Well you do when you said you guarantee.
Tongan, Samoan and Fiji reps etc have always been eligible for Origin (if they met the resident before 13 rule).
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Tongan, Samoan and Fiji reps etc have always been eligible for Origin (if they met the resident before 13 rule).
mtd#2
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He never used to be that bad
he stood in as fb a few times , then went up for the highest bidder ,actually wanted him here playing fb b4 we wasted that money on Bula
Yeah OK you got me on semantics then. Leniu wasn't being picked, and he was the one who made the most noise about it.
On the pacific reps playing origin, I thought they quashed that for a bit when they said they were endorsed as tier 1 nations by the RLF? Obviously that never happened.
EDIT: Had a look, it was in regard to nation hopping, not Origin.
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GNR4LIFE
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My respect for Jahrome Hughes grew after they changed the rules. He said the only reason he would play would be for money, and he didn’t wanna do that. That’s a guy you can believe really does have pride in the jersey. Unlike performative twats like AFB who just saw $$$ signs the moment they relaxed the rule.
This has been responded to 100 times. Either way, Hughes was not eligible for Origin, even under the new rules. No different to someone like Herbie.
Call it semantics if you want. It did make me laugh as your posts made me think of the Life of Brian’s scene “What have the Romans done for us?”
“Guarantee if picked for Australia they’d forget about their heritage”
What about Haumole?
“All right, apart from Haumole, Crichton, Hammer, Toia, highly paid players at their club, players who made Origin, , sanitation and roads, I guarantee if picked for Australia they’d forget about their heritage”
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You've made your point. In future I'll ensure every post resembles a legal document and make sure all caveats are stated in advance to prevent any interactions like this in future. Sincerest apologies, I hope you get past this inconvenience.
mtd#2
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After being pumped by Australia, suggesting the referee was taking bribes and that the players were underpaid (suggesting its australias fault) - it is being reported that the Samoan Government allegedly put $4million toward the world cup.
And apparently the ARL covered all the players flights, meals and accommodation!
So where'd that $4million go?
The irony isnt lost on me that the anger from a select few Samoan players seem to be directed at the ARL and Australia, but it is looking like maybe they were ripped off by their own.
And apparently the ARL covered all the players flights, meals and accommodation!
So where'd that $4million go?
The irony isnt lost on me that the anger from a select few Samoan players seem to be directed at the ARL and Australia, but it is looking like maybe they were ripped off by their own.
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Well coaches and staff had to be paid out of that I'd think. Not sure what those sort of salaries would like for a month period. I imagine there'd be a local Samoan RL federation delegation that would have been present and had to have been shuttled around to the games. If for arguments sake that took up 3/4 of that allocation, $1m allocated in match payments to the 17 players taking the field across the 3 pool games plus semi final equates to something like $14.7K per player, per game. Even if you want to spread it 23 squad players that is still $10.8K per player, per game. Bit of a contrast to the $3.4K a player would have earned for featuring in all four matches Samoa took part in.
If the players really do have a bee in their bonnet about it, or a journalist actually wants to do some journalism, they could look into it and find out where the funding went.
Caveat: I am not privy to the accounting of the Samoan RL federation or the Samoan government, and their expenses incurred during the tournament. Figures above are for purposes of discussion only.
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