February 2023

Can we project 2023 NRL player salaries with statistics?

Every season there are always questions around whether NRL players are actually “earning” their salaries, especially those on “reported” big money deals. It’s low hanging fruit. Find a player who’s (allegedly) being paid big money having a bad run of form, find some talking heads from another era to question their performance and you’ve got yourself an easy story. The answer isn’t always that simple. Players have good runs of form, coaches move players into different positions, change the amount of ball they receive, or there’s even lingering injuries that can play a part. What if there a way we...

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