Titans NRLW team and 2022 Draw

[Hail Sezer]

If the Drongoes girls are all staying then this new comp will be a lopsided joke
We need to get Aiken, Upton, Lenarduzzi, Boyle etc

Yeah im with you Bods and the more I've thought about it the less understanding I've been....it isn't in the best interest of the comp or the women's sport if the talent isn't properly distributed. Loading up a team so that they're better than everyone else is a good way to show there isn't enough talent for any more expansion. It's not like the Titans are asking them to represent a region they have no ties to - they're literally GC girls and many have come through the Burleigh or Tweed system.

Boyle pretty much said on the bloke in a bar podcast that she doesn't want to play for the Titans because she wanted to continue what they were building at the Broncos.

[ozynorts]

Memberships now available $70

Just had a look at the link in the message I got from memberships and there is an option to add it to your current membership and if you do it is only $50.

[Mr Bods]

Yeah im with you Bods and the more I've thought about it the less understanding I've been....it isn't in the best interest of the comp or the women's sport if the talent isn't properly distributed. Loading up a team so that they're better than everyone else is a good way to show there isn't enough talent for any more expansion. It's not like the Titans are asking them to represent a region they have no ties to - they're literally GC girls and many have come through the Burleigh or Tweed system.

Boyle pretty much said on the bloke in a bar podcast that she doesn't want to play for the Titans because she wanted to continue what they were building at the Broncos.

That quote you just shared from Millie Boyle has broken my heart.
Be a pioneer and build something special for your home. Gee.

[Randomologist]

I wonder if Millie has a bit of resentment after we let go of Morgan? Can't recall at all if he wanted to go or not. Just a thought anyway but probably unlikely.

[DIEHARD]

I don't like the idea of us being at a disadvantage just because we entered later.

I have signed up as a Titans NRLW member.

[DIEHARD]

Karina Brown - First interview as a Titan
https://www.titans.com.au/news/2021/...ss-conference/
Karina Brown is one of the first five Titans NRLW players and she spoke to media yesterday about what that means. " It feels amazing. I was hoping to get a chance to play here. I am a Gold Coast local … so now we have a team for all of the girls out there," Brown said.

[Mr Bods]

https://twitter.com/gctitans/status/...819778562?s=21

Brings a tear to my eye. Have a read.

[Mr Bods]

Aiken, Upton and Boyle have signed with the Drongoes. I’m pissed.

[lonegull]

Aiken, Upton and Boyle have signed with the Drongoes. I’m pissed.

Bodsy not sure if you realise but the NRLW works on a points system for players in each team so different players are allocated points depending on their representative level so this helps spread the talent across all teams

[Hail Sezer]

https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/wom...29-p585cl.html

Insightful

[Mr Bods]

Bodsy not sure if you realise but the NRLW works on a points system for players in each team so different players are allocated points depending on their representative level so this helps spread the talent across all teams

Thanks and good to see our Coach speak up. I’m just bitterly disappointed in our own ladies that haven’t fronted up to play for the place where they live, work and have grown up.
This bloody point system better be policed or it’s going to be a joke of a competition this year.

Aiken, Boyle, Upton = Triple Thumbs Down

[JunctionBlock]

“It’s a second layer of trying to distribute the talent. I just hope that it’s enforced when it comes to squad numbers and final squads because it’s been in place for a few years now but hasn’t really come into play,” he said.

Why would you have to "hope" that the rules would be enforced?

[Mr Bods]

Because it’s the Drongoes with their history of cheating I expect they will get away with cheating in the NRLW JB

[DIEHARD]

How the expanding NRLW is recruiting to ensure a fair and competitive league in 2021
By Brittney Kleyn
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-07-...lans/100272098

The NRLW is expanding into Parramatta, Newcastle and the Gold Coast.(Supplied: Newcastle Knights)
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Six weeks out from kick-off, all six women's teams in the NRLW competition are starting to take shape.

Three new clubs — the Gold Coast Titans, Parramatta Eels and Newcastle Knights — are joining the league's foundation teams in 2021.

But how are these brand new clubs supposed to compete with a side like the Brisbane Broncos, which has won the NRLW premiership three years running? Or even the St George Illawarra Dragons and Sydney Roosters, which both have two years of experience up their sleeves?

The NRL's tried to level the playing field with its so-called talent equalisation system.

Here's everything you need to know about what's happening behind the scenes in women's rugby league at the moment.

To even out the competition for the new franchises this year, the NRL has offered the top 24 female players central contracts, with four to go to each of the six clubs.

Players could agree to shift clubs and receive the extra money or forego the cash to stay at their desired club.

Already we've seen these central contracted players announcing their allegiances for 2021.

The Brisbane Broncos have confirmed Dally M medallist Ali Brigginshaw will return to the side, while NSW stars Isabelle Kelly and Jessica Sergis have both announced they'll switch from the Dragons to Roosters.

As for the new clubs, the Titans' marquee recruits include State of Origin player of the match Tazmin Gray, while the Knights have signed local star Caitlan Johnston, and the Eels have announced Kennedy Cherrington, Filomina Hanisi and Tiana Penitani are all coming to Parramatta.

The points cap system

This is where things get tricky.

But Titans chief executive Steve Mitchell said the system was necessary to ensure a fair and interesting women's league in 2021.

"So the competition has a more even spread of talent, closeness of scoreline that in turn's going to drive audience participation, viewer numbers and hopefully commercialise the competition so we can pay the players more over the coming years," Steve Mitchell told the ABC.

Players across the NRLW have been allocated a certain number of points, depending on their representative experience.

Each club has a 130-point cap for their 24 players recruited for 2021.

• The marquee or central contract players such as Sergis and Brigginshaw are worth 10 points, with a maximum of four top players for each team
• A woman who played State of Origin in 2020 is worth nine points; 8 points if they played Origin in 2019 or a Test match that same year
• Playing Origin or a Test match in 2018 is worth six points
• All players from this year's All Stars or the 2020 NRLW competition are worth four points; or three points if they match those same criteria for a year prior
• Players worth two points either ran on for the All Stars match in 2019 or the Prime Ministers' XIII in 2018 or 2019
• Debutants or players who don't fit the above criteria are all allocated 1 point.
• To clear up any confusion, only a player's highest level of representation counts towards the club's overall "points cap".

Mitchell said while it was a complicated system, it should ensure the three new clubs weren't disadvantaged in the recruitment stage.

"As much as we'll compete with them, as a sport we need to help these new clubs find a good player pool so we're competitive [and] the Australian public sees a good, high-level quality game," he said.

Does the expanded competition mean more pay for female players?

Not yet. It's still a part-time pay cheque.

But Mitchell said the competition wasn't far from paying these women a full-time wage.

"They raise families, a lot of them study, some of them are doing masters. They just bring an extraordinary work ethic and this wonderful set of values," he said.

The transition to full-time wages will be dependent on getting the expansion right.

"More eyeballs, more broadcast, more investment so we can actually take the athletes and get them to a point, hopefully within the next three years, where we've got full-time athletes," he said.

New franchises, year by year
All six clubs have committed to an NRLW licence on a year-by-year basis.

These short-term agreements allow the NRL to track the expanded game, with the objective of offering an eight-team competition in 2022.

The 2021 NRLW season will commence in Round 23 of the men's competition, with the Grand Final to be played on the same day as the men's Grand Final.

The number of games will also increase this year from seven to 18, with the women to play seven weeks instead of just four.

[brennosboys17]

We have snapped up Destiny brill (2021 Queensland hooker), Shannon Mato (2021 Queensland Prop), Tiana Rafstrand-Smith (2021 Queensland Second Rower) and Karli Hansen (Kiwi firns half) per the bulletin. Very exciting signings.