Would you want a star NRL player to join Richmond?

[Tigeritis™©®]

Cooper Cronk ready made AFL star put him in the middle

Billy Slater naturally gifted and ready to play.

and probably Greg Inglis

[Hellenic Tiger]

Nope. Would rather pay big bucks to ensuring we keep our stars of the future.

Unless the AFL consider taking up paying the salary of the player defecting to our comp no way.

I can see why Hunt and Folau are being paid 1 mil a year but to an existing AFL club that would ruin the salary cap of that club. Furthermore the AFL if they want this to happen should allow all clubs to have a marquee player from their list and whatever they get paid should not be factored into the salary cap which would encourage clubs to take players from other comps . Nevertheless it won't work. Michael Jordan one of the greatest athletes the world has ever seen didn't do that well from his foray into baseball and he came out of retirement and back to the NBA within two years. Lets not let our egos get in the way.

[Smokey]

While I fully agree with the AFL's actions in bringing Folau and Hunt on board, from a Richmond perspective we don't need the distraction.  We are a young team learning the basics of the game and the more we are left alone by everyone to do that, the better off we will be.

[Tigermonk]

Its degrading to our game  pushing it to a new low
They will grab the money & produce ugly football to the game
When they fail they will run back to ARL & the AFL will be a laughing stock.   

[Mr Magic]

Nope.

We need more footballers who can kick, not less.

[one-eyed]

Unlike Essendon and St Kilda, we have a spare rookie spot still to fill. Any interest here in Greg Inglis code-switching to Punt Rd?

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NRL blocks new Inglis South Sydney deal

http://www.theage.com.au/rugby-league/league-news/nrl-blocks-new-inglis-deal-20101218-191f8.html

Inglis considers crossing codes to AFL as Souths deal drags on

GREG INGLIS is set to meet with AFL clubs St Kilda and Essendon as his frustration grows over the ongoing scrutiny of his deal with South Sydney by the NRL.

Storm's highest-profile fan, Molly Meldrum, an equally passionate St Kilda supporter, is believed to have helped instigate talks between the Saints and Inglis.

Inglis is also expected to meet with Essendon, whose interest in the league star was first reported by the Herald on April 30 - just a week after Melbourne was found guilty of massive salary-cap breaches that helped force one of the game's best players on to the market.

Under AFL rules, players cannot be added to a club's roster for the coming season after the annual draft, which was held last month.

But like Hunt and Folau, whose AFL contracts contain massive marketing payments outside the salary cap, Inglis would need a season learning the game before he could be expected to play at the top level.

Despite his lack of experience in AFL, Essendon great Michael Long - a leading campaigner and spokesman for indigenous rights and racial issues - believes Inglis could make the switch, and held a series of talks with him earlier this year to try to lure him to AFL.

http://www.theage.com.au/rugby-league/league-news/inglis-considers-crossing-codes-to-afl-as-souths-deal-drags-on-20101217-190ov.html

[MADTIGER2010]

Inglis is way too fat. He'd probably be no better than Stevan Jackson  

[Infamy]

He's only fat because he's had surgury which has ment he can't train for a long time.
Given there are no drafts left, I'm not sure if there is a way we can sign him up, pretty sure that final list lodgements are done

[Smokey]

Inlis is way too fat. He'd probably be no better than Stevan Jackson 

Not fat, just proportioned for League, same as Hunt was last year.  One season/pre-season has re-shaped Hunt significantly and would do the same for Inglis.

[bojangles17]

I wouldn't go anywhere near these guys, this promises to be a J O K E as these NRL clowns wallow in reserves level football looking more like a leftover from a legends game than a wannabee AFL star

[10 FLAGS]

Instead of paying this bloke $400,000 or $500,000 a year to make the switch we should keep our powder dry and keep the funds available for a massive tilt at Tom Scully come years end. At the very least we will force Melbourne to blow there salary cap.

[WilliamPowell]

He's only fat because he's had surgury which has ment he can't train for a long time.

Disagree carried extra "condition" all of the 2010 NRL season - he even admitted it himself that he wasn't fit enough during the course of the year

Not sure that training is Greg's favourite part of his job

Wouldn't touch Inglis with a 40 foot pole shown himself to be more interested in the $$$$ than anything else. How he has conducted himself (Broncos now Souths) hasn't been great IMHO

[MADTIGER2010]

He's only fat because he's had surgury which has ment he can't train for a long time.
Given there are no drafts left, I'm not sure if there is a way we can sign him up, pretty sure that final list lodgements are done

There's no reason he wouldn't be an average player though

[mightytiges]

We are so lucky we have long-term prospects like Hislop and Miller on our rookie list instead  

[WilliamPowell]

We are so lucky we have long-term prospects like Hislop and Miller on our rookie list instead  

Touche