Slim 293
Stirling Mortlock (74)
Slim you keep going on about poaching players, you will find that player managers are shopping there players around to Sydney clubs. If you think Robbie Deans is going to go to Canberra instead of going to Sydney or Brisbane to watch games you are living in a dream. He said a couple of years ago he will not look at players who are not playing in Sydney or Brisbane
Players in the future will decide if the decision to force players to play in Canberra against there wishes is a good decision by not going to play for the Brumbies if they have other options.
I know for a fact the club I am with has started discussing pushing there very good young players to other S15 franchises and not keeping the Brumbies in the loop regarding these players.Hope the Brumbies enjoy some poor seasons coming up but there local comp will be a bit better.
If any coach or selector in the national setup were to subscribe to this fanciful narrow mindset, then the Wallabies deserve to lose another 10 straight against the All Blacks.
And if players want to sacrifice their professional playing career to continue playing backyard rugby in Sydney, then that's their choice...