Quote: NickyKiss "The bloke has said numerous times he wants to go back to New Zealand so his 5 kids can be near their grand parents and i'm certain he didn't think this opportunity would come along. I'm chuffed to bits for him if this comes off because he deserves it and to get a role of mentoring the youngsters whilst continuing to play for another year is brilliant for a bloke who has a family to support and was probably worrying about what he could get involved with when he got home to help pay the bills.'"
Which bit of "unemployment is s scary thing" and "your are along time retired from sport" didn't you read in my previous post? I can understand those motivators quite easily. I still think it will be sad if he has to push his body where he was adamant it wasn't going.
Quote: NickyKiss "Any Wigan fan who takes this as some sort of slap in the face for the club is being petty in the extreme IMO.'"
If he [idoes[/i think he can do another year there is nothing wrong with being disappointed it is with another club any more than when any other player who's contract is up we'd like to keep chooses to leave (and he's have a far easier time of it here than in the NRL).