having lived in NZ for +10 years I can understand why he would get homesick. NZ is different and you can get culture shock. The distance is huge and trips home have to be planned and are time consuming. So after 2 years and a number of injuries maybe it has just got too hard? I for one cannot comment on his wife/immediate family and how they settled etc. What I can comment on is that the pies in NZ are awesome. Even McD's offers a decent pie! - but no beer though...

I'm intrigued now

Wigan bound, without a doubt. He's a Pie Eater through and through, his brothers are there and most of his family.

Bowen is OOC at the end of the season and with Burgess off too, there's plenty of space under the cap for him.

Sam is an exceptional player and I fear that his time in the NRL will have polished up his already well buffed skill set. He'll be even more of a handful once he's back in SL than he was before he left.

Definitely Wigan bound imo

I'll wait and see. If there are no improvements elsewhere, the side he'll return to is markedly inferior to the one he left meaning he'll be easier for defences to target.

He has signed for Wigan. Delete thread. Nothinf to see!