You couldn't blame anyone who doesn't want to live here in this $h!th0le.

I presume he signed on the dotted line, so Wigan will be looking for recourse.

Think he has a 'get out' clause in his contract if an NRL club come in for him. Not sure if this applies though if you haven't played for your current club yet !

If he pussies out on the deal Wigan will sue him from head to make no mistake about it

If they agreed to the get out clause then they have not got a chance, bearing in mind he was very close to signing for Leeds and Leeds would not agree to the clause.

Given the Brisbane Broncos are willing to even consider the signing of the homophobic Australian Religious Zealot, I doubt for one second that Wigan would get any justice if he reneges on the deal in preference to an NRL club. If he decides to stay at Salford, THEN they can go after him, but we've seen that the NRL think they are above reproach time and time again.

His NRL get out clause is after the first season has ended, he also has to inform the club by a certain point of the season, if he’s not to turn up at all Wigan will make him pay

Possibly been tapped up while in Sydney and possibly thinking on how he can get a move back to a NRL club.
I wouldn't be surprised if he has a serious case of home sickness soon.

It's not right and Wigan would be well hacked off but, IF there is a way of getting a gig in the NRL, the prospect of coming back to the UK to play for Wigan would be grim indeed.
There will need to be significant "compo" but, this type of thing happens quite often with some Aussie stars.
As he is now English, will he still count on their cap

Which will probably be paid by which ever club sign him...

All he has to do is plead 'Homesickness.' Wigan release him. He signs on at Salford. All's well.

Well that's what Joel Moon did to us when he went to Leeds, so I'm presuming what's good for the goose and all that.

Joking aside, it wouldn't surprise me if he never pulls on a Wigan shirt. Regretted the decision around the time he was picking up the MOS award, and he's not making the right noises at this point for me. No promo stuff for Wigan. Nothing. It begs the question why he bothered in the first place. I know Salford wanted to keep him, but couldn't afford what was being offered elsewhere. I suppose when the contracts where being offered he was thinking of security and signed with the offer that suited him. As time went on, and the great run Salford had at the back end of the season made him regret his decision months before. I guess we'll never know.

Can't see him wanting to stay at Salford though I accept Salford would be his UK team of choice, looks more like he wants back in at the NRL, they all do in the end. He's too good for SL.

I realise this. It was a tongue-in-cheek comment so I could shoe-in a snarky quip about Moon to Leeds.

I doubt he'll be playing in SL this coming season.

Stop talking gash, I love it when folk come on here claiming that they know the exact nature of players contract, yeah of course they do.

A get-out clause is not a get-out clause if you can't get out is it? I can't think of any top Aussie player who doesn't have one that allows them to leave whenever they wish, why you think Wigan are a special case god knows.

If he wants to walk he will and Wigan will have to whistle like everyone else despite what is or isn't written on any piece of paper

PS: As it happens I think he'll play for Wigan for this season at least as I doubt he's that hot a property in Australia and his GB appearances didn't do him any favours either.

This story is all gossip. No hard evidence. The kind of yellow journalism that Gutterfax loves to give credibility to

Hastings would not be wanting to stiff Wigan in order to stay at impoverished Salford, playing in front of meagre crowds. If there is any truth to the gossip, it would be an NRL club or Toronto Wolfpack offering him a contract. However all the NRL clubs seem to have their halves signed and sealed now.