London Broncos • Eden Park Auckland
nadera78 wrote:
You think they've chosen to play for Tonga for the money? The exact opposite is true, they've turned down $20K per game playing for Australia/New Zealand in exchange for £2,500 from Tonga. Several of them have spoken of the financials, but said they wanted to do it anyway.
1 Tongan born player, 11 of the 21 capped by NZ/AU/Samoa and the ONLY reason that they are a "revelation" is because a Kiwi international disagreed with 2 players being made unavailable for selection because they were filmed snorting coke.....not really the fairytale some would have you buy into.
Also, check the attendances for Tonga when played more than 70km's from South Auckland......they're as Tongan as the wolfpack are Canadian, but we cling to little gimmicks out of desperation rather than deal with the reality that international RL is reliant on ANZACS and Brits, with the French and PNG teams just flogging a dead horse when faced with a Tongan side that's not from Tonga!
As for the cash. Maybe JT might have expected to be selected this weekend by the ANZAC teams, but the rest got $2,500 rather than a day off....
Statistics: Posted by AXE2GRIND — Mon Nov 04, 2019 9:35 pm — Replies 3 — Views 188