Regan Grace

[Pen-Y-Bont Crusader]

French websites reporting he’s signed for Racing 92…

 

[Dallas Mead]

Super League salary cap still doing the job of constraining the ability of our players to earn their market value.  Awesome.

[Pulga]

Oh god. English RL never fail to dissapoint.

 

 

[EastLondonMike]

A shame if true. 

[RigbyLuger]

If they wanted to, a club could make him a marquee player but maybe they don't see him worth that much.

[Wellsy4HullFC]

1 hour ago, RigbyLuger said:

If they wanted to, a club could make him a marquee player but maybe they don't see him worth that much.

This.

There are 24 marquee spots in the league I believe. He wasn't considered worth one.

[Barley Mow]

6 minutes ago, Wellsy4HullFC said:

This.

There are 24 marquee spots in the league I believe. He wasn't considered worth one.

That does assume that there are 12 clubs with the funds to each pay 2 marquee players.

[ELBOWSEYE]

20 minutes ago, Wellsy4HullFC said:

This.

There are 24 marquee spots in the league I believe. He wasn't considered worth one.

He wouldn't be next in line at saints, possibly quite a few in front of him. But good luck if he gets a big payday most cross coders are not worth the expense these days and thats both ways. 

[Desert Skipper]

Not marquee, but still entertaining. There’s not going to be much we can do to stop this sort of thing from happening. I think the fact he’s played Union at junior level has helped here. I doubt Racing 92 would pay top dollar to experiment with a pure-league player such as Makinson or Johnstone.

[Futtocks]

He'll be wasting his talent, but he'll be well paid for it.

[JohnM]

I doubt any Superleague club could match a Racing 92 package. Union in France is big money.

[JohnM]

https://rugbydome.com/racing-92-player-salaries/

[sgorpioncaerdyddrob]

Pretty devastating for Welsh RL unfortunately. 

[Pen-Y-Bont Crusader]

7 minutes ago, sgorpioncaerdyddrob said:

Pretty devastating for Welsh RL unfortunately. 

Yes. Saw Regan make his Wales debut at the Arms Park and was hoping to see much more of him in a WRL jersey…

[graveyard johnny]

another kyle eastmond- less than average player going for the easy money - would of been way out of his depth in the nrl - just dont make the mistake of signing him back as soiled goods when it doesnt work out this time

[Dallas Mead]

53 minutes ago, Desert Skipper said:

Not marquee, but still entertaining. There’s not going to be much we can do to stop this sort of thing from happening. I think the fact he’s played Union at junior level has helped here. I doubt Racing 92 would pay top dollar to experiment with a pure-league player such as Makinson or Johnstone.

There IS something we can do to stop this sort of thing happening.

[Bedfordshire Bronco]

5 hours ago, Pen-Y-Bont Crusader said:

French websites reporting he’s signed for Racing 92…

 

Probably double the money and he'll only have to touch the ball 3 times a game .... Can't blame him but Christ it would be boring being on the edge in union

[ATLANTISMAN]

He can ###### off then to the rah rah cash French RU is a bore fest.

 

Plenty more where he came from.

 

Let's move on.

 

P

[sgorpioncaerdyddrob]

4 minutes ago, ATLANTISMAN said:

He can ###### off then to the rah rah cash French RU is a bore fest.

 

Plenty more where he came from.

 

Let's move on.

 

P

Not for us there isn't, a great talent and a bad loss. Again, the weakness of the sports' leadership and financial clout of the game means it loses out. 

[Pen-Y-Bont Crusader]

17 minutes ago, Bedfordshire Bronco said:

Probably double the money and he'll only have to touch the ball 3 times a game .... Can't blame him but Christ it would be boring being on the edge in union

That’s the thing I don’t get as he always said he hated never getting the ball.

[DavidM]

He’ll be wanting to come back in about 12 months . Good money but …

[Mr Frisky]

1 hour ago, graveyard johnny said:

another kyle eastmond- less than average player going for the easy money - would of been way out of his depth in the nrl - just dont make the mistake of signing him back as soiled goods when it doesnt work out this time

Not sure why you bring the NRL into this.

Hes a good SL winger in a very very good SL team. He probably looks better than he us as he plays for saints. Hes not worth a marquee salary for any club. If he played for Wakefield or Salford no one would really mention him.

Shame hes going, but he will never be on big money in SL as he will never be a top top player, so he may as well earn what he can in Union. He will probably have a longer career in Union as well as his body won't get the same wear and tear. Saying that, see if hes back in RL in about 2 years like many others..

[DavidM]

1 hour ago, Bedfordshire Bronco said:

Can't blame him but Christ it would be boring being on the edge in union

Im often on the edge watching union … the edge of falling asleep . 

[The storm]

2 hours ago, Futtocks said:

He'll be wasting his talent, but he'll be well paid for it.

He would be better of going to the NRL

[arcticchris]

Good player but not one of the 10 best at Sts and think he will easily be replaced.

 

Good luck to him as it will be a big payday but I don’t feel like it’s a huge loss to Super League.