no, i just have no interset in afl, i know of a few cricketers, union players, hell even some soccer players that i'd like to see in rl, just not afl as i can't watch it.

you might be able too and good on ya, but i can't.

As I understand it, AFL isn't exactly seen "around the world"...

No rugby league club is wasting the money on AFL players they are prepared to pay for our players.

That much is brutally clear.

true but I reckon there is heaps of jnr AFL talent that would be very succesful in our game. I know the Storm SG ball team has some kids they've recrutied from AR and I presume when we get back we will be scouting the WAFL jnr leagues for talent.

Juniors are a different issue...

Whether it is for the skills of the players or the media attention (in my view it is a combination of the two), it is clear which code has the most prizes in its ranks for the other codes to consider poaching.

The evidence is incontrovertible.

The answer is rugby league.

please dont make fun of JB, or he will run behind your back and complain!

its funny seeing someone who has been complaining a lot lately calling other ignorant when it suits

little tip, if you dont like critisism, dont hand it out

What's he been dobbing/complaining about?

If that's the case, what little respect I had for him has now vanished.

Some of the worst people you can meet are dobbers/serial whingers and complainers.

It's a damn footy forum, people put their opinions across, don't like them opinions, put them on ignore or stay away.

Neither is rugby league

look one of the trolls set up another user name.


they are like weeds, ban one user name, another pops up

Like RL did to RU for years? See it works all ways this free gangway.

You don't expect these guys to respond to rational, factual data do you?

im not too fussed if union does it, its more money that a sport with so much money cant produce any decent players like the nrl can.

we just keep producing them

seriously, we are just too good.

People had a choice back then like they do today.

I'm all for people getting as much as they can, why not.

The only thing I'm not happy about is the fact that when RL got players from Union, it was the individual clubs going after players, these days we have the people running the code paying for players out of spite and then deciding where they'll play them, not clubs doing it out of strengthening their team.

That in my opinion is a big difference.

Plenty of the world covered here.


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