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
4. Chris Sandow - Parramatta Eels
Chris Sandow broke the hearts of Souths fans when he signed a four year deal with the Eels.
Again, the money won't look huge compared to the deals on offer now but he was on a reported $600,000 per season. At the time, that was not to be laughed at.
Sandow was seen as the man who would finally return the Eels number seven jersey, once worn by legend Peter Sterling, to its former glory.
Safe to say that didn't happen. The aforementioned Sterling even stated at one time that Sandow should never wear the Eels jersey again. Ouch!
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.