Quote: those were the days "Playing infront of 80k in a international is one of the reasons he went, we cant manage to wigan on a sat afternoon and now most clubs at the other code are getting better crowds than SL clubs'"
Sorry mate. That is a large pile of male cow droppings and you know it.
He went for the money, pure and simple.
He was NOT offered any promise of an England spot, and in fact he ended up playing in the 2nd division of the inferior code (imo).
He annoyed the fan base at Wigan by wearing the RU team's shirt before he'd even announced that he was leaving.
As to him playing for England - So what?
He may as well be playing for the national mixed-doubles foot-rubbing team for all I care.
And finally - A great loss to our sport - No, sorry. He was a rookie-year, reasonable fullback.
We liked him because prior to Ashton, we had been treated to such high-class backup fullbacks as Wes Davies and Denis Moran (he seemed to play there more than he should have).
Frankly, I was worried every time Radlinski left the field.
Now that he's gone - I couldn't care less TBH.
It just annoys me that some people would like us to wish him well - If you want to, that's fine. Just don't expect us all to be as forgiving to a lad who took a large cash offer and wanted us to match it for someone who had barely served the first year of his apprenticeship.
Give me Phelps, Roberts OR Richards any day of the week.
