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
5. William Zillman - Gold Coast Titans
This is a tough one to compile as I was a huge fan of William Zillman "back in the day".
That said, the fact he was one of the first to sign a five-year deal, on more than decent money, will soon be a fact lost to time.
Zillman was, at times, absolutely brilliant. Unfortunately injuries limited his run of games and he was never able to fulfil his potential.
Contracts were a little bit different back then in that you couldn't just end them whenever you want (a shot at todays contracts) so the Titans were forced to cop the full five years.
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.