My general rule on these pages it to try and keep it positive.
Best signings, top prospects, top ten players in each position, future household names.
Today we take a trip to the dark side. Let's face it, people love the negativity. I guarantee the comments will double that of the positive lists I posted last week. Check the stats.
Please take this list with a grain of salt, it's supposed to be fun. No player on this list is going to care what I think. They all laughed their way to the bank.
We also don't have access to contracts and can only go off what has been widely reported.
Please keep in mind that is not a list of worst signings. Some were/are great signings. Just that their contracts don't represent great value.
With that said, below are ten of the worst deals in NRL history:
Dishonourable Mentions: Jordan Atkins, Adam Cuthbertson, Chad Townsend, Anthony Tupou, Tony Williams
7. Karl Filiga - Cronulla Sharks
Sharks fans celebrated as they won the race to sign the man dubbed "the next Sonny Bill Williams".
The contract, in today's terms, won't compare to many on this list but at the time it was massive, especially considering the every day fan only knew of Filiga due to his manager's comparison to SBW.
Filiga would play once for the Sharks, an 11-minute cameo. The Sharks paid the youngster an estimated $20,000 per minute of NRL action.
Given the hype of this signing, the contract at the time and the value ... Sharks fans hate when you bring this up, and rightfully so.
Yes, I was thinking of Chris Sandow too.
But more than that, I was thinking of Jason Taumalolo.
He was brilliant in 2017 โ the year the Cows gave him that 10 year deal.
Since then, heโs just gone down year by year.
Plays lots of matches but is only a shadow of hid 2017 form.