Quote ="WIZEB"Sounds like the usual mixed bag from Mahe. Got the winning try to keep his side top of the pops mind. https://www.nswrl.com.au/MagpiesKnights-Rd7-2018'" Was thinking about him as the team were coming round to take applause after the victory against the champions. Wonder if right now he 's wondering whether he's done the right thing.

Quote ="WIZEB"Sounds like the usual mixed bag from Mahe. Got the winning try to keep his side top of the pops mind. https://www.nswrl.com.au/MagpiesKnights-Rd7-2018'" Was thinking about him as the team were coming round to take applause after the victory against the champions. Wonder if right now he 's wondering whether he's done the right thing.

maybe his family wanted to go home, he might be quite happy earning roughly the same and not livi g in the UK

I would !!

I have no doubt his salary in Australia is well in excess of what he was earning here

$200k by all accounts I believe, once you factor in the much higher cost of living over there he probably earned more over here

what costs more over there?

Quote ="PCollinson1990"what costs more over there?'" That genuinely made me think....here you go https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/c ... ty2=Sydney Can't vouch for the accuracy, but as a guide

Quote ="PCollinson1990"what costs more over there?'" That genuinely made me think....here you go https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/c ... ty2=Sydney Can't vouch for the accuracy, but as a guide

Quote ="Stanley Unwin"That genuinely made me think....here you go https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/c ... ty2=Sydney Can't vouch for the accuracy, but as a guide'" comparing Hull to Sydney, same as comparing Castleford to Rome. what price the happiness of his family? I'd pay £1 a pint more to do the same job in Aus, for sure. Aaanyway, not a Hull player, so no real point discussing how good/bad/indifferent he is being. (not directed at any individual poster)

Quote ="Stanley Unwin"That genuinely made me think....here you go https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/c ... ty2=Sydney Can't vouch for the accuracy, but as a guide'" comparing Hull to Sydney, same as comparing Castleford to Rome. what price the happiness of his family? I'd pay £1 a pint more to do the same job in Aus, for sure. Aaanyway, not a Hull player, so no real point discussing how good/bad/indifferent he is being. (not directed at any individual poster)

I agree....I was just answering your question

I know, hence my edit.

EVERYTHING

no, it doesn't

Another reasoned arguement????

Quote ="Bombed Out"Another reasoned arguement????'" look at prices, some things cost more, some things less. https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/c ... =Australia it is generally more expensive in Aus, but wages are also higher. But I questioned the statement that everything was more expensive. London is generally more expensive than Sydney... It's like saying Budapest is cheap, it is inexpensive if you earn a UK salary, but the wages in Budapest are lower.

Quote ="Bombed Out"Another reasoned arguement????'" look at prices, some things cost more, some things less. https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/c ... =Australia it is generally more expensive in Aus, but wages are also higher. But I questioned the statement that everything was more expensive. London is generally more expensive than Sydney... It's like saying Budapest is cheap, it is inexpensive if you earn a UK salary, but the wages in Budapest are lower.

The cost of living over there i e food,housing,booze which is where most of your money goes is a great deal more than England although I will give you that London is on par,but we dont live in London.

you may not, but some don't live in Hull, people live all over and still comment on here.

I think you don't realise how expensive London is.

I know there are some foodstuffs that are cheaper over there than here, also housing in N.QLD and many places is in fact is cheaper than many parts of the UK, certainly land for development can be silly money compared to much of the UK.

I was going to buy a business out there a couple of years ago - small local bike shop with cafe in Mackay specifically, given what was included (it had a sizeable residence above), tons of goodwill, geographic location, it was an absolute steal for what it was (can't remember the figure tbh)

I just had a quick look and you can buy a solid brick built 2 bedroom house in a reasonable area in Mackay within easy walking distance of the beach and the town centre for £79,000. Please find me somewhere like that in the UK that isn't a hole!

Friends parents live in Mill Hill, the A1/A41 runs literally right behind their back garden, 3bed semi, £900k, 2 bed maisonette is about £500k for that area. £900k buys you a 107sqm 2 bed apartment on a high floor in Astoria Tower, Sydney which has a view over the water and slap bang in the city centre. Town hall, maritime museum, zoo, Australia museum AND Chinatown all within 10 minutes walk tops.

The same money further into London gets you a 61sqm 1 bed on the 10th floor of a block near Oldgate tube, you might see HMS Belfast if you're on the right side of the building

Mahe Fonua, though. Great player.

Quote ="ComeOnYouUll"Mahe Fonua, though. Great player.'" I'm just grateful we have experts on every single topic under the sun. The lad blasted some metres out last weekend. ambit.digital/stats/nrl-match-re ... 0181130750

Quote ="ComeOnYouUll"Mahe Fonua, though. Great player.'" I'm just grateful we have experts on every single topic under the sun. The lad blasted some metres out last weekend. ambit.digital/stats/nrl-match-re ... 0181130750

Quote ="WIZEB"I'm just grateful we have experts on every single topic under the sun. The lad blasted some metres out last weekend. ambit.digital/stats/nrl-match-re ... 0181130750'" Brilliant that they produce that level of stats for reserve grade over there

Quote ="WIZEB"I'm just grateful we have experts on every single topic under the sun. The lad blasted some metres out last weekend. ambit.digital/stats/nrl-match-re ... 0181130750'" Brilliant that they produce that level of stats for reserve grade over there

Yup.
I get this feeling we won't be catching up anytime soon.



I am going to squeeze in Dragons/Roosters followed by Storm/Warriors this morning inbetween reading more Eric Hobsbawm.

Les Cats have just signed Drinkwater from the Magpies. It seems pretty easy to sign players from that team, you know, should we want to.

Also helps if you have quota/non fed spaces, enough salary cap and a more relaxed attitude to employing overseas players than the UK have

There are tons of overseas players in SL, it might just be that Perpignan is a bit warmer and more sophisticated than Northern England...?

Surely not! What can be more sophisticated than flat caps, whippets and clogs