The storm and sydneyroosters show how roster stability can underpin success. ✏ via CKennedy80
The two best roster-managing clubs in the NRL showed again in 2019 how a long-term plan can generate success while others proved it's not as simple as retention equals success.NRL.com Stats has crunched the numbers and found a strong correlation between the percentage of 2017 players retained and games won in 2019, with only the Cowboys bucking the trend.
There is no question the Storm and Roosters have been the best clubs in terms of list management and investing in the right players over recent years. The trick there, of course, is identifying, recruiting and nurturing the right talent at a young age and being selective with which marquee recruits you are prepared to pay top dollar for.
While Brisbane eventually snuck into eighth place there's no doubt it was still a disappointing season at Red Hill while Canterbury were running last mid-year before hitting some form and finishing 12th. Most of those – and particularly the Dragons, though they also had a lot of disruption as well – underperformed relative to their roster strength. A lack of continuity in key positions was arguably a factor in each case.Even more so than Brisbane scraping into eighth with the lowest retention rate, the biggest outlier along the retention/success scale among all clubs was North Queensland, who had the second-highest retention rate at 56.7%.
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