Castleford's Jacob Miller says England’s finest young talent can’t be blamed for heading to the NRL as its financial riches means they’ve “nothing to lose.”
Wakefield’s flying winger Lewis Murphy, 20, is the latest player set to move after reportedly agreeing to join Aussie giants Sydney Roosters in 2024. Wigan’s England star Kai Pearce-Paul, 21, and Huddersfield’s Will Pryce, 20, have both already announced deals with Newcastle Knights for next season. They’ll join Dom Young, 21, who ditched Huddersfield for Newcastle two years ago and advanced so quickly he starred with England in the World Cup.
Dazzling Murphy only made his Wakefield debut in March yet scored 19 tries in just 21 games. There’s fears more rising quality will follow him Down Under especially as the NRL’s salary cap has increased again to an historic high of £6.6m. That’s more than TREBLE Super League’s which stands at just £2.1m having barely moved in the last decade.
