Uncle Nick strikes back?

[Rooster_6]

If you're playing international rugby, you're seeing a fair amount of the world, and you can make pretty decent money playing club rugby in Europe and even on the 7's circuit.

It doesn't make a lot of sense for rugby players to switch to league, whereas you can see why league players would be tempted to switch to the union.

I don’t think this matters as much to young professional athletes as you’re making out.

Most with the mindset and temperament to be at the top of the game care more about reaching their potential than seeing the rest of the world. They’ll have decades and millions of dollars to do that in their retirement if they so wish.

[Nicola Tesla]

If you're playing international rugby, you're seeing a fair amount of the world, and you can make pretty decent money playing club rugby in Europe and even on the 7's circuit.

It doesn't make a lot of sense for rugby players to switch to league, whereas you can see why league players would be tempted to switch to the union.

They don’t see really? Uk, South Africa, Argentina, NZ.. not really seeing a lot outside hotels and tasting etc… league players get a good break at seasons end and many travel and back pack.
Angus Crichton has been loving Europe this break.. def not on a back packing budget though..

Many players are also home bodies who don’t care about travel..

[MKCS]

Young Rugby players probably don't care about getting to see the world and all that but the international game is a lot stronger for Union so it's a true test of your skills which is exciting. If you're an Australian Rugby League player that gets picked for the Kangaroos you typically are going to decimate the competition and the only real competition to you is New Zealand, not quite the case in Union.

Also as others have pointed out the money in Union is much better, take our very own Joseph Suaalii for example, he's played 45 games of Rugby League ranging from poor to good but never anything amazing, no rep games, no premierships and he's been signed to a 1.6 million dollar deal based simply on that and potential. He'll also play 10-15 internationals a year for Australia which is an extra 100-150k for him, if he excels at the sport he could eventually make as much as 2 million from club footy and the extra 100-150k from international games, not a bad wage packet at all.

[theGman]

Australian Rugby is still on its knees and will continue to be for a while yet.

It's one thing earning good coin playing Rugby but at that age you want to be thriving and enjoying what you're involved in rather than being in denial and going through the motions.

[Carlos Parra]

I doubt there is any substance to this rumour, but as someone who watches both codes this is my opinions on 'Marky Mark'. Australia's best winger this last year, better than Marika Koroibete, he's a big body with a good amount of muscle who actually plays like a Leaguie playing Union. Very strong in the air and good ball skills. Can be prone to a couple silly errors however a strong finisher. Strong tackler when facing player head on but can be a shirt puller if they get to his outside shoulder. One of few players in the Wallabies setups that I personally think could be good in League, alongside players like Kerevi and Valentini.

How do we know he's a strong finisher? The Wallabies don't exactly score a lot of tries.

[FlamingRooster]

How do we know he's a strong finisher? The Wallabies don't exactly score a lot of tries.

Fair enough haha. Very strong player for the Waratahs

[top_joe]

Left wing when Toops leaves right?

[The Marshall]

SMH reporting that we are chasing Mark Nawaqanitawase who is 23 years of age and plays wing for the wallabies and is considered a huge talent.

Thoughts?

It’s probably BS. If it isn’t it’s a dumb move. We have heaps of outside backs. Manu and May resigning are the priorities for me.

[bondi paul]

The old adage of play rugby and see the world is well past its expiry date.

[milanja]

Young Rugby players probably don't care about getting to see the world and all that but the international game is a lot stronger for Union so it's a true test of your skills which is exciting. If you're an Australian Rugby League player that gets picked for the Kangaroos you typically are going to decimate the competition and the only real competition to you is New Zealand, not quite the case in Union.

Also as others have pointed out the money in Union is much better, take our very own Joseph Suaalii for example, he's played 45 games of Rugby League ranging from poor to good but never anything amazing, no rep games, no premierships and he's been signed to a 1.6 million dollar deal based simply on that and potential. He'll also play 10-15 internationals a year for Australia which is an extra 100-150k for him, if he excels at the sport he could eventually make as much as 2 million from club footy and the extra 100-150k from international games, not a bad wage packet at all.

Maybe for a marquee player, I don’t think there is much money for a non wallaby representative player. Isn’t the salary cap for union around $6million? About half of a league salary cap.

[ism22]

Sorry for not posting more info about him I don’t know the 15 man game too well but he has been likened to Izzy due to his style and body type by former players and he also has a background in league - played up until he was 14.

I get the comparisons but there's only one Jizzy and no NRL player has ever been able to run 400m as fast as me.

My body's like a slightly taller version of Mini / Teddy with all the mad Italian genes. If selected I'd put the likes of JAC, Roberts and Saab to the test over 100m, even at my current age (hand timed 10's mean NOTHING! I've seen public school kids tell get low 9's at carnivals because the timers went off the sound of the gun and pushed the button early. Mid-11's make you look like Lamont Marcell Jacobs Jr. on a footy.

[bondi.boy]

SMH reporting that we are chasing Mark Nawaqanitawase who is 23 years of age and plays wing for the wallabies and is considered a huge talent.

Thoughts?

Is he..."too big, too strong, too fast"?
Does he stay on his wing and stop tries being scored there?

[ism22]

I don’t think this matters as much to young professional athletes as you’re making out.

Most with the mindset and temperament to be at the top of the game care more about reaching their potential than seeing the rest of the world. They’ll have decades and millions of dollars to do that in their retirement if they so wish.

I think you have a fair point. TBH my observation of most people who are frequent flyers for business purposes is that work travel's not really 'travel' and they get sick of it.

For example a friend's in Foreign Affairs and travels to lots of different countries to attend multilateral forms with senior politicians. Most of the time he flies in, is locked in a diplomatic compound for a day or 2 (where he's not invited into meetings - he just provides briefing packs, which are largely ignored). People assume he has the world's best job but he's like 'haha yeah nah... after a while the travel's all the same'.

[Inflictor]

I think you have a fair point. TBH my observation of most people who are frequent flyers for business purposes is that work travel's not really 'travel' and they get sick of it.

For example a friend's in Foreign Affairs and travels to lots of different countries to attend multilateral forms with senior politicians. Most of the time he flies in, is locked in a diplomatic compound for a day or 2 (where he's not invited into meetings - he just provides briefing packs, which are largely ignored). People assume he has the world's best job but he's like 'haha yeah nah... after a while the travel's all the same'.

Albo seems to love the travel that comes with the job.

FFS

[Paddo Colt 61]

Albo seems to love the travel that comes with the job.

FFS

Hey, there you go, another News Ltd fan and NO voter presumably. What, Johnny Howard the best PM evah?