Quote: Rooster Booster "A club doctor can tell the NRL match official that due to heat any game can be played in quarters. He can also instruct them that the trainers are allowed on more often, moving away from the rules, to help hydrate players. You don't often see this as it tends to happen more pre-season when it's mid summer or when the juniors are playing. I recall a club doctor not allowing a game to continue in Penrith with the U18s as the temp rose to the mid 40s!!!
As I said, playing a game in quarters with a 3 min break isn't a problem.
As for being worried about losing players to Union or AFL, that's the normal paranoia that comes from insecurity here driven by the media unfortunately. We've lost a handful or so in the last decade. Now compare that to the people who play it.'"
you must have big hands then
the nrl has lost around 20 or more players to RU including origin players like gower, craig wing
mark gasnier, tuqiri, sailor and rogers all returned from their union stints lesser players who never reached previous form
NRL fans would rather their stars stay there than play a rival sport which uses their signings as a way to encroach on RLs territory
higher salary cap would also ensure the 90 or so ex NRL players whove departed to Super League wouldve remained if their club wanted too
with a larger cap well have much deeper playing squads and the quality of the NRL would improve further as injuries wont harm clubs individuals performances as much
given all the players the nrl develops its only fair it has much better playing depth and only a poor TV deal last time has prevented this with Super League, union and AFL all taking our players
with over 100 of our locally developed players taken elsewhere this is a significant issue for the nrl to rectify
