I hate the debenture system as much as everyone else but just because we don't like it doesn't give the NRL the right to take over administartion and sell off the club.
Also both of those interventions resulted from salary cap cheating. NewsCorp removed the Storm board and appointed the new CEO. And Canterbury board resigned. In neither case di the NRL take control.
The only teams the NRL have taken control of and then sold off are Newcastle and Gold Coast. The only reason they did this was because they both had severe financial problems. I think they would want to avoid the legal stoush of taking over a financially stable club with the intention of selling...
This whole PNG exercise has become a joke. The bears are further away from the east coast than PNG. How come they can't play all there away games in Adelaide.
He took on head coach role at Hull FC in the super league in 2012 and reached the playoffs and again in 2013 reaching the playoffs and getting to the Challenge cup final. Hull sacked him at the end of 2013 even though he got them to the playoffs twice and a Challenge Cup final in his 2 year...
Cameron Munster hit the nail on the head about the way the game is going - said structured play and set moves don't work anymore and that you have to play a more off the cuff game to break defences.