Set to replace James Maloney. Still got a fair bit to offer, but not sure I would be giving him a 3 year deal https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-pr ... c654b98e39

Set to replace James Maloney. Still got a fair bit to offer, but not sure I would be giving him a 3 year deal https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-pr ... c654b98e39

Not surprised he wants to go. That's a great deal and he should have enough to be very good in SL.

This unfortunately is where the game is right now in the sense we can't attract younger high quality half backs from the NRL as well as there a huge lack of quality half backs home grown that Catalan could sign instead.

This is what I don’t get. Let’s be honest, the nsw cup is the same level as SL and there must be heaps of players we could sign from there that would be great in SL

cant see why you dont just change your name to sthelens69

I welcome the usual Salford, wolfs and Leigh fans having a pop at me but who are you?

Nor me name changes are so easy

or Billy no mates as he keeps drifting back after criticizing how crap it is on here

Well yeah if clubs had the resources to actually scout the talent in the NSW Cup. Plus it would still be a gamble. How do you justify replacing a top player like Maloney with an unknown player from the NSW cup?

The majority of NSW players dont meet the elite sportsperson requirements to gain a visa. I believe they have to have played a minimum number of NRL games/ international games.

So how did Wigan sign Field, french and that other prop who has never played first grade?

Bless. I'll sleep tonight now, thanks for the news about the signing.

There should be a lot of UK players learning their trade in the NRL lower grades if you want to develop halves.
Nearly all NRL clubs have a heap of kids from NZ and even some from PNG and Fiji, and they all get as good a grounding as any Australian kids.
This year my local NRL side, Newcastle Knights, have given 2 teenage English kids, Bailey Hodgson and Dom Young, a chance, and they have both been fantastic.
Bailey's younger brother has enrolled in Hunter Sports High, one of the best Rugby League schools in the world, and has been named in the Knights under 17s squad for 2022.

It should also be possible for 21 year old kids from NRL squads to continue their career in the ESL. ESL teams would be so much better off if they signed some of the 30 or 40 players a year who fall just short of NRL contracts, rather than 30 year olds who were great players 3 or 4 years ago.

Quote: TheWarringtonWolve69 "This is what I don’t get. Let’s be honest, the nsw cup is the same level as SL and there must be heaps of players we could sign from there that would be great in SL'" You really are ignorant. It's nothing to do with quality, it's the UK Govs visa restrictions and RFL regulations. Most of those players are probably good enough for SL, if good enough overseas players are how you see the British game improving However few will meet the criteria to get a visa. See RFL's own guidelines. https://secure.rugby-league.com/ign_doc ... ements.pdf

Quote: TheWarringtonWolve69 "This is what I don’t get. Let’s be honest, the nsw cup is the same level as SL and there must be heaps of players we could sign from there that would be great in SL'" You really are ignorant. It's nothing to do with quality, it's the UK Govs visa restrictions and RFL regulations. Most of those players are probably good enough for SL, if good enough overseas players are how you see the British game improving However few will meet the criteria to get a visa. See RFL's own guidelines. https://secure.rugby-league.com/ign_doc ... ements.pdf