NRL 2017
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What are the eligibility rules in league?
Serious question, there seem to be some guys in the Fiji Tonga game that might be there only because they missed selection for NZ or Oz?
What are the eligibility rules in league?
Serious question, there seem to be some guys in the Fiji Tonga game that might be there only because they missed selection for NZ or Oz?
I think there is a system where you can play for a PI and Oz/NZ team up until a WC when you have to pick one and then you're locked in for X amount of time. Sneak would know it better than me..
The dodgy Aussies are also letting PI qualified Origin players play for the PI and not lose Origin eligibility.
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Something along the lines of you can represent a "second-tier nation" if overlooked for a "first-tier nation". So basically Oz, NZ & England get first dibs. Example: Andrew Fifita was overlooked for Australia and was set to play for Tonga, but Australia recalled him into their squad for last night's game no questions asked.
There is a five-year waiting period that is suppose to be enforced at some point to stop Aussie making players like Semi Radradra eligible straight away, but it won't.
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I can see why, they want to make the PI teams more competitive.
But it's also shithouse, fly your flag to one mast you fluffybunnies and stop waiting for a better offer.
I can see why, they want to make the PI teams more competitive.
But it's also shithouse, fly your flag to one mast you fluffybunnies and stop waiting for a better offer.
It's short term versus long term. You might make Tonga better in the short term by giving them Vatuvei but I wonder if it helps in the long term. It harms the credibility of the sport and allows good players to leave the weaker teams if they get a better offer.
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I can see why, they want to make the PI teams more competitive.
But it's also shithouse, fly your flag to one mast you fluffybunnies and stop waiting for a better offer.
It's short term versus long term. You might make Tonga better in the short term by giving them Vatuvei but I wonder if it helps in the long term. It harms the credibility of the sport and allows good players to leave the weaker teams if they get a better offer.
@hydro11 It's about making sure there are plenty of NRL and Superleague players in this year's RLWC, and not teams filled with players from the lower divisions (NSW Cup etc). I suspect they'll revisit the issue in 2018.
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Looks like Vunivalu will be representing the Roos in a year or so when he could have been potentially playing for the All Blacks. Damn, that was a poach that totally backfired on us.
@akan004 Not really as it was an Australian club that took him so we had to know that the Aussies would shift the goalposts. And to be fair, an Auckland high school poached him from Fiji first so in some ways it's a lesson.
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Looks like Vunivalu will be representing the Roos in a year or so when he could have been potentially playing for the All Blacks. Damn, that was a poach that totally backfired on us.
@akan004 Ah, I get what you mean....Auckland rugby poaches Fijian only for Aussie league to swoop in and poach from the poacher.
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@akan004 Not really as it was an Australian club that took him so we had to know that the Aussies would shift the goalposts. And to be fair, an Auckland high school poached him from Fiji first so in some ways it's a lesson.
@Sneakdefreak That's what I meant. We poached him from Fiji and it backfired on us.
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and the storm swapped him to the blues for Duffie
Vunivalu is the better player
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Jesse Bromwich snorts the pressure and stands down as Kiwis captain.
Rumours that Cowboys coach Paul Green would be keen on a role for the RLWC. Rumours now that Paul Green could replace David Kidwell as Kiwis coach.More to follow.
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Jesse Bromwich snorts the pressure and stands down as Kiwis captain.
Rumours that Cowboys coach Paul Green would be keen on a role for the RLWC. Rumours now that Paul Green could replace David Kidwell as Kiwis coach.More to follow.
@Sneakdefreak said in NRL 2017:
Jesse Bromwich snorts the pressure and stands down as Kiwis captain.
Rumours that Cowboys coach Paul Green would be keen on a role for the RLWC. Rumours now that Paul Green could replace David Kidwell as Kiwis coach.More to follow.
ironic given what Kidwell did while he was playing, almost identical situation wasnt it? (just without the Coke and gay night club)
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@Sneakdefreak said in NRL 2017:
Jesse Bromwich snorts the pressure and stands down as Kiwis captain.
Rumours that Cowboys coach Paul Green would be keen on a role for the RLWC. Rumours now that Paul Green could replace David Kidwell as Kiwis coach.More to follow.
ironic given what Kidwell did while he was playing, almost identical situation wasnt it? (just without the Coke and gay night club)
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@Virgil Gay night club?
@Sneakdefreak said in NRL 2017:
@Virgil Gay night club?
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11851117
'Proctor and Bromwich allegedly met local 45-year-old Adrian Crowther at Petrie Plaza outside the popular Cube nightclub in the Australian capital city.
The Cube is described online as "Canberra's premier gay venue". The location's website describes decor "featuring beds" and an "'anything goes attitude and a certain open-mindedness that smacks you in the face often before you've even walked in the door."
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Oh lordy....
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HAHAHAHAHAHA breath HAHAHAHAHAHA
The CEO of the Titans is disappointed that the players aren't better supervised when on rep duty. I'm not sure which is funnier, the fact that he is trying to shift blame for grown men, or the fact the Titans are trying to look down on someone else for off field behavior
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@Sneakdefreak said in NRL 2017:
@Virgil Gay night club?
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11851117
'Proctor and Bromwich allegedly met local 45-year-old Adrian Crowther at Petrie Plaza outside the popular Cube nightclub in the Australian capital city.
The Cube is described online as "Canberra's premier gay venue". The location's website describes decor "featuring beds" and an "'anything goes attitude and a certain open-mindedness that smacks you in the face often before you've even walked in the door."
@Sneakdefreak said in NRL 2017:
@Virgil Gay night club?
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11851117
'Proctor and Bromwich allegedly met local 45-year-old Adrian Crowther at Petrie Plaza outside the popular Cube nightclub in the Australian capital city.
The Cube is described online as "Canberra's premier gay venue". The location's website describes decor "featuring beds" and an "'anything goes attitude and a certain open-mindedness that smacks you in the face often before you've even walked in the door."
You have to love the whole "reputation in tatters" bs. Yes before this league players were typified by their impeccable behaviour and squeaky clean records.
This will be quickly be forgotten until the next player is caught shooting up on heroin while drinking his own urine and having his cock licked by a dog.
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HAHAHAHAHAHA breath HAHAHAHAHAHA
The CEO of the Titans is disappointed that the players aren't better supervised when on rep duty. I'm not sure which is funnier, the fact that he is trying to shift blame for grown men, or the fact the Titans are trying to look down on someone else for off field behavior
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HAHAHAHAHAHA breath HAHAHAHAHAHA
The CEO of the Titans is disappointed that the players aren't better supervised when on rep duty. I'm not sure which is funnier, the fact that he is trying to shift blame for grown men, or the fact the Titans are trying to look down on someone else for off field behavior
@mariner4life he only wants to make sure his players use genuine GC powder bro! None of that shitty Canberra snow ha ha - it's about branding!
This is really shit. League (at any level) just can't shake drugs, violence and general dumbassary. Kidwell must be fuming, although it does take a bit of heat off us getting pantsed.
