After Shaun Edwards recent comments regarding high profile Union players having interest in playing RL in afew years time, is this just what RL needs? More publicity from high profile internationals switching from Union to League?

Clearly we can't produce our own superstars. Certainly not on the level of someone like Owen Farrell. I think getting them from Union is the best we can hope for.

I for one would enjoy seeing a high profile Union player playing our game.

Didn’t Owen Farrell play Rugby League at junior level

Would love to see Owen Farrell play league.
Great all round footballer, amazing place kicker and as hard as nails!!

Played for St Pats up to the age of 15

Absolutely no chance of Farrell coming to Rugby League, he's on £750,000 a year https://www.rugbypass.com/news/owen-far ... year-deal/

Absolutely no chance of Farrell coming to Rugby League, he's on £750,000 a year https://www.rugbypass.com/news/owen-far ... year-deal/

Quote ="christopher"Absolutely no chance of Farrell coming to Rugby League, he's on £750,000 a year https://www.rugbypass.com/news/owen-far ... year-deal/'" Plus his international England and Lions earnings will take him over the million

Quote ="christopher"Absolutely no chance of Farrell coming to Rugby League, he's on £750,000 a year https://www.rugbypass.com/news/owen-far ... year-deal/'" Plus his international England and Lions earnings will take him over the million

As I have stated many times before. The salary cap is ludicrously low. Ben foden last club Northampton ,slightly above average full back, salaryabout six hundred grand . Why would he even contemplate coming to rugby league. Owen Farrell’s package with England,his club and the lions the other year was about a million . Best of luck to the lad.

On the topic, I’m happy just to see people playing the game, I don’t care where they come from or what sport.

On the topic drift, the salary cap is ludicrously low after 20 or so years without movement. There should however be a reinstatement of the 50% of income rule to save clubs from themselves.

We know the caps are astronomically different. This isn't the topic of debate is it?

I suppose what I'm trying to debate is - is getting well known international Union stars into RL the best way to promote the game in the UK?

Cipriani to Catalans

Go straight to jail, do not pass go

There's certainly more RU players in the northern hemisphere who I think would go well in RL than there was 10 years ago. The Vunipolas would make great props if they shed some timber.

What's the update on Eastmond coming back?

Think Eastmond signed for another Union club

Given the disparity in wages we're never going to sign star RU players again. What might be worth looking at is fringe players who might fancy a crack at RL, particularly smaller forwards and threequarters. So long as you accept that they'll probably hop back to RU if they start looking good, they might be worth a punt. Otherwise the days of RU players crossing to RL would appear long gone.

Stuart Barnes ?

Rather than players we should be looking at how they fund their salary caps. How many of our SL clubs can afford the current Cap

Leicester Tigers

Lots of international rugby

Leeds recent-ish track record includes:

John Gallagher
Craig Innes
Jim Fallon
Japie Mulder
Graham McKay (although was originally a league player - also Lee Smith and Gary Connolly)
Mike Coady
Josh Walters (wasn't he originally with the union side in Leeds?)

There's probably quite a few more... On balance, it hasn't turned out so well for us!

Liam Botham

simon worrall

Simon Irving

Eddie Rombo!!

The greatest of them all Lewis Jones.

Plenty more:

Wilf Rosenberg
Colin Evans
Derek Hallas
Ken Thornett
Alan Rees
John Davies
John Gallagher
John Bentley
Sid Hynes
Johnny Atkinson
Alan Tait
Drew Broatch
Ronnie Cowan
Dai Young
Bev Risman
Louis Neuman

and young Harry Newman played Union