NRL fringe men locked in for 2018, ones who are gone

[BOZO]

The sad truth for almost half of the players still off-contract is that they will either snare a second-tier deal at best or vanish from professional league life.
https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nr...8/news-story/02d8f00bb022df8d2aec8c393b55534a

 

[Spartan Eagle]

Wow. It's a tuff gig! Feel for a lot of those players. You have to have extreme amount of talent and dedication to make the grade.

 

[Harvies elbow]

It's shortsightedness of the NRL now and previous that these players can't be helped financially to play in the bush.

 

[andyvb]

They have to do what past players had to do; work a job while they play. It's a tough world but look at the women's Aus union and league team. They are international players and have to work a second job