Indeed; according to the interview, Sale's view is that if a player says he's unhappy, the right thing to do is let him go - so if one of their rivals from the lesser code taps up one of their players, he need only say he's unhappy, and they'll shrug their shoulders and release him from his contract?

In summary - they thought they could bulldoze lowly Cas, they were served with legal papers, and folded because they knew their case had little chance of success. It doesn't do anything in terms of legal precedent, but it perhaps sends a message that RL clubs are not quite the pushovers that Sale assumed.

I agree with you on this. I know we are in the era of fake news but Sale are going back further in time and adopting the old Goebbels approach of if you tell the big lie often enough then eventually some people will start believing it. I do wish the RFL were more aggressive on this. It is not libel to call someone a liar if there is evidence to back it up. Call out Sale and Diamond for what they are.

Where's this quote from mate as some cheeky er has nicked my username!!!

Someone needs to set up a Kickstarter fund raiser to entice Josh Charnley back to RL by just walking out on his Sale contract, to see if Steve Diamond still feels the same as he does now.

Ah ok cheers. Need to amend my username so I'm not associated to the Yawnion brigade!