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<blockquote data-quote="the_boot" data-source="post: 230244">When money is not an issue (rugby money would be bigger)...and he has achieved all their is to achieve (this Saturday he will have won the only thing left to win) the only thing left is....greater fame.Rugby would give Slater the bigger stage...the stage with more variety and more fans.&nbsp; It is tempting he like many other NRL players knows he is better than some of the ARU players around...if not better than all of them.There are some players in the NRL who would seriously school some of the Wallabies.&nbsp; Inglis for example would make Mortlock look so yesterday and in fact I believe Inglis would be THE best centre in the world as a rugby player.&nbsp; Lockyer would have been a Christian Cullen type fullback in his early days and now in his later years he is good enough to be a brilliant first five.&nbsp; Willie Mason would have done the damage as a number eight and also as a third jumping option in the lineout.&nbsp; These players could have made a bigger splash in the bigger rugby world if they had switched.Funny thing is there are loads of incredible Aussie athletes playing in the ARL...but we will be quiet about that goldmine and let them stay there where no one except Aussie Rules fams know who they are. very good point..</blockquote>

[QUOTE="the_boot, post: 230244"] When money is not an issue (rugby money would be bigger)...and he has achieved all their is to achieve (this Saturday he will have won the only thing left to win) the only thing left is....greater fame. Rugby would give Slater the bigger stage...the stage with more variety and more fans. It is tempting he like many other NRL players knows he is better than some of the ARU players around...if not better than all of them. There are some players in the NRL who would seriously school some of the Wallabies. Inglis for example would make Mortlock look so yesterday and in fact I believe Inglis would be THE best centre in the world as a rugby player. Lockyer would have been a Christian Cullen type fullback in his early days and now in his later years he is good enough to be a brilliant first five. Willie Mason would have done the damage as a number eight and also as a third jumping option in the lineout. These players could have made a bigger splash in the bigger rugby world if they had switched. Funny thing is there are loads of incredible Aussie athletes playing in the ARL...but we will be quiet about that goldmine and let them stay there where no one except Aussie Rules fams know who they are. very good point.. [/QUOTE]

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