I'm pretty sure Cooper played Rugby League at Springwood State High School. I think he switched to union when he went to a grammar school which only played union.
A wasted talent in union in my opinion.

A wasted talent? He won super rugby 2 years ago, named aussie player of the super rugby season the year before. has 38 caps for the national team having just turned 25. His team finished top of the Aussie standing last season, 3rd overall, they are 4th overall this season. in 2011 they were the top over all team.

Quade Cooper is not a wasted talent, he is a leading star in Rugby Union. He has fallen out with the Australia coach, meaning he hasnt been selected, nothing to do with his ability.

He would also be a top Rugby League player if he were to switch, but suggesting anything other than him being a top Union player is incorrect.

Jamie Roberts is a RU player I'd like to see in Rugby League. Big, fast and very skilful.

Would they become eligible for Australia/SOO after a few years?

So England RL Team wont benefit from the SL players currently in the NRL ? Graham, Burgess (x4) or those that have come back? Morley & Ellis or Widdop who went over there as a teenager?

The NRL obviously won't want to help the NZ Team either by signing any Kiwi's or even having having a NZ side in the NRL?

The point being a English Rugby Union player like Manu will be on double the salary of any Englishman playing in Super League. The NRL would much rather target strong Australian players like Cooper and Beale.

You think im wrong ? I'll put any money on that no English Union players (or Lions) sign with an NRL team, You match my money. If they do ill pay to charity and you do vice versa.

2014 French RU salary cap: €10m (£8.6m)

2014 NRL salary cap: Aus$6.3m (£3.8m)

Quote Zeus The Saint="Zeus The Saint"The NRL wont sign British players from Union as it will help the English Rugny League team Imo. They would never sign anyone like Manu Tuiliaigi because England will benefit.'" Quite the opposite. Recent articles in Australia carry quotes from clubs stating that top players that are not eligible for origin are more valuable as they don't return from the origin games physically and mentally exhausted. viewtopic.php?f=2&t=552043&tsmp=1370826198

Quote Zeus The Saint="Zeus The Saint"The NRL wont sign British players from Union as it will help the English Rugny League team Imo. They would never sign anyone like Manu Tuiliaigi because England will benefit.'" Quite the opposite. Recent articles in Australia carry quotes from clubs stating that top players that are not eligible for origin are more valuable as they don't return from the origin games physically and mentally exhausted. viewtopic.php?f=2&t=552043&tsmp=1370826198

Bit of a fallacious bet. There's no way to prove why they haven't signed.

I'd suggest it has more to do with the player himself not wanting to go to a different sport in a different country on a lower wage than he can command currently than the NRL clubs not wanting them.

Players that aren't involved in the mid-season SOO games are highly values these days.

There are some superb, speedy and athletic outside backs in British RU these days that would thrive in our code. The likes of North, Cuthbert, Bowe etc would have a field day going forward with the extra space afforded in RL coupled with the pathetic state of the majority of the defences these days (over here anyway).

When Cooper fell out with the Aussie coach I thought his agent touted him around the NRL and there were no takers. Maybe his wage demands were to high or perhaps the clubs simply don't rate him.