Player "poaching"

[travelling_gerry]

Much has been said about player poaching and with todays signing of Nathan Charles there are questions about who paid for what.

The reality is that the ARU paid for the development of Nathan Charles and just about every other Super 14 player running around Australia today.

Each "member union" is allocated a sum of money from the ARU budget for player and coach development. The "member unions" are the states as well as the Schoolboy's.

Some states develop more players and hense are allocated more money. Other states may get more money because of old term board room deals of the 80's and 90's.

So a bit like a car, a player may be developed or manufactured by a particular State but that player, like a car, is owned and driven by someone else.

So when people ask, "Who paid for Nathan Charles development?"

The answer is "ARU, but the Brumbies had him in their garage for a while and weren't using him."

Here is the 2009 receipt.

[zimeric]

LOL is this a pre-response to any objections from Muddie??

[farva]

Thankyou, this is going to be very useful!

[.X.]

Who is Muddie?

[zimeric]

muddie mudslinger, mudguts, mudsucking bottom dweller... mudskipper




that guy

[jombi]

Tasmania should get more money.

Someone should do a chart on players from the Reds and who paid for their development. You'd have about 70% being from the NZRFU.

[shasta]

Tasmania should get more money.

Someone should do a chart on players from the Reds and who paid for their development. You'd have about 70% being from the NZRFU.

Settle jombi, your chip is showing.

[Darren]

Who is Muddie?

Look up Mudskipper on Urban Dictionary

[jombi]

Settle jombi, your chip is showing.

Don't get me wrong, I didn't say QLD got any of the good ones.

[jono]

Who is Muddie?

someone who didnt 'fit in' with the 'rules'

[TOCC]

Whatever makes you sleep comfortably at night
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[andrewM]

hmm
Victoria RU ..$425,000
ACT & Southern NSW $295,000
WARU..$260,000

half the players yet the Vics get nearly $200,000 more??

[shasta]

Look up Mudskipper on Urban Dictionary

Muddie, ................explain yourself.

[farva]

hmm
Victoria RU ..$425,000
ACT & Southern NSW $295,000
WARU..$260,000

half the players yet the Vics get nearly $200,000 more??

NSWRU look to be getting shagged as well.

And TOCC, when Quade comes across you cant come crying about poaching now, it was WA mining royalties that propped up the QRU

[travelling_gerry]

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