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
6. Kade Snowden - Newcastle Knights
This places so highly due to the extreme lengths Newcastle went to in order to secure the Origin and Kangaroo prop.
After announcing a massive re-signing with the Sharks, Snowden backed out of the deal while en route to the press conference called to celebrate his new Sharks deal.
This was the Nathan Tinkler era at the Knights where money was no issue. I don't blame Snowden for taking the call, nor accepting the mega deal on offer from his junior club.
Value-wise, Snowden never showed the form that saw him picked twice for the Blues. Injuries hurt his career, but ultimately, his time in Newcastle, much like Tinkler's tenure, was pretty grim.
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.