They have an interest, briefly the ARL was getting decent viewing figures in SA and this led to a national league being set up. However, RU essentially banned RL anc choked it's death.

Either way, we're not strong enough to consider taking on the SA RU with a RL franchise at the min.

they have a club in jo burg

Could these lads become the basis for a South African national team?

no. no no . they will play for the kangaroo's

personally dont think we should do it.

weve got plenty of our own

if the roosters cant find juniors in their area move somewhere in queensland or to perth

Your the roosters recruitment officer.

You now find that between all the lower grades you struggle to find any decent young players that are off contract.


What do you do?



Look overseas!

Just another reason the roosters dont belong in the NRL. That and the lack of fans.

perth roosters.

WA has good junior RL numbers

No thanks, stop trying to off load your Sydney e on us!

its all you deserve frankly.

alot of players over in SA

my names not Frank!

hardly their falt, they have the smallest catchment area in terms of size and population.

Your right. Thats just the facts of the matter.

No juniors.
No fans.

No needs for them.

14 of 27 Dragons players used this year weren't St George or Illawarra juniors: that 14 included 7 QLDers and a QLD coach, and Dragons forward Jarrod Saffy is from Johannesburg. Should the Dragons move to QLD? The Panthers used 10 players that weren't juniors, including 5 QLDers. Should the Panthers move to QLD?

The Roosters have got a few local players in:
* Bondi United product Tom Symonds,
* Clovelly Crocodiles product Shaun Kenny Dowell,
* Paddington Tigers products Anthony Cherrington and Sandor Earl
* Braith Anasta (from Maroubra, which is in the Eastern Suburbs).

Like teams in other sports leagues around the world (like the English Premier League or NBA), the Roosters and most NRL teams will take on players if they are good enough. The Roosters have used players from NZ (Soliola, Hauraki and Nuuausala), England (Morley and Tansey), Fiji (Sisa and Stanley Waqa), and now South Africa (Du Plessis), and thus by giving foreigners a chance have at least done much more to foster the growth of international RL than the Panthers or Dragons.

dont forget roosters feeder club . newtown jets