The realistic ones among us can't really do anything but wish him well, he's let no one down at Rovers, yes it's disappointing but he's going to a much better team, securing his future and if he continues to develop and perform then becoming an England regular for a long time is highly likely.

Hope he goes really well for you.

People on here are assuming it is Wigan who have offered a 2 year deal with an option in the Clubs favour of an extra year if he makes it.

There is another option though,maybe it was the player who only wanted 2 years and to protect themselves Wigan insisted on the 1 year option so that Wigan could get a fee if he did want to leave after the 2 years.

This is just another point of view.

That's a good point - I'd forgotten about the fee! Yes it does seem odd to pay a high fee for a player on a relatively short contract but I still think deals of five years or more are a fairly recent development and even when we bought players in the past we didn't try and do so with five year contracts.

Maybe it's simply a sellers market?

Can't see the club paying a fee for such an uncommitted player.

he has serious ambitions to play in the NRL, that might sound unlikely at the moment but if he continues his progression with you lads that he showed in the 5 years with us he will definately be wanted over there when he hits his prime. He's not a daft lad and has given his career path some serious thought. You wont be disappointed with his next 3 years at wigan he is a class act in the making.

Should make a bigger impact than Ian Mcrae, although i can see the similarities.