SW is a great talent and his contract is fair and deserving. Rugby was never going to get a look in. I know money talks but his heart was always with RL. Family are RL supporters.
RL have a huge number of kids on pitiful contracts, and 99% don’t even get a run for the NRL. What I do like most about Australian Rugby is that the players who really show potential are the ones rewarded with contracts. QRU handle this really well and there are only a few that don’t progress to Super Rugby. If QRU haven’t showed interest when the boys are in year 11 and 12, then their chances are slim but not completely gone. Players high development stage (not peak performance) is usually between 18 - 24 years old. But you do find if Rugby hasn’t shown an interest by year 12, then players on the fence will chase RL managers and in turn supplementary contracts. Unfortunately for the ARU budget, good players with potential are lost to RL. If only the ARU executive management were smarter and effective business minds, we could retain a good number of talented players. But at the same time Rugby doesn’t have the increasing number of suicides and players with chronic mental illness as RL does, which may stem from promised success that is not delivered.
