build in the next 10 to 20 years on domestic pro rugby union in NZ.If you'd told me 30 years ago that three Nelson College potentials were going over to league . . . yeah . . . nah.
And the reverse has happened in England, the other rugby league stronghold.
I think it was a critical mass type thing.
While rugby league had dominance over union in Australia, that was not the case in England.
While being amateur, rugby union was still the dominant rugby code in England.Most people dont realise how much trouble English rugby league is in rn.
They are a basket case, kinda like Australian rugby union.
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So after reading it, it's just a typical Herald league v rugby article
The whole article is predicated on players from the same school. We all know there's a problem in Ta$man and it's all @Chris-B's fault.
It constantly mentions the NRL contract when the next paragraph references guys going in on lower grade contracts.
It also mentions Leka as to how the pathway is so good because he's had contract increases, most young players don't have his sort of meteoric rise.
As it stands, the professional rugby league options available to NZ’s best and brightest young players far outweigh the equivalent in rugby union. There are six Super Rugby franchises based in NZ. Playing anywhere else makes them ineligible for the All Blacks and the bumper payday that comes with the black jersey.
By comparison, there are 17 NRL clubs. For now.This is odd, as playing NRL makes them ineligible for the All Blacks too, and if they're good enough they can make a bumper payday in the NH too. (Also, my technical brain seems to be getting worse, now I can't remember how to do quotes.)
Perkins will start in the SG Ball competition (under-19s) while Inch and Saumaki will get their first taste in Jersey Flegg (under-21s). The next step from there is the New South Wales Cup (reserve grade) before becoming fully-fledged first-grade players.
Is this really that much different than U20s, NPC and then Super?
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Watched an interview a few weeks ago.
Andrew Seibold.
He was commenting on a trip to Christchurch. Not sure why he was there; but we can easily guess.
He thought he would be completely anonymous.
But he was blown away by people recognising him in the street, and wanting to have a chat.
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Well worth a read.
Interesting article (luckily, I was able to push through after reading “teenage rugby prodigy Tom Perkins” in the very first sentence). The thing that struck me the most – I don’t know nearly enough about the financial part of the game to get into that – was the way Perkins was described as a player, both by himself and by others.
“I think it fits my skill set a lot ... better. [...] A lot more running with the ball, a lot more aerial work, which I think fits my game a lot better as well.” (Perkins) “I think he’s more athletic than Kai Pearce-Paul, to be fair. He’s well put together. He moves well, beautiful balance.” (Peter O’Sullivan, Newcastle Knights scout)
“More athletic than Kai Pearce-Paul” is a genuinely crazy statement. One of the first things you notice when watching Perkins is that his footwork isn’t really explosive enough, especially when moving laterally. To me, that was a sign he would eventually become more of an undersized lock at the next level or, at best, a tight-playing blindside (where he would need to improve his physicality).
I’m sure O’Sullivan doesn’t himself believe what he said there but it’s easy to see how statements like that can get into a young player’s head. But, for those young players to succeed, I think they need to know and understand their own game, their own strengths and weaknesses. And I’m not sure that is the case for Perkins, at least not on the basis of this article.
