A 4 year deal offered by Wigan I heard on the radio BrisbaneRhino, whether this was for less or the same money has not been divulged I believe.

From the BBC report on Tomkins signing:

"Wigan had the option to keep Tomkins for 2019, but wanted to reduce the original terms in their offer of a new four-year contract."

Not entirely clear what that means, although it sounds like they made an offer previously and then decided to try to back out of it.

He was on a set amount for 2019 as agreed when he came back. That year on his deal was only an option in the clubs favour though, so if we felt he was warranting his reported huge wage and wanted to keep him next season then he had no option.

The rumour when he came back was that we’d offered him as much as £250k+ to return and Wigan didn’t feel he was worth that, so rather then extend his one year deal on pre agreed terms, we put a four year deal on the table for less money but Tomkins then had the option to say yes or no. He didn’t have that option with the deal we could’ve enforced for 2019.

Catalan need to be investigated for illegally approaching a player under contract before the deadline, this is now coming out more often and we can not allow this to become the norm.

If it was Wigan/Leeds/Saints as a club, people would be throwing daggers at them.

As for Tomkins well for me he has taken all the wrong options in his career, had the pick of his NRL clubs and could have chosen wisely but chose the poorest choice for his career in favour of the biggest contract, then came back to Wigan in pieces and just after a few mediocre seasons on a massive contract with Wigan spending time with his rehabilitation etc he snubs a decent 4 year deal for a big payout again. As many great players have, i imagine he will dwindle at Catalan and maybe after a few seasons get a gig at a bottom end SL club/top end championship club. Like so many, could have been a great but greed got in his way.

If at the end of my short playing career I could look back and have extra zeros in my bank account, or be remembered as a great of the sport, I know which one I would choose. Its not greed in any way. These guys put their bodies on the line every time they make or take a tackle! He could have taken the coin of rugby union which would have dwarfed what he was offered in Aus, but he didn't. Something for which he should be applauded.

Catalan won't win anything while McNamara is the coach

Yes

But that doesn't alter any of what I said as all of the above would have had to have been decided & agreed anyway even if they waited until after the deadline.

The only difference could have been if Tomkins had agreed to any new offer from Wigan prior to knowing about an offer from Catalans.
Then a possible transfer fee due to Wigan would have been due.

My response was to Brisbane Rhino who said that Wigan may have welched on an agreed deal with Tomkins

"BrisbaneRhino wrote

That didn't happen - They offered him an alternative deal - He wanted to go, End of

Finn may represent Ireland but, he's a born & bred Yorkshireman 1/10 try harder

They stopped the Northern Rail Cup a few years ago

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If they get relegated, really hope they do (if it's allowed by the RFL) what will Samuel Tomkins do then, Chorley Jean ?

Not sure why Wigan fans are having such a waah waah about a quote I got from the BBC. Not following Tomkins particularly I couldn't care less whether the club backed out of an offer or not.

As for Wigan moaning about illegal approaches, please my aching sides. Wigan have never done that. Ever.

Next weekend should demonstrate why Catalans won't get relegated. There is Salford, Widnes, Hull KR and Huddersfield who are all more likely to go down.

Samuel Tomkins' place in Super League looks pretty secure to me.