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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.
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| Quote Sadfish="Sadfish"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. |
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| Quote K-Diddy="K-Diddy"Isn't the 700k in Aussie dollars and not GBP? Which would make it £412,000?'"
A NZ club probably wouldn't pay an English club in AU$...  |
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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?
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| Quote K-Diddy="K-Diddy"Isn't the 700k in Aussie dollars and not GBP? Which would make it £412,000?'"
Nah it's defo £700k. Wigan have said it's a "Wigan-record transfer fee", and the fee for Fielden was £450k. |
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| 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 
Jury's still out on whether we needed him and he's not joining a particularly happy camp at present....
[urlhttp://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/league/9194971/NZ-Warriors-face-player-upheavals-in-offseason[/url |
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Given that Tomkins' options would have included big money to go to RU, this move is the best option for the sport.
As for Bowen, he's looked a shadow of his former self at times this year, and apparently basically does almost no training between games due to his knees being wrecked. He can still be a devastating player on attack though.
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| Quote BrisbaneRhino="BrisbaneRhino"Given that Tomkins' options would have included big money to go to RU, this move is the best option for the sport.'"
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Bowen is bloody good on Bullseye though
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| Quote Ferocious Aardvark="Ferocious Aardvark"Bowen is bloody good on Bullseye though'"
Stay in the black and out of the red......oh, hang on, you're a Bradford fan! |
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It's A$1.2M, which = 700K pounds.
Bowen will be a good pickup, if only as a mentor for Wigan's young players. Assume Locke will end up at Canterbury
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Rumor is Locke is going to the dogs replacing Babar, Bowen is still very good and will do a job for us over here his style of play will fit in very well and give Hampshire another season to take the step up
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