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[Dr. Voodoo Man]

Zero chance he breaks his rugby contract based on the current poor form of the Wallabies. Ridiculous article and only a moron would take it seriously.

[Cutloose6]

I don’t for one second think there is anything to this story……it’s Buzz. Why would someone turn their back on that sort of coin? The real story may be if rugby can afford Suaalii’s contract. There is no money in rugby. The private equity deal fell over when they did their due diligence and realised they were buying a lemon and now RA are looking for $90m of debt from anyone against TV rights they haven’t even got and won’t get because a Souffs supporter on Centrelink payments will be able to afford the next tv rights for rugby. Rugby is in a shambolic state both on and off the field.

[Johnny73]

Let's see...several million dollars to bludge behind two extra players and all the North Shore pootang you can poke a stick at or having some human brick winger flying at you at 100kph.

Be like Steve Miller..take the money and frigging run Joey-Jo-Jo Shabadoo.

[On the Nose]

Garbage.

There is no reason to believe he couldnt be a good centre or even 2nd rower one day.

He's just a kid FFS, learning the position he isnt familiar with.

You are conflating Sualli's poor form this year at centre with other team issues....incorrectly.

Having said that, he is best suited to fullback or wing.



Head Office would have zero interest in this place.

They use Facebook and such to guage sentiment.

There are not that many active posters here in the scheme of things, and there are a good handful who would clearly be miserable no matter what they did.

On a side note...this place needs a reboot to be frank. A new redesign with new features. It's old, tired and stale. Having said that, I appreciate the work the mods/owners put in.

Make up your mind mate. With all your multiple profiles you are getting confused.

[Bondicigar]

Only If he wants backrow money.
He could become the NRLs best backrower in a year or two

[ism22]

The fark's with spelling his name weirdly BTW? Don't get it...

[theGman]

The fark's with spelling his name weirdly BTW? Don't get it...

It's a piss take on the calibration/pronunciation of Islanders surnames......political correctness gone crazy IMO.
I could be mistaken but Josh Papalii must have started the correctness about 3 years ago bc up until then his surname was always simply pronounced Papa-lee.
Then all of a sudden I noticed the commentators pronouncing it Papa-lee-ee.....really?

I just find it pedantic.
There's no offence if someone mispronounces a name or surname if they're genuinely have a go and not doing it deliberately.

I wish I had a dollar for every time my surname was pronounced or said in dozens of different ways.

Toughen up people FFS.

[Hawkeye]

It's a piss take on the calibration/pronunciation of Islanders surnames......political correctness gone crazy IMO.
I could be mistaken but Josh Papalii must have started the correctness about 3 years ago bc up until then his surname was always simply pronounced Papa-lee.
Then all of a sudden I noticed the commentators pronouncing it Papa-lee-ee.....really?

I just find it pedantic.
There's no offence if someone mispronounces a name or surname if they're genuinely have a go and not doing it deliberately.

I wish I had a dollar for every time my surname was pronounced or said in dozens of different ways.

Toughen up people FFS.

Even Marty Taupau this year went from 'ta pow' to 'tar par ooh a'. I guess if the players request that pronounciation then fair enough but in many cases I wonder if they really do care, and its more likely just the broadcaster worried they might offend in this ever changing woke pc environment.

[Thirteen]

Only If he wants backrow money.
He could become the NRLs best backrower in a year or two

He would be an excellent second rower.

[Roosterfarian]

Will be interesting to see how his body fills out in the next few years and whether he becomes too rigid for a backline position.

On a side note, go back and watch his short cameo at fullback against the tigers a few weeks ago. I was at that game and he was frighteningly good with the ball in his hands from that position. Looked confident and tore up the tigers. Might be a sign of things to come albeit against a lower team.

[theGman]

Even Marty Taupau this year went from 'ta pow' to 'tar par ooh a'. I guess if the players request that pronounciation then fair enough but in many cases I wonder if they really do care, and its more likely just the broadcaster worried they might offend in this ever changing woke pc environment.

Keep up the good fight my fellow homosapiens.

Dont cave in to the woke PC brigade.
Be you, be courageous, don't be afraid to speak your mind and express your beliefs in a reasonable manner.

Of course if people are belligerent or derogatory then that's another matter however, we shouldn't have to hesitate and consider if what we're about to say will offend precious petals.

[Rooster1908]

Keep up the good fight my fellow homosapiens.

Dont cave in to the woke PC brigade.
Be you, be courageous, don't be afraid to speak your mind and express your beliefs in a reasonable manner.

Of course if people are belligerent or derogatory then that's another matter however, we shouldn't have to hesitate and consider if what we're about to say will offend precious petals.

Mate I love this

[King Salvo]

It's not hard to find out how to pronounce someone's name correctly, though. Obviously, folk don't see the comments from family members of the players on NSWRL TV when commentators pronounce the players names incorrectly.

You may not care how your name is pronounced or think it's a big deal, but people do, as, after all, it's their family's history.

To say it's PC based is ridiculous

My Wife's Maidan name was Sharapova as in Maria Sharapova

It's pronounced Sha - Ruh - Pow - Vuh not Shara - Pova

The Pow is pronounced as Poe

Thus Maria Sharapova is pronounced as - muh·ree·uh sha·ruh·pow·vuh

[theGman]

Mate I love this

Thanks and I mean it!

I'm effin over this generation of softies and emotionally insecure types.

Let's not allow the small fish slowly nip away and eat the big fish

[Rooster_6]

Thanks and I mean it!

I'm effin over this generation of softies and emotionally insecure types.

Let's not allow the small fish slowly nip away and eat the big fish

I think it’s just about respect, if you told me I was pronouncing your name wrong and told me how to pronounce your name I would do my best to try and pronounce it that way.