All its doing is putting are so called best player in the shop window and letting him try RU to see if he can take to the game. Its an absolute joke we make him highest paid player in Superleague most players would walk around with a erection for a few years but no sam still not happy. Only people benfitting is RU as they
wont be taking a risk signing him for a big transfer fee in a couple of years because he will have RU experience and they will no if hes suited or not and vice versa for sam. They are a rival code ffs

They cannot even speak to him for 3 years and he is contracted with us for 5. He might play crap and they won't bother...

Well to say he cant speak to them for 3 years and let him play two week later at twickenham i dont like. Next thing he will be playing games at saracens then at the end of the 3 years he will go union after taking about £900,000 in 3 years. We might as well just have kept him to the smaller contract because in three years we will be back in the same boat losing are best player to union and he will be an even bigger name by then to and he will be right and ready for the england 2015 wc hes getting it all his own way.

Hope so

Letting Sam play for the Barbarians is like letting your partner have a hall pass.

While at the same time make Rugby League look like some kind of small time game before he joins "real rugby"

The media would not promote Rugby League if this happened, they would just mention how Sam will be playing Union soon enough after he is done with Rugby League.

Wigan and the RFL should never allow it to happen.

If he plays well then it's great publicity for Wigan, Rugby League and Sam. He has never even played the sport before, imagine if he plays as he can and tears them apart? He doesn't even play the same game, that would be a small victory for rugby league IMO. Let's be honest, this one game won't change his future, he'll leave in 3 years either way. Let's just remember, this is a Wigan rugby league player being chosen to play international rugby union, having never played the game, as he's that good. Rugby league and Wigan will gain exposure from this and for me that has to be a good thing.

Hopefully he only plays a cameo role for 40mins, imagine the uproar if he got injured playing in this game!

hopefully he doesnt play! he is a wigan player first and foremost, wane should have him wrapped in cotton wool until pre-season friendlies!

No, if we are going to remember anything let's remember he has supposedly just been made the highest paid player in the game and is supposed to be our player exclusively for the next three years. The fact he can leave in three years anyway has absolutely nothing to do with it.

You do not give players that sort of deal and then let them swan about in another sport that could get them injured. I hope it is just a stupid rumour but if it is not then letting him play in a Barbarians game undermines the credibility of any so called exclusive deal.

As to it being great publicity for Wigan I think you and others who suggest this need to get a grip on reality and realise it is the exact opposite.

great post and someone who like me is looking at the bigger picture.

How anyone can think this is good for wigan and rugby league I will never know!