Talent balance
Australia produces talent. Who captures it?
The point is not to moralise about player movement. The point is to reveal the system.
Rugby player balance
Pclose = Popen + E + R + Tin − D − Tout
- E new entrants
- R returning players
- T inbound / outbound transfers
- D dropouts
- Unit: unique active players, defined per method note
Talent balance · flow
A Sankey will be drawn when public, non-speculative flows exist at scale. Public biographies are not a census.
ProducedRetainedAbroadOther nationInboundReturningRetired
A single verified pathway — a union-formed fly-half from St Augustine’s who signed with Manly — is filed as a field note. It is not a census.