His Agent met with St Helens during the 4 nations apparantly but they came no where near what was on offer from Japanese RU.

Good to see a few big names having a crack at Thurston for this Union stuff. I don't care whether he's serious or not about going to Union, all he's doing is giving that game free publicity with those sorts of quotes. Yesterday the Courier Mail here had the full back page devoted to Thurstone saying he'd like to be a Wallaby, complete with doctored photo of him in Wallbies gear.

IMO its about time that league players showed a bit more loyalty to the game they're actually playing in and earning pretty good money from.

We haven't missed SBW or Gasnier whatsoever.

Last season was the second highest for attendances of all time, that should have been a hint. The chat on forums about them dried up long ago and it's only Danny Wideload's odd fellatio piece on SBW that is a reminder that the bloke even played in the NRL.

Thurston would be no loss at all, none. He is a grub who is quite welcome to go play Union as far as I'm concerned.

In all honesty, I don't really care if they go to another code. They're welcome to chase the bucks.

But what I do mind is how we allow them to come back. They should be banned from coming back, that would make them think a bit harder about going in the first place.

And before the resident's start barking, it is NOT restraint of trade.

nah mate we shouldnt ban anyone. thats what union did. were better than that.

i like it when they come back for half the money or less in our game. it shows how good we are.

plus RL was born to pay players properly. if other sports can do it better than us, good luck to them.

union is evil. if i were a player and offered double the money, for less games, more travel and zero effort i wouldnt think twice.

its dogs first and saints 2nd chasing him in sydney.

the article does say his GF working in townsville makes a difference