Shame the RFL didn't have the balls to hand out such punishments as those in charge an the NRL.

The overspends by winning teams in SL haven't been anything like as enormous, persistent or deliberately underhand. There is no comparison.

Are there any tax implications regarding this? If the players have been paid, on the quiet are they paying tax on it?

A Jeff Lima or Adam Blair is somethign we need at saints more than ever.
We don't need Cam Smith as we already have two good hookers in Roby and Moore.
Inglis probably wonn't leave or he will go for another NRL club in the spotlight,
Slater will do the same.

The players will move around the NRL rather than anywhere else i think

why are players leaving?

and just for the record cam smith is so much better than moor and roby it's silly he is arguably the best player in the world! ever team in rugby would dream of a player like smith. can't agree that saints don't need a player of that class. saints like Leeds and are hardley blessed with genuine world class talent let alone one of the modern greats.

He didnt say cam smith wasnt better. he was just saying that hooker isnt an area we need to strengthen

It's much easier to hand that kind of punishment out when there is no relegation.

yes he did he said we don't need can smith as was have roby and moor. I see that you have to hookers. but if cam smith was available to saints I find it unrealistic you would turn him down! you don't need a hooker I understand that but ever team needs a cam smith! I suggest if smith was available to saints roby or moor would be playing in a new position or club.

That sort of decision making could come straight out of the Mo Lindsay guide to player recruitment!! It would be farcical to buy a player simply because he was available, particularly when the squad has major holes in other areas, such as centre and prop. Regardless of how good Smith is, a club has to look at the wider picture, our need for a hooker is way down the list of priorities.

So who do you think that Lindsay bought that Wigan didn't need when they did need strengthening in other positions?

Higham?

Not really, Millward wanted Higham and Newton was on his way to Bradford, which only left Wayne Godwin at hooker. McIlorum would then only have been 17 years of age.

You are getting it are you. No, he never said Cam Smith wasnt better. You might think he did, but he never. Its just that we have more pressing areas to strengthen. Do you understand yet?

Edit

Didn't Wigan's coach come from the Storm Club? (New they would be involved somewhere along the line.)