Got to like Brendon Smith's comments:
“I only really found out about it this morning. I saw a lot of stuff on Instagram, but I just heard the price they paid as well. Hopefully he’ll be shouting some feeds for the boys,” Smith laughed.
“Super stoked for him. He’s an amazing talent, and rugby really got a gem there.
“He’s only gone for three years, I think he’ll be about 16 when he comes back. So he’ll be able to come back to the Roosters hopefully and finish out his rugby league career.
“Go over and get that easy money then come back to the real sport,” he laughed. “I hope rugby likes that,” he said with a wink.
He added he played just one rugby game himself in his life (and struggled), saying: “My parents always thought rugby was really soft.”
The New Zealander continued: “That $1.6 million could have been spent better on the grassroots of rugby than grabbing our beautiful young Suaalii … a $1.6 million winger from the Roosters isn’t going to help (the Wallabies) beat the All Blacks."
At least there's some characters left in the game.