Rumours regarding Toronto. Be good to see him at the HJ again but would prefer to see him in a Wire shirt this time.

He's 35 already.
Utter pro athlete but he peaked several years ago.

He'll still do well over here. Fantastic for Super League also. Looking forward to watching him play over here if this happens.

No question but I feel what you'd get from him would be little more than what Salford got from Moz.
Great publicity but tiring effectively.
He's played a long RU club stint at arguably much lessor demanding than the NRL.

I cannot get the moment where he slipped over and went out of play, instead of simply putting the ball down at the HJS, out of my mind.
One great whimsical memory, for me.

Sonny Bill is one of the best off-loaders (with one hand). He won't lose that with age but his pace must have declined.

Even if Sonny Bill is approaching the end of his career and is going to be on an exorbitantly high salary, I get the feeling he will give any team that signs him some value. He isn't the type to loaf about on his past successes, he will be driven and set standards for his teammates. It would be like signing Zlatan in football.

....while paying for Messe

My main worry is if he does get the salary banded about, is this going to set a precedent for others in future contract negotiations. They'll see one getting it and want a piece of the action. Don't get me wrong if it was offered to me I'd snap their hand off for it.

How many players do you know with SBW skill set?

I don’t, but it isn’t going to stop others seeing the wages and thinking I want a slice of that.

He’s still better than any player in your team. He would muller your powder puff pack

be great to see him playing in SL.

be great to see him play in a wire shirt..... i would love him now in this team... just what we need.

no way we spending that kind of cash.... so im happy see him turn out for toronto.

This kind of thing becomes a problem in sports without a salary cap, when a lot of clubs are well resourced, eg in football and where there are alternatives like China where mediocre players can earn super wages.

The worst nightmare for a club is a situation like Alexis Sanchez at United or Mesut Ozil at Arsenal where a club puts someone stellar wages who then doesn't deliver, and they have teammates who are performing much better who are on much lower wages and then start using that salary as a benchmark. It's probably why Aaron Ramsey let his Arsenal contract run down so he could leave on a free and cash in at Juventus.

In RL....not so much. The salary cap bites and the only way you can earn megabucks is to get yourself as a marquee player on one of a very small group of clubs. The scarcity of those spots limits the ability for players to throw their weight around in contract negotiations. Ramsey would have found it much harder to get the contract that he did, if the marquee player rule applied in football and there were only a handful of potential landing spots that were already coveted by lots of other top players.

I disagree slightly with it doesn't happen in sports with a salary cap, look at the NFL. I see you maybe a fan with a Broncos helmet. Kirk Cousins as a free agent went to the Vikings on a $28 million contract. Then Matt Ryan (debatable whether he is as good as Cousins) gets a $30 million dollar contract. Dak Prescott is in his final year as a rookie and it is rumoured to be to be trying to get $34 million a year or he is going to go elsewhere. There's obviously space on their caps and there is a hell of a lot more money in the sport but it happens.

I do agree with the not so much in RL, but it is there to be manipulated if you can bag a marquee spot.