The Lolo and Morgan signings have nothing to do with any of these players leaving. Morgan signed AFTER two of them left. One of them (Martin) was never even contracted to the Cowboys. Like at all. In any grade.
While I agree with the overall sentiment of your post, this isn’t true.
Kikau signed with Penrith halfway through 2015 during his final year of U20s. Scott re-signed in April 2017. The two have nothing to do with each other.
He's not as far as I'm aware. But if they are, it's possible that members of the family (as they're originally from Tonga/Auckland) moved to Sydney, while others went to Queensland.
Qld U18 have produced more Origin players than NSW U18 (11 to 9) but more NSW U18 players have gone onto play first grade (about 83 to 52 if my counting is correct).
Of those 83 for NSW, 64 are in current NRL squads, although all aren't regular first graders. For Qld, 37 of their 52 are in...
That's fair enough but anyone who had seen him in the NYC wouldn't think playing great in ISC and playing NRL were some unreal possibility for him. He was the best hooker in his age group and probably by a bit. The near-Test spot was unexpected certainly. But my point is, he wasn't an unknown...
Brandon Smith was a great pickup but he wasn't really a hidden gem like a Munster or Croft. The Storm just went out and got the best player in that situation. He was a Qld U16 rep, probably the best hooker in the NYC in 2016 and a Junior Kiwi. The Cowboys had him since he was 15. A couple of...
Carrigan and Haas' running metres on NRL.com actually do include the Bulldogs game, for some reason they don't show but they are included in the total. You can see the stats for that game on the League Live app.
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