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Message: [QUOTE="Kimlo, post: 3089634, member: 2021"] The other way to sort is to give origin players less money and more money for International games. You know, if it is what you say it is, and a "trial" for the Australian team then the players should be happy to get 5k a game instead of 35k and that money can be redistributed to National teams. That way you don't lose 100k by skipping origin, and you actually get more money when you play at the highest level instead of state level. You can say bad luck all you want but it's a professional product and for the guys playing at the elite level, it's their only source of income. Imagine if all these island countries had their actual best 17 and the worldcup wasn't a formality for Australia to get another tropy but instead of a genuine competition where 5 other nations had a shot at winning it. That's an appealing TV product. You don't think all this Tonga hype is amazing for league? How many little Tongan kids watched that game last night and now have a dream to play rugby league instead of union? I reckon more than a few. We can't rely on a good guy like Fifita, who should get an enormous amount of credit for his selflessness in turning down origin to play for his country and starting that trend. 5 years ago Tonga was a joke who would have been beat by 100, now it's a game I look forward to every single time. [/QUOTE]

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