Fox reporting Jack Williams is being targeted by PNG for 2028.
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"He wasn't looking ordinary. Those who followed the younger grades told me he would play origin. He wasn't given the opportunity at Parramatta. The gave preference to older players like Alvaro and didn't want to offer good coin to Utokimanu as…"
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"The rules aren't worth the paper they are written on. PNG could just ask someone in the media to post this, and see if they get any bites."
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the subject of our critics on here and their lack of commercialty is always a pet hate of mine.
i am also terribly…"
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Agree it will be 'dad's army' roster, just like when Gold Coast came into the comp. I guess they're hoping by the 10th year, there will be some PNG players ready to step into NRL. Those 8-10 year olds now aspiring to one day play NRL. Its a real possibility given it is their national sport, unlike Melbourne who after all these years and all their successes, have fck all juniors come through. Perth will be the same as Melbourne. I'd rather a second NZ team over Perth.
I wonder if they could get a Farnworth or Walsh? At this stage they are getting players on back-end of their careers. Since they are announced now in the end of prime it looks good at the moment.
The issue of comparing Melbourne with Perth is Melbourne set their back room staff up so well and had the advantage of the Western Reds and Hunter Mariners folding therefore a big collection of players looking for contracts.
This is why the recruitment group need to be in front of the game; we need to have some tough type players earmarked (with some nrl exp) and we will need more than Sua; Paulo will be gone i assume by 28 along with i assume Matto / Walker and now possibly Williams; and with Hopgood gaining injuries.....we need some more biff up front and this concerns me as juniors alone will not be enough.
PNG will win a comp before we do ill say in 15 years time they would of equalled our tally they will be able to buy a comp in the first few then reap rewards of local talent and NRL talent and NRL exceptions
At 31 he won't have many years left so I get why he'd take the cash free money. Luckily we ch ave a few edge forwards coming through that are 1-2 years away from debuting
Shames Ryles isn't
In regards to the coaching i think mal would of been better suited to png and peters perth bears.
I can't understand why everyone is worried about it now when this has been on the table for 2-3 years but now Tax free and Free TPAs is now unfair 😂 why wasn't there so much noise around this when Expansion was first floated.
The players and there families no what there getting themselves into before going up there.Players aren't uprooting there families not understanding and knowing all the facts before doing so.Alot of this is scaremongering.I floated this to a certain poster on here that Expansion was going to hurt the nrl more so than help it because the talent base elite talent at best was stretched right now less the 2 new teams.But apparently not the argument was there's plenty of talent.When in all essence there isn't there's the haves and have nots.
Vlandys and co can say what they like but in all essence all this is really is a cash grab for the game more product to sell regardless if it's good for the game or not.
The reality is the PNG team is nothing more than a political pawn. It's not even hidden.
Albo literally came out and said when he handed over $600 million to set up this team and facilities to PNG that this was on the proviso that PNG don't let the Chinese military build bases on their land.
The reality is PNG is a highly, highly dangerous country with extreme levels of crime and corruption. No player in their right mind would go there unless there were some basically hard to refuse incentives. Making it tax free basically doubles their salary cap, and I absolutely guarantee you there are a million other clauses and incentives that are well compensating these players for the service they're giving to the country (remember, this ain't about the footy, it's about stopping China building a military foothold on our doorstep).
There are so many ways that this can turn out bad, but neither federal politics nor the NRL are known for their long term planning. They just do what is in the best interests of them right now.
The NRL was used as a bargaining chip by the government. Nothing about this has anything to do with what is good for the game. It'll be what it'll be.
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