Re: 2017 Super League Ins & Outs : Mon Nov 21, 2016 3:34 pm  

Fantastic Mr Catpiss wrote:

quitter, Warrington, Chris sandow

edited lol

Re: 2017 Super League Ins & Outs : Wed Nov 23, 2016 10:36 pm  

Catalan Dragons
Outs:-
Olivier Elima [Palau Broncos]

Re: 2017 Super League Ins & Outs : Sat Nov 26, 2016 12:56 pm  

Looks like segeyaro is doing a Sandow.

Re: 2017 Super League Ins & Outs : Sat Nov 26, 2016 1:07 pm  

Do not think this has come as a supprise to most Leeds fans , we have been expecting it . The guy was only using us and only signed a contract as a safety net as no one had come in for him at the time

Re: 2017 Super League Ins & Outs : Sat Nov 26, 2016 5:20 pm  

Have fev got a hooker they can send across on a week to week basis

Re: 2017 Super League Ins & Outs : Sat Nov 26, 2016 6:22 pm  

Didn't GH just put out a statement saying he wasn't going anywhere?

Re: 2017 Super League Ins & Outs : Sat Nov 26, 2016 7:17 pm  

Nothus wrote:

Didn't GH just put out a statement saying he wasn't going anywhere?

In a sense he's right. Currently Segeyaro is back over in Auz.

Re: 2017 Super League Ins & Outs : Sat Nov 26, 2016 7:27 pm  

Nothing to be happy about, even for non-Leeds fans.

SL has seen three of its stars leave in quick succession; Pritchard, Sandow and Segeyaro.

Our league would be better for having these players in it.

The salary cap gap due to the exchange rate is the widest it's been. Players signing contracts to come to SL in 2015 or before are now earning a lot less now relative to the Aus$. It's Ky quite panic stations, but something the RFL have to start thinking about before more of our top talent & stars leave.

Re: 2017 Super League Ins & Outs : Sat Nov 26, 2016 9:01 pm  

ATEOTD the NRL is the premiere rugby comp in the world, leaving that comp also means leaving the opportunity of playing SOO, and playing against the best players in the game every week. It also means leaving the lifestyle. The salary cap needs increasing, but there's no money in the game to do it. It's a sad state of affairs, but the game simply doesn't have the money within it to keep the best players here at the moment.

Re: 2017 Super League Ins & Outs : Sat Nov 26, 2016 10:29 pm  

I think the upcoming world cup gives the ESL a chance to change their criteria and it would be very good for the game in the long run.
I believe you can recruit players who have played international games, and teams like Lebanon, Italy, PNG, USA, Fiji and others will use dozens of players who are either fringe NRL players, or NSW and Qld cup standard.
If the ESL drops the number of regular NRL players for teams and increases the number of international players, you will get a lot of the players who build up a high profile in the WC and are good enough to play ESL as it stands now.
It obviously isn't ideal that exchange rates mean the NRL now has a lot more money than the ESL, but giving a lot of international players the chance to develop a profile and train as full time professionals will be good for the code, and the ESL will look a lot more interesting with a bunch of Fijians, Papuans, Tongans etc.