cuw3100 says...

@ powerplay : "umaga has an eye for upcoming players" - not correct mate. SBW was already a hit in LEAGUE and big things were expected of him , just like from say SAvea now with ABs. in fact it was a major controversey when he left the 'dogs.

if memory serves me right, his first international was for a barbarians team at 12 , whereas in league he was a second row!

Posted 05:39 15th July 2012

tha_mai says...

it won't be money - the Counties Manukau player contracts for 2010's ITM cup (latest I could find) totalled $943,020 - that is 483,000 GBP for the whole squad. The NZRU has a salary cap limit of 1.35 million per squad but most unions, such as C-M are well under this.

If SBW had, as was suggested a while back, signed for Waikato in ITM the most they could pay him was NZ$60,000 30,700GBP.

Good to see a SA player such as Daniel Adongo in the comp, just 4mths from his life whatever the payment is, and hopefully good for his future.

Posted 14:19 11th July 2012

Jazz says...

Bones, I agree. He look more the croquet type.

Posted 08:51 11th July 2012

powerplay says...

wow umaga has an eye for upcoming players!!! the last guy he picked is now worth 2mil a year!!!

Posted 01:24 11th July 2012