That’s proving my point
McCaw and Carter never played league growing up while O’Connor and Cooper played plenty. They also weren’t immersed in NRL culture like we are in Australia.
A Titans hero is still Mr Irrelevant in the NRL. An average five-eight in the NRL would be on 750k with a ceiling of 1.1m. He won't get anywhere near that for a couple years. If he performs theyll upgrade him but they have zero tolerance and will cast players aside. Heaps of state cup players have 10-20 NRL games.
It's up to him to improve it or they'll kick him out of the joint real quick. Especially if Ben Hunt wants out at the Dragons and back to QLD. They won't hold onto some Q Cup development prospect.
I hope he kills it, it will be fun to comment at how easy the NRL is for average rugby players
Their fitness is on another level to Rugby players. It's the repeated efforts and time of play. Take a guy like Payne Haas if we are looking at premier players like Bell and Tupou. Over the 2023 season Haas had 4315 running meters (187m per game), 666 tackles and 113 tackle breaks. His tackle efficiency this year after 432 tackles is 98.2%. You can visually see the difference in the athletes as well. Built different. People can't shut up about how Etzebeth is built because it stands out in Rugby.
You’ve just shown it again. League would absolutely not have been on Carter‘s radar growing up on the South Island of NZ.
Don’t get me wrong, they are incredible athletes. My only point is that we shouldn’t be denigrating Rugby as a sport when it doesn’t deserve it. It’s a pinnacle of athleticism for these athletes.
Koribete has been our best winger for half a decade, and he was not much more then a run of the mill NRL player…
This is the sentence that should scare RA. Rugby have what 120-150 FT jobs in the country on offer? The NRL has 500 and very clear intentions to get to 20 teams which will make it 600. The average salary would also be much higher since its in the mid 400k mark and minimum wage 150k. Even if they have more people competing for those jobs it still optically sells a lot better.
He didn't have the mass at the time to be a Winger who can run it back (To'o) and not an aerial threat (Lomax, Tupou). You need to be at least one of those or your'e time is limited. Who knows he could have become one. Addo-Carr was falling into that category but the Storm taught him the game once he left the Tigers which is were Koro was also...
Very funny the comments Koroibete has made about Wests since his time there.
Burgess was a flop, playing 12. He could have been a sensational #6, but that would have taken more time of course.
Burgess played 12 in the World Cup in what was the 4th time he ever played the position in the sport. It's incredible
