sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/r ... index.html Sonny Bill Williams has announced his departure from the mighty All Blacks for a few weeks work in Japan then back to the NRL - the headline being that he will be the first $2mio NRL player. This article is laughable for it's real venom against SBW and "simplistic" League, but whatever fears we have about our players being tempted over to Australia, it is good to see League, at least somewhere, not being the poor cousin of Union.

sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/r ... index.html Sonny Bill Williams has announced his departure from the mighty All Blacks for a few weeks work in Japan then back to the NRL - the headline being that he will be the first $2mio NRL player. This article is laughable for it's real venom against SBW and "simplistic" League, but whatever fears we have about our players being tempted over to Australia, it is good to see League, at least somewhere, not being the poor cousin of Union.

Interesting that this man of honour will honour a contract on a handshake but not a written one.

While SBW is undoubtedly one of the world's great RL talents, and I'd have him at Wigan in a shot, I wouldn't believe we'd actually see him in Cherry and White until he walked out onto the field for the first game.

It's rare that a player's untrustworthiness overshadows his ability, but I think it does with SBW.

It's a short career and he really has to look after himself. I have no problem with that at all. A club will drop you like a hot coal if it has too. I do have an issue with him going on about honour though. Don't hide behind that SBW just do what you've got to do and get on with it.

Rubbish, he's exactly the type of player we DON'T want at Wigan. I'm sick of players walking out halfway through their contracts and he would do exactly that.

if sonny really doesn't want to come back to rugby league and is only doing it because he made an agreement 5 years ago i think the nrl should refuse hes registration, he will come for a season and go back to money grabbing and will make league look silly in the end. i watch sonny every week and he has really learned how to play union and can now read the game but theres no way he will keep up with the league players i have seen him blowing hes alot lately also it looks like hes lost alot of speed.

I find it crazy The Sydney Roosters are prepared to pay a huge proportion of their salary cap on a player with a one year contract, they will have to release quite a few of their players one of which will be Braith Anasta ( IL 3 year contact please). I'd love the prospect of seeing SBW back in our sport because he's one of the best players of either code but I feel for the Roosters fans and the complete lack of respect their board has given to them and the clubs chances of success in the future following next season.

Perhaps if you'd bothered reading to the end of my two-sentence post you'd have seen that I too would have doubts.

I know it was a bit tongue in cheek I think Anasta will do great things in mentoring young Curtis Sironen at stand off.

yeah they are both built like each other, i think if curtis sironen can lose some puppy weight he will be next class to come through looks very good so far.

100% agree.

I am extremely pleased to be able to say that Wigan is back to being a club where the individual (even Sam ) is way less important that itself.

Are people actually saying they do not want Sonny Bill Williams at Wigan? I appreciate it is a fantasy and will never happen but if it were a possibility people would not want arguably the most complete rugby player of his generation in our team.

Lets not be naive the current team and teams in the glory days were and are not full of selfless individuals they are managed very well and put in a certain structure by good coaches.

See John Dorahay for what happens when the coach is not able to manage his players that were once managed by a different coach.

If people think SBW would not be a huge asset to Wigan RLFC then they are in cloud cuckoo land if people think Tomkins is good then they would be stunned by the likes of SBW, and that is no disrespect to Tomkins, its simply an indication of where SBW is in relation to development and only where Tomkins will be if he goes South.

this is a none arguement sam and SBW are completely different players, with out players like sam sbw wouldn't have players finishing off hes breaks. rugby talent wise sam tomkins is 100 miles infront of sbw but for sheer size and power sbw is 100 miles infront of sam. Like i said i watch SBW every weekend and hes found it so easy to offload alot because there are less in the tackle compaired to league. I think sonny will need alot of conditioning and training to come back to the level required for the NRL. a more fair comparision would be hock and SBW, and i dont think SBW is at the same level as hock at the moment but before SBW was faster and was a monster hitter (but its got him injured alot) lately he looks to have lost alot of speed and isn't the best tackler.

Yes I am actually saying I do not want SBW at the club.

We are progressing extremely well atm, and we don't need players with his attitude thank you very much.