Re: Serbians in Super League? : Fri Jul 25, 2014 12:53 am  

Easty wrote: I wonder how these got on? http://www.rlef.eu.com/serbia/news/arti ... e-and-hull http://www.hullkr.tv/?v=428&view=free Looks like they progressed enough to make the national team. http://www.rlef.eu.com/european_shield/ ... LE00000547

Easty wrote: I wonder how these got on? http://www.rlef.eu.com/serbia/news/arti ... e-and-hull http://www.hullkr.tv/?v=428&view=free Looks like they progressed enough to make the national team. http://www.rlef.eu.com/european_shield/ ... LE00000547

Re: Serbians in Super League? : Fri Jul 25, 2014 8:08 pm  

JB Down Under wrote:

I'd have a two player cap exemption for any players signed from developing nations. Criteria
Must have a passport for that country
Must be eligible to play for that countries national team
Must not have played SL or NRL previously

This^^^

Re: Serbians in Super League? : Sat Jul 26, 2014 6:24 am  

Given the sprinting abilities of the Caribbean Islands you'd think there would be some potential over there?

Re: Serbians in Super League? : Sun Jul 27, 2014 3:43 am  

Right now it would be a stretch to find 60 players from emerging nations - that's two per NRL and ESL club - but it won't be long with the number of PNG, Fijian and others starting to emerge.
I can see Italian, American, Canadian, Serbian, Lebanese and Russian players filling these quotas, but at the moment the largest numbers would come from PNG and Fiji.

Re: Serbians in Super League? : Sun Jul 27, 2014 9:56 am  

You could find 60 20 year old png problems with real potential alone. Throw in Fiji, Samoa, Cook Islands, Tonga, USA and Wales and it wouldn't be hard.

Re: Serbians in Super League? : Mon Jul 28, 2014 5:22 am  

I would hope that every club that takes 2 players from developing nations would take 2 from the same country, as happened with the Serbs at Warrington. That way it will diminish to some degree the impact of loneliness and homesickness.

Re: Serbians in Super League? : Mon Jul 28, 2014 5:45 am  

I remember when Wests Tigers had a Russian RL player on their books for a few months. Short stay and i'm sure he learnt a lot. http://www.theage.com.au/news/Sport/Wes ... 12753.html

I remember when Wests Tigers had a Russian RL player on their books for a few months. Short stay and i'm sure he learnt a lot. http://www.theage.com.au/news/Sport/Wes ... 12753.html

Re: Serbians in Super League? : Mon Jul 28, 2014 11:48 am  

JB Down Under wrote:

Given the sprinting abilities of the Caribbean Islands you'd think there would be some potential over there?

a fast player's not good unless he's been playing good level rugby since a relatively young age. Being an athlete alone is generally over-rated in RL in this country. Countless London juniors have come through as the next big thing based on speed (Caro, Worrincey....) and turned out to be fairly poor RL players. If you haven't got a football brain and an RL heart you have no chance.

Re: Serbians in Super League? : Mon Jul 28, 2014 12:01 pm  

We had a Serbian at Wakefield - Liam Higgins

Re: Serbians in Super League? : Mon Jul 28, 2014 12:42 pm  

Tre Cool wrote:

a fast player's not good unless he's been playing good level rugby since a relatively young age. Being an athlete alone is generally over-rated in RL in this country. Countless London juniors have come through as the next big thing based on speed (Caro, Worrincey....) and turned out to be fairly poor RL players. If you haven't got a football brain and an RL heart you have no chance.

True but speed and physique and get them early enough and you have a new talent pool of speedy wingers. Identify at 16 , get them in an elite training program in their country and take the best 18 year olds into SL and NRL systems.