SBW says his NRL premierships mean more than union world cup wins

[The Future is League]

https://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/nrl/sonny-bill-williams-won-two-world-cups-with-the-all-blacks-he-says-his-nrl-premierships-mean-more/news-story/218e33d3baef4dde5a277f80725654ba

[DavidM]

So he should , they were a lot harder to win 

[ghost crayfish]

Harder to win and it's what he grew up wanting to do. Makes sense. If he was able to win a league world cup with NZ or, dare I say it, Samoa, I wonder where that'd rank?

[Boomer Bang Wool]

Harder to win is debatable. You get to have a crack at an NRL premiership every year. Also I’d say he was more instrumental in winning NRL premierships for his teams than he was winning the World Cup for NZ, where he came off the bench in both occasions. Add to that he grew up playing rugby league so you can see why he holds this opinion 

[GUBRATS]

Sonny Bill says what those listening wants to hear

[Dunbar]

Man moving from Rugby Union to Rugby League talks up Rugby League shock.

For that type of money it is the minimum we should expect.

[Eddie]

A bit like when Gazza joined Everton and when asked what his career highlight so far was said ‘signing for Everton’. 

[hunsletgreenandgold]

3 hours ago, GUBRATS said:

Sonny Bill says what those listening wants to hear

Correct

[Terrybill]

Well he would say that.

[Les Tonks Sidestep]

5 hours ago, ghost crayfish said:

Harder to win and it's what he grew up wanting to do. Makes sense. If he was able to win a league world cup with NZ or, dare I say it, Samoa, I wonder where that'd rank?

Of course it was.......  In 2010 on signing for NZRU he said: "I'm coming home to pursue my childhood dream and work towards an All Blacks Jersey."

[graveyard johnny]

lets judge him on what he will be getting paid (handsomely)  to do on the pitch in the next 2 years  not for his words about the past.

[DavidM]

2 hours ago, Eddie said:

A bit like when Gazza joined Everton and when asked what his career highlight so far was said ‘signing for Everton’. 

And ? A genuine honest assessment I would say . Obviously a clued up guy ...

[GUBRATS]

1 hour ago, graveyard johnny said:

lets judge him on what he will be getting paid (handsomely)  to do on the pitch in the next 2 years  not for his words about the past.

Ask ' The future is league ' , he started it ?

[Damien]

2 hours ago, Les Tonks Sidestep said:

Of course it was.......  In 2010 on signing for NZRU he said: "I'm coming home to pursue my childhood dream and work towards an All Blacks Jersey."

Its odd that you seem to think the two are mutually exclusive. One thing for certain though is that SBW was an out and out Leaguie growing up.