Re: Sonny Bill Williams : Tue Nov 05, 2019 7:03 pm  

Hope Toronto can expand their stadium - can see them having to turn people away next year.

Sonny Bill may well be a relative flop on the field (depends on his attitude) but it creates headlines and attracts attention. Good news story as long as it doesn't threaten the business side of the club in the long term. I suppose they're just like many clubs in that if one wealthy man walks away its panic stations until a replacement is found.

Re: Sonny Bill Williams : Tue Nov 05, 2019 7:38 pm  

Signed for $10 million, 2 year deal. Wow. https://wwos.nine.com.au/nrl/sonny-bill ... ocial-WWOS

Signed for $10 million, 2 year deal. Wow. https://wwos.nine.com.au/nrl/sonny-bill ... ocial-WWOS

Re: Sonny Bill Williams : Tue Nov 05, 2019 9:22 pm  

I do hope it works out for Toronto. Last season they looked very much a championship squad and whether SBW will change that I don't know but doubt it. They have to recruit a few more quality players to assemble a SL squad.
Not being a fan of the current P & R system and seeing London yo-yo I do hope beyond hope that this doesn't happen to the Wolfpack.
His signing will certainly create interest and hopefully bring larger crowds too.

Re: Sonny Bill Williams : Tue Nov 05, 2019 9:52 pm  

It’s fantastic for SL as a whole. I applaud Toronto for doing what they are doing. I just hope that as a side effect it helps kick start AMNRL to improve standards and drag themselves up to a level where Toronto could switch back to and we could have 3 professional leagues

Re: Sonny Bill Williams : Wed Nov 06, 2019 8:51 am  

Also reports of Toronto chasing Manu Tuilagi.

I'm loving this. They're putting RL in the spotlight with their signings and who they're targeting. Shame the RL fail to develop their own stars; the only 'British stars' who play in Britain are RU players.