NRL Player Movements & Rumours

[Sirlee oldman]

Storm and Tigers looking to do the first ever one year player loan/swap with Harry Grant and Paul Mummyrobbedmeskis, interesting to see if the NRL approve this.

Surely their contract values are different. I guess it will come down to whether both teams could afford the player they are receiving under the cap. Otherwise we could swap a minimum wage player for Tedesco this year and give the Roosters someone like Haas for a cheapie next year. We would have a great chance this year and they would be nearly unbeatable next year.

 

[mrslong]

You're right of course. I never had a problem with Carney, he could have drank a swimming pool of urine for all that I cared! I still think he was the most unfairly treated of all nrl stars mind you, I didn't hear all his background details.

Yeah I think lighting people on fire and high range drink driving, avoiding the police in a police chase are all the reasons why Carney shouldn't be allowed back in to play.

The bubbler just showed he was unable to stay off the drink.

 

[broncos4life]

Yeah I think lighting people on fire and high range drink driving, avoiding the police in a police chase are all the reasons why Carney shouldn't be allowed back in to play.

The bubbler just showed he was unable to stay off the drink.

This is exactly right and is what is always overlooked by people. Everyone pushes that “who cares he pissed in his own mouth”. That wasn’t the issue, the pissing in his mouth just showed how wasted he was and confirmed he cannot stay off the drink despite the many incidents t led to that he should have been rubbed out for previously.

 

[tommy]

Anyone else think Wigan are trolling Izzy by having their LGBTQ+ day against the Catalans?

I hope every LGBTQ person in England turns up and dresses for the occasion and Izzy has a shocker.

 

[Allo]

I hope every LGBTQ person in England turns up and dresses for the occasion and Izzy has a shocker.

Wigan should sign Keegan Hirst just for this game and let him belt the **** out of him

 

[Morkel]

Who was Carney playing for when he was sacked? Oh yeah. No wonder he is being defended.

 

[Kooly87]

I hope every LGBTQ person in England turns up and dresses for the occasion and Izzy has a shocker.

It would honestly be amazing if a few more or even all of the clubs did the same thing for the games they host Catalans in.

 

[Fernando]

That’s great news, I’m looking forward to seeing Izzy playing Rugby League again. It’s only a 1 year contract and I know it’s a long shot but hopefully he’ll end up back in the NRL when it’s over.

 

[Clintos]

That’s great news, I’m looking forward to seeing Izzy playing Rugby League again. It’s only a 1 year contract and I know it’s a long shot but hopefully he’ll end up back in the NRL when it’s over.

The NRL doesn't need him. Leave him to waste away in France/England/Toronto IMO.

 

[Kooly87]

The NRL doesn't need him. Leave him to waste away in France/England/Toronto IMO.

I don't think there is a club in the country who would be brave enough to touch him. Aside from all his baggage, he's an outside Back who will be 32 by the time his current deal expires and that only makes him even less enticing even without all the publicity baggage he brings.. He's damaged goods in Australia probably for good now.

 

[abashii]

I don't think there is a club in the country who would be brave enough to touch him. Aside from all his baggage, he's an outside Back who will be 32 by the time his current deal expires and that only makes him even less enticing even without all the publicity baggage he brings.. He's damaged goods in Australia probably for good now.

Pretty much yeah. Unless there's a marked about-face and he becomes a champion for gay rights or something nobody's going to want to take him on.

 

[mitch222]

Can someone explain to me how Doueihi is worth a 4 year 2.5 mill deal? Have I missed something here?

 

[Foordy]

That’s great news, I’m looking forward to seeing Izzy playing Rugby League again. It’s only a 1 year contract and I know it’s a long shot but hopefully he’ll end up back in the NRL when it’s over.

he won't be ...

the NRL still refuse to register a contract for him ... which means he is unlikely to find a club that will bother with him (to to mention all the bad publicity and potential rifts with a clubs sponsors).

to have any chance, he'd have to take the NRL to court and see if a court will force the NRL to allow him to play ... which no court will, the best he can hope from that is to get the court to rule the NRL are discriminating against him ... in which case to try to get the general public to pay for his court costs again (despite the fact that he would still have millions left from his court case against RA)

TL:DR Folau is a done playing sport professionally in Australia ... which is why he has take a smallish contract in france (reportedly only about 400k)

 

[Kooly87]

he won't be ...

the NRL still refuse to register a contract for him ... which means he is unlikely to find a club that will bother with him (to to mention all the bad publicity and potential rifts with a clubs sponsors).

to have any chance, he'd have to take the NRL to court and see if a court will force the NRL to allow him to play ... which no court will, the best he can hope from that is to get the court to rule the NRL are discriminating against him ... in which case to try to get the general public to pay for his court costs again (despite the fact that he would still have millions left from his court case against RA)

TL:DR Folau is a done playing sport professionally in Australia ... which is why he has take a smallish contract in france (reportedly only about 400k)

I'm not sure the NRL could get away with refusing to register him in the long run. I could see a situation where they find a rule to decline him, but as you pointed out, that would very likely end up in court which is a disaster for the NRL who have to fund it themselves, and far less disasterous for Folau, who will easily be able to source crowd funding to fight his case and they won't care if he wins or loses, they're fanatical enough that they'd just be happy to see him fight it. All the while the NRL is watching bad publicity around the game dominate the media, just like the ARU were.

The RFL were obviously not prepared to take it on once Catalans forced their hand by attempting to sign and register him. The only difference in the NRL's case at this stage is that no club is willing to take the heat for attempting to register him. If one of them was, I think it would be very interesting to see how the NRL handled it.

I'm sure they'd attempt to save face by declining him, but as I said, that would almost certainly land them in an expensive and lengthy court battle which they themselves may have to settle just to make it go away, exactly like the ARU had to.

 

[Foordy]

I'm not sure the NRL could get away with refusing to register him. I could see a situation where they find a rule to decline him, but as you pointed out, that would very likely end up in court and may even find a settlement in Folau's favour.

no court will force someone to hire someone ... most they will do is find in favor of Folau for discrimination ... and should it end up in court, the outcome is likely to take years to sort out and since he is in his 30's, he doesn't have years left.

the NRL case is different to the RA case, and they would have a strong case that hiring Folau would damage their business, and that is the reason, not his religious beliefs that he wasn't hired by the NRL. RA had already hired him AFTER he made similar statements in the past ... hell, they may have still won their case if they had the balls to actually fight it.

The NRL would have to fight this case to the end, as losing could open up a legal can of worms, causing other people the have refused to register to take legal action against them

 

[Clintos]

He can't force a club to sign him, but he could force the NRL to register a contract if there was one put forward.

It's a club's right to refuse to sign any player if they think it would have negative effects on their standing or sponsorships - but he could easily take the NRL to court under religious discrimination if a club took the chance to sign him and the NRL then rejected his contract.

Whether it's worth his time or effort, I don't know. I personally hope his god smites him down for being a twat.

 

[Foordy]

He can't force a club to sign him, but he could force the NRL to register a contract if there was one put forward.

It's a club's right to refuse to sign any player if they think it would have negative effects on their standing or sponsorships - but he could easily take the NRL to court under religious discrimination if a club took the chance to sign him and the NRL then rejected his contract.

Whether it's worth his time or effort, I don't know. I personally hope his god smites him down for being a twat.

it really depends what is in the licencing agreement with the clubs... the NRL may have a clause in there to protect themselves, saying something along the lines of:

"the NRL reserve the right to refuse the registration of any player contract, if deemed that said player is not a fit and proper person to participate in the NRL competition"

 

[Fernando]

We’ll see. Him making his Rugby League return elsewhere has taken some sting out of the story. I haven’t seen much outrage tbh, maybe people are just tired of it, and probably even more so in a years time. I think he’ll kill it on the field, and if he shows that he’s prepared to play ball off the field with his club/league then I wouldn’t be surprised if he played NRL again.