He wouldn't be able to without Saints agreeing to it? We might do of course, does seem like he's retiring as he's sick of not playing rather than actually that badly injured.

Time to get on the rumour thread me thinks!

everyones a winner then. he gets to sign for a new club and saints free the cap up. I expect he's had a pay off.

This is a bit odd as he is clearly not retiring through injury. This appears to be a get out that gives him some face saving result i.e. he wasn't given he boot officially when in fact it looks like he was told that his chances of playing were small.

It seems the rumours (also proven by the team selections of late) of him being out of favour with KC were true.

The moral of the story seems to be don't get on the wrong side of the coach.

A payoff would be pointless? It would count on the cap in full. What is more likely is he's forgone the remainder of his contract in exchange for being allowed to leave now. That is what I take from the wording of the announcement, with the mentions of Lance informing the club, no mention of an injury and the 'no further comment' line.

would it though? in theory he is no longer an employee and therfore should no longer show on any future payroll. it depends how the law is written up i guess and whether it takes into account transfers, retirements or de registered players

Only if it was done through the books. Maybe Lance's wife has just sold a pair old sock on ebay for £10,000?

correct! its the old "we will pay you minimum wage but employee your wife as a cleaner on £250 000 a year"

It certainly leaves us with more questions than answers. I imagine the rumours will be flying over the next few days, no doubt something will eventually emerge. We'll certainly miss the adaptability he brought to the squad, and I wish him luck for the future.

SKD does not like Lance so Lance had to go is what I heard?

Might be GUESTING for us, Salford this Friday ?

Shame for Lance but not really a shame for Saints. We've wasted a million quid on him

So why would he walk out on Saints unless they've paid him up? He could sit on his backside for the next six months and get paid his salary.

How about this. Hohaia to NZ Warriors and Sam Tomkins back to Wigan.

Can't believe our luck. What a disastrous three and a bit years he has cost us. What a shocking signing.

How does this affect the salary cap? Surely because he's played this year his salary still counts?

As I said above he isn't going to walk away for nothing when he could just sit there for six months and pick up his salary.

Unless
1) There is a disciplinary issue

2) There are family problems

I can't see either of those being true as he has been a good pro all his career and if it had been for family reasons Saints would have made that clear in the press release.