I read that they paid £700k for him. That's astronomical for a full back that can't catch and doesn't perform in the really big games.

Wow, that announcement really came out of left field.......

Yeah Tomkins ain't that good. Who the hell would pay a world record fee for him?

Great news for English RL. £700k injection into Wigan. That's a big big number!

Just imagine if they make another Tomkins!

Wow - who saw that coming?

Isn't the 700k in Aussie dollars and not GBP? Which would make it £412,000?

When Bowen retired the other week, I thought to myself, i've not heard his name mentioned for ages in the NRL, almost like a bit of a lost soul.

I'm not surprised he's in the SL though, but I am a bit surprised wigan went in for him, he's not the class he used to be.

In saying that, sometimes a new lease of life and different lifestyle can inspire a man.

You can't have been watching the NRL that closely then.

A NZ club probably wouldn't pay an English club in AU$...

Bowen will be a good short term replacement for Tomkins. He is still going good imo.

Will be interesting what happens with Kevin Locke for NZ, I think he is pretty good. Is he moving elsewhere?

Nah it's defo £700k. Wigan have said it's a "Wigan-record transfer fee", and the fee for Fielden was £450k.

News here says we're paying him NZ $750,000 a year in wages. That's about 325k in pounds.

As an individual he'll pay NZ$240,000 in Tax on that......Auckland's not the cheapest city on the planet, but he should be able to get by on NZ$10,000 a week after tax 2.671875:10