Quote: Eastbourne Warrior "I don't know if any of this is true, it's speculation on the hull board. Should stress it's his wife/gf not him. 90 mins or the other end of the country doesn't matter. Everything you are accustomed to changes. You can't pop out with your mates or nip to mums on a whim for Sunday lunch. You don't walk down the street and see people you grew up with any more.
All I'm saying is that if I was in a position where my wife said I hate it here and I want to go home, I'd go. Some things are more important than money and careers.'"
I think there is a huge difference between it being practical to drive home and being at the other end of the country.
I have done both living in London for 12 years before moving up to Chester.
London obviously the other end of the country and yes popping home on a whim out of the question but Chester was about a 45 min drive from my parents when they were alive living in Wigan.
I agree with Cruncher and the others of a similar view. If what you say is behind it, then it is pathetic. He doesn't have to be 90 mins away from home if he moves half way 45 min commute for a player is hardly the same as you or me having to do it to get to work for 9am.
As I said 45 min drive is about as far away as I was from my parents living in Chester with them in Wigan and this was no barrier to seeing them as often as we liked.
An RL players career at the top is a short one and if the wife can't put up with just seeing the parents/friends at the weekends for the duration you have to wonder. If it's that important he could no doubt afford for her not to work and she could pop over on a weekday as well if that desperate. If she can't cope with that, trade her in for a new model!