no chance he will be a league player in 3 years let alone 5.

he obviously wants to leave!

would this happen if it was the other way round...NOT A CHANCE.

Lets get Tindell in for a test match...get some second rate royals in ..always good for the broad sheets.

In Sam's opinion, Joel has made "the right decision" in joining Saracens

Wigan have to offer a record breaking, cap changing contract to get him to agree to honour at least some of the contract he only recently signed (remember the Wigan fans celebrating the loyalty he and his brother had shown the club and the sport? How times change), then have seemingly no power to stop him earning even more cash by jumping in bed at the first opportunity with the dark side.

Player becoming bigger than the club?

Wonder if this will work two ways and we see a top union player making an appearance for the Exiles? That would give the game some exposure.

Dont know about you guys,but as soon as i see or hear that some player has signed a binding contract pledging his loyalty to his said club then i get the alarm bells ringing....Hope i am wrong but i have got a feeling about this one...Cant help there is a bit of brotherly influence about this..It reminds of a players who kiss the badge,,once that starts,,its usually Tarra....

I trust that was tongue in cheek

Not a chance mate. the equivalent would have to be an elite Rugby Union player!

would never happen. Still waiting for a statement from the RFL and Wigan Warriors!

All contracts can be bought out. He can't talk to union clubs, but I bet there'll be plenty of talking after the game and in the dressing room and in the bar, and when Joel brings a friend in a suit for Sunday dinner. And union clubs can talk to Wigan and make an offer the club can't refuse. Wigan haven't secured Sam at Wigan. They have just made the compensation more expensive. The tragedy is that they have made union a more likely destination than the NRL.

And I presume he has indicated a willingness to play if they are thinking of picking him.

Once he's dropped a couple of high kicks, and realised that the ones he catches he has to kick back, he might change his mind.

Invite manu tuilagi to play for the exiles

He wouldn't hack it. It's easy to play the tough guy when the big men are still untangling themselves from a pile-on twenty yards away (was a good punch though!).

I thought the Barbarians had something in their criteria for selection that the player must "be off good character and behave himself on and off the field".

Hopefully Tomkins plays and gets stamped on or eye gouged, or get his testicles squeezed in a 'cuddle'.

I really don't see this as a bad thing if it's true. It shows our sport in a good light I feel. A guy who plays in RL can walk into a baa baa's team and play against the Aussies without even playing one game in Union.
Win win for him and RFL as he would get a lot of money to keep him happy and our sport gets more coverage than ever and hopefully if he does play he has a blinder scores a hattrick and then we see him playing RL for another 3 years atleast.

If this happens Ian Lenaghan is a disgrace.

Grow a pair and tell ickle Sam to p*ss off and practice catching high balls in his spare time.