So why would he walk out on Saints unless they've paid him up? He could sit on his backside for the next six months and get paid his salary?

How about this. Hohaia to NZ Warriors and Sam Tomkins back to Wigan.

The funniest thing ive heard about this was on talksport at lunchtime when they said hohia would be best remembered for being flattened in the grand final not his long career in the nrl or his international career

single-elbowedly

Maybe the injury he received has caused him to retire.

Kurt Gidley his replacement?

Just from Twitter..

@BeccyMeehan
@Saints1890 player Lance Hohaia blames surprise retirement on "recurrent post match concussion type symptoms". Hohaia, 32, was punched twice by Wigan's Ben Flower in last year's Super League Grand Final. Flower recently returned after a 6-month ban.

Yeah it's hilarious when a player has to retire for reasons that are related to his health.

Sorry state of affairs all round that will only be amplified by the ridiculous comments from both sides that will inevitably follow.

This is a silly comment after what has now emerged from Hohaia himself.

Very true. Playing Rugby League is a short career and a player having to retire through any injury is a sad event. Let's hope the emotion behind the Flower/Hohaia incident and the subsequent consequences (or potential consequences) doesn't lead to fans manipulating a sad scenario to forward their own respective agendas.

This is gonna get nasty.

Says a lot about him as a person not to take Saints for a ride.