WATCH: Canberra Raiders newest recruit rips through Sydney GPS Schools

Watched him against NZ Schoolboys wasnt nothing special

Why would the Brumbies want the Rebels unit trusts?

Laughable

Rugger, it's the same pool of money paying for the player contracts no matter how many SR teams there are; neigh, with four SR teams it's actually a larger pool of money because after almost a decade in the competition the Force was still losing money. The way to grow the pool of money, and thus the amount of money we can spend on players like this to counterweight NRL money, is to have successful SR teams that get people through the gate and eyeballs on televisions in the main rugby markets. The subsidised development pathway needs to be an Australian domestic league, that will hopefully eventually not be quite so subsidised, that can offer a 17 year old the equivalent of a League development contract. If I were running things I would have cut both the Force and Rebels (perhaps merging Rebels and Brumbies), and put all the money being spent on those sink holes into improving the NRC. We've already seen that the Perth and Melbourne NRC teams can be well supported, and provide a good development pathway for local talent.

ARU being so self-serving and wallaby-centric have deem 4 super team for Wallaby trials is enough. Guess what we will end up loosing some of the best due to volume of opportunities in NRL as opposed to 4 trial teams in rugby. Contracting its way to sucess one of many Pulver and Clyne legacies.

Do all you handwringers ... "Unions losing talented players who played GPS" realise that many promising league players are actually sent to GPS schools, paid by NRL clubs, to take advantage of the superior development and coaching facilities on offer? As always its a question of balance. But just because some promising young player has gone from GPS to league doesn't mean that the system is broken. The opposite in fact. Its interesting that, post school, the NRL under 20's was seen as the best development path for young players. But I see they (the NRL) have abolished this competition. ANyway, bottom line ... there is plenty of good talent coming through the schools that will end up playing professionally ... by sheer weight of numbers (15 Australian NRL sides compared to 4 SR sides) the majority will go to league.

I think the players and their agents just see environments like NRL clubs or the Crusaders for instance as better places for young guys to launch their careers and become better footballers. If they don’t turn out to be NRL Stars or All Blacks - an Australian Super Rugby Franchise will happily snap them up at the end of their contract. Pretty damning on perceived value of Australian Union coaching and pathways

Exactly Jeffrey. Apparently, according to the Roar, not one of these converts from union ever played any rugby league. Considering the latter is strictly verboten in any self-respecting private school, it's rather hard for any of these lads to play it at all...

Like many talented footballers, Rorke and Crichton played both Rugby and Rugby League as juniors. If they had taken up Super Rugby contracts, then the NRL could justifiably say that they had been "lost to Union".

........nah, its because League holds a greater status in Australia and as such offers a more lucrative career for aspiring athletes in this country. It matters not that Union assumes a higher international pedigree, its a far more pragmatic decision that determines the choices of these aspiring athletes. This is based on Leagues superior Domestic culture here, which is far more attractive than any potential random Wallaby call up........

If you ask Sheek we are contracting these players too young. Then if you ask others we are letting them go instead of locking them in. Apparently the problem is both ways at the same time - not even possible.

whats wrong with rugby union when we keep losing players like this - good grief, its obvious he can play - where are the rugby scouts ?? asleep at the wheel