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"All because we weren't prepared to pay him what the panthers were, we obviously took our junior system for granted and thought they would just keep flowing through to first grade like they did in the smith era."

"If only there was a guy who did his apprenticeship under Brian Smith at Parra who left and took all that know-how to another NRL club which went on to win 4 GFs. Just imagine. "

"It's a lot easier for the warriors to take that path, union is massive in New Zealand but is a minor sport here in Australia. Any half decent junior union player in Australia is also already playing league and the vast majority end up going with…"

"Noise will get loud if we finish 11th or lower this year. Parra sells papers, turmoil sells more papers. We are not an overly liked club to the average NRL fan so seeing us in turmoil sells. If we miss the 8 Ryles is under pressure from media.
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