K-Bomb Leaving Us?!?!

[AndyS]

I think McKenzie is being a bit disingenuous. I think the view is probably that, all technique aside, he is a bit too small at international level.

[helbob53]

Good luck keiran will defo miss you but hey do what you gotta do for the great memories x

[BeeJay]

It must have been very hard to give up the possibility of representing the Wallabies and playing in a world cup as that is the pinnacle of the sport really. But then you think, imagine if your boss rang you right now and said he wants you to move to the UK for a working holiday and earn 3 times what you do now. Not many people would say no to that.

There will be a mss exodus of players after the 2015 World Cup. Perhaps his agent has suggested he cash in before the competition heats up.

His game has really developed the last couple of seasons - not just in the scrum, but in open play. Sad to see him go.

[Ralto]

Seconded - I would rather be in Euroland than be used as the Wallaby's live scrum practice guy, who only gets a run against Hong Kong. He's done good with the Force, time for a top up, you've earned it.

[Tonkar]

Can someone please clear up this issuse about Wallaby Payments ??? I did hear you have to be a Wallaby for 2 yrs before you get a wallaby top up and that is the reason mowen is leaving.. Also if the tour is under a certian lenght payments are not given...

So all the guys that join now as rookies wont get paid to play world cup just a normal salary....

[The InnFORCEr]

There is an article on here somewhere which covers the "new" ARU pay system, basically the top 30 or so "Wallabies" have a value determined by the ARU and they then instruct the players choice of club how much of that value they have to pay and ARU makes up the balance.

The bit about tours is on a short tour only match payments for those that actually play, where as long tours the payments are shared around the whole squad. Last year there was a tour which was border line on the rules and the players had to vote between the two and this caused some friction.

And then there is the Izzzy rule, which only applies in NSW