Was anyone aware of this rule

[Joel Helmes]

I like the rule, 18 is the right age to hit first grade - schooling out the way and your able to vote, drink and gamble!! :slight_smile:

 

[Blackandwhite]

I like the rule, 18 is the right age to hit first grade - schooling out the way and your able to vote, drink and gamble!! :slight_smile:

Yeah I like the rule as well.
I can't remember where i saw it, maybe it was in a playing contract.
But the age limit is 18 for NRL and 16 for NYC.

 

[flash]

Brian Smith quoted this rule at the Roosters SG Ball Induction, he had 2 kids who he would have played in First grade if not for it. 1 of them was Kane Evans can't remember the other.

Tedesco is definately 18 already.

 

[Goose]

Brian Smith quoted this rule at the Roosters SG Ball Induction, he had 2 kids who he would have played in First grade if not for it. 1 of them was Kane Evans can't remember the other.

Tedesco is definately 18 already.

guessing it is this kid.

 

[flash]

Yes just read the article it was Tautau Moga.

 

[reyre2000]

As far as I understand bringing him in had some salary cap implications.

Never seen him play, word has it he is awesome.

I thought the NRL rule was 16 and was bought in because of Josh Hannay….could be wrong.

yeah, what was the deal with Hannay? i remember being a young lad in high school hearing something about this, but i cant remember what all the fuss was about? wasnt it something to do with the cowboys wanting to debut him before he was 16 but the NRL rules were a player had to be 16? im really not too sure, i was only about 15 or so when all this was going on so i wasnt very up to date with all the ins and outs of the laws of the NRL at the time.

 

[happy_tiger]

lol… He is a Gold Coast boy and that 'mob of losers' has been dropping funding into your Jets for the last 4 years and has made them a competitive outfit in the Qld Cup. Just like Brisbane did for years with your Panthers?! :wink:

I knew there was a ruling made by the NRL, but I didnt think it was 18 years?

Are you talking about Moga Watto I meant the bunch of losers as the Roosters
not the Titans
The Roosters have never stuck a dime into the Ipswich Jets

The only reason the Titans are putting any funding into the Jets is they are hoping to get another Langer ,Walters ,Uncle Dud Beattie ,Hughie Parcell , Kelly , Polla Mounter,Plowman ,Carne etc
from the deal
The only reason the Broncos put any players (Shane Vivian etc) into the Panthers system was due to the proximity of the clubs

 

[darkie]

I heard somewhere that the 18 year rule came in to protect the kids from injury as there tiny little frames aren't stwong enough yet :blush:

Seriously though, I think it's a good idea, maybe even raise it to 20, after all, they may be big, but their bodies are still growing. Better to wait & hope there's less chance of injury.

 

[Marshall_magic]

As far as I understand bringing him in had some salary cap implications.

Never seen him play, word has it he is awesome.

I thought the NRL rule was 16 and was bought in because of Josh Hannay….could be wrong.

yeah, what was the deal with Hannay? i remember being a young lad in high school hearing something about this, but i cant remember what all the fuss was about? wasnt it something to do with the cowboys wanting to debut him before he was 16 but the NRL rules were a player had to be 16? im really not too sure, i was only about 15 or so when all this was going on so i wasnt very up to date with all the ins and outs of the laws of the NRL at the time.

Hannay turned 16 in January 1996 and was denied the right to debut in the 96 season.
Rankin turned 16 in December 2007 and made his debut as a 16 year old in the 08 season (only 2 players were younger when they debuted, both pre WWII).

If the rule did not change between 96 and 08 (which is could well have done) the logical cut off date would be January 1, and a player would need to be 16 to debut in the same year. Unless the rule has changed again since Rankin, that's probably what it would be.