It is every poster's right to turn any thread into a partisan issue, however tiresome others may find it. Some do rather abuse the privilege though, IMO.

Every. Single. *******. Thread.

Deep breath.

Guess you missed the bit where the op said -

'Obviously no way of proving how much any of these players earn, so just a bit of fun really.'.

As someone has said, each club will have a top 4/5 earners, which'll be on simlar pay to the top 4/5 at other clubs.

Hull: Berrigan, Long, O'Meley, Fitzgibbon, Horne.
Rovers: Dobson, Cooke, Newton, Vella, Webster.
Saints: Cunningham, Pryce, Gidley, Soliola.
Catalans, Bradford, Wigan, Wire, Huddersfield too.

Leeds could be slightly different, as the players take less pay than they're worth.
Salford, Crusaders, Harlequins, Wakey, Cas are the clubs I wouldn;t expect are paying full cap.

bit of a scenario there isnt there!!! maybe we should look after our own first before shipping our cash overseas....

Unfortunately the way of the world, we seem to rate the aussies much higher than we do own players. What will tend to happen over time if the quota reductions are successfully implemented (ie. residency / loopholes are closed) the you will tend to see British talent becoming the higher paid. the possible downside is that even average brits may become overpaid.

Would the reason be that the Austrailians continuously prove that they're better at Rugby League than the English

Or alternatively it could see larger squads becoming the norm like they are in Aus.
One thing is for sure though we will never truly know what players especially the imports are being paid, there are so many ways around the salary cap for those clubs wishing to bend the rules.

I think in the backs they are, in the forwards that's debatable. The fact we employ so many over here also means they will stay better.

You're spot on; the problem is that it's the backs that score the trys that beat us time and again. The overseas quota is supposed to combat the amount of Aussies playing over here. But as it has so many loop holes it doesn't always work.

bit late for that..theres many british players overated in this comp...........bailey and mcguire from leeds for starters..not even mentioning some of the "talent" that wigan have got....which is funny because theve actually released better than what theve currently got in there ranks..