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Cant blame the lad for wanting to play in international tests in front of 80k plus people and also being internationally recognised as soon as he signs for a rugby team.

I am sick of this happening, sure there will be youngsters to come in and take his place but the game would be better with all it's talent remaining.

It sickens me that union can't produce it's own players. All they can produce is fat s who don't even count as athletes and supplement it with a few players inticed purely by money.

Can't blame Falou for going, who wouldn't take the money? but the sooner the salary cap goes up in the NRL or something else to increase wages union can basically take it's pick.

Don't worry he'll be back once he realises he doesn't get the ball and that all they do is kick.

Yeah, he'll be massive in Asia, the Americas, Africa and Europe.

Oh wait, no he won't.

Recognised by whom you idiot?

See you Izzy, don't let the door hit your clacker on the way out. Another winger gone, oh woe is me..

Folau.

From rugby league mega star to nobody for the sake of $500,000.



Laughing at union. Again.

Such depth and capacity to produce players. If only we could compete with the likes of Wales...

it says the offer was recent so who have the rebels missed out on?

im guessing they were going to offer slater $1 million but decided against it after the media pressured them

if they get gasnier as well on big bucks, how much are they spending on players?

The funny thing is union people having a go - like guttertroll...

When they have a proper salary cap, rather than a handshake deal between a few people, without top ups left right and centre, then they can comment.

The likes of village idiot guttertroll seem to have missed this.

When has the salary cap stopped NRL teams?

thats funny

about as funny as the amount of time you spend on RL sites.

I am confused - one month ago Dally was saing the days of union pinching NRL players was over?

Now this what is going on!!

Shame to loose such a tremendous athlete

Dally and co seem to think the NRL produces this quality of player every week - so I cannot see what the issue is?

Super league is full of high quality ex NRL players

On this topic but slightly an aside if the monies the likes of Wallace and Cronk were on is the norm for top NRL players these players cannot be coming to SL for the money - there will not be a player in SL on the kind of monies Cronk is on.

the aru hasnt paid $1 million for a player for a long time.

they let tuqiri and sailor go early to save money

clearly they think to promote themselves in melbourne they need a RL player.

not a big loss as slater would be so i can live with it

hes not worth that in league. imo hes not worth $500,000 in league either

the broncos overpaid for him. they can get civinociva and hannant for that money

yeh in a few years when he is reaching the end of his career. Watching tuiqiri this season has been a joy and I am gutted we have missed him in his prime for all these years just because the game can't keep up with other codes salaries.

It is called the salary cap.

Maybe you have heard of it.

It has nothing to do with matching salaries...