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Is the money equal now?? I thought money for international appearances was paid for by the country's rugby league board i.e ARL for Aus reps, NZRL for kiwis, etc. And in that sense the ARL would absolutely dwarf everyone else... so repping Australia would earn them the most money per...

I think that's an issue for ARL to deal with. As it stands the perception I get is that players care mostly about a Qld or NSW jersey, and then after that there are top level guys that care more about Samoan and Tongan jerseys than an Australian jersey. It's up to the ARL to make players give...

I think the more representation across the Islands the better... Australia doesn't lack in players for the jersey and increased international competition is a good thing. Doesn't bother me that guys play origin and also play for Samoa, Tonga, etc. there are specific criteria they have to meet...

Yeah I didn't really hear any insider info from Kevvie out of it... it sounded like he was speculating to appease Dobbo. It's interesting, because Kevvie would know the books, but he was acting like he didn't... I don't think you can really take anything out of what he said. As part of...

Yeah this is the big thing for the broncos... we're in a premiership window at the moment, so kind of need guys to take short term deals to give themselves a chance to win, until the next TV deal when the new landscape is known. Reynolds and Bhunt are nearing retirement so that will open up...

I think you'd only go that way if Willison is capable of filling in at backrow should Gos or Piaks need a break. But I would worry about Willison defending out there... he got caught out in the all stars game. There's also the worry for the worst case scenario where we lose a backrower in the...

I'd agree that keeping Reynolds is probably a priority even if it is only for an extra year. Bhunt is a great player, but even from his role at 6, you can see the difference in kicking games between the two. I think if we lost Reynolds and Bhunt moved into 7 that our premiership credentials...

Tigers team looks largely the same with only Luai missing... and Fainu coming into 7. I'd imagine Api will spend time in the halves, because that starting pair is under 20... and if they also had those two + Da Silva and Bula... you're looking at a very very young spine It will be interesting...

So you're wanting to keep Madden over guys who are in the starting 17 or next man up? Madden who will be sitting behind Reynolds, Bhunt and Ezra at minimum, but may also be behind Black as well... a 5th choice half over starting 17 guys. Billy can do that job next year whilst also covering...

I think we probably are ok salary cap wise; however the inclusion of Bhunt may have been a spanner in the works IF Reynolds chooses to go around again. Reynolds reduced his deal to like $600k or something and Bhunt is here on like $550k. So I don't think it will be hard to accommodate both of...

Lol... that right there is something that Fox, as a self described conduit to the people, would normally have picked up on... except they are so far up Ricky's ass that they couldn't see it from behind his teeth

Yep was only being trialled during the preseason... which they spent whinging and moaning about the whole time. 4 weeks ago... "this is shit and is going to create a lot of controversial decisions" Now... "why didn't they bring that stupid rule in??"

Patty, Payne and Paix all played in that game

Yeah that should've been a sin bin... I can't believe they didn't even compare it to the blocker one where he got sent off. Started talking about "what did he say to the ref though"... it doesn't fucking matter what he said, because he went up and patted him straight after he had been...

That entire segment was so fucking stupid... I swear Gordie, Anasta and Read were arguing something completely different to Buzz for a long portion of it. Gordie started going on about voluntary tackles and if you do it you should expect to get hit... and moron Buzz wasn't able to get across...

Have lost 4 of the last 6 since 2019... including 3 of the last 4 at Suncorp. Patty, Payne, Staggs, etc. would potentially have a losing record to them since coming into the league.

The Broncos themselves have plenty to play for in this as well. The current squad would have a losing record in recent years against the 3 peat spooners

Lol at Turbo being so high... he's played like 1.5 games haha

Storm have spent big on middles in the past... NAS is on a big deal, JBrom was on a big deal. Uto isn't on much, but that might change... to me it looks like Bellamy is turning him into Kamikamica 2.0... and if so he won't want to break the bank for him