Super League TV tweeted before:

"We don't expect any official comment on Tomkins to NZ Warriors from the Wigan club for some time. Weeks away! #rugbyleague"

No announcement anytime soon!

A very sad day when Sam leaves. It will be announced after the CC Final. The Warriors would have liked to announce it already but IL has requested they do not. The Warriors were not the only possible club for Sam but the more lucrative Tax Laws of NZ were the deciding factor.

More likely we need to get Tierney as much game time as possible as we don't have a replacement for Sam.

It looks like Sam is as good as gone for next year. Can't say i'm happy about it, but you can't blame him. It's a short career, if i were in his postion if the kind of money that's been suggested was on offer, as much as i love Wigan, i'd be off too.

I don't understand this. IL must know its all over the press and Internet. Sam is always being asked about it. Everyone thinks it's a done deal. What is the point of prolonging the agony?

So he can do as suggested by NickyKiss and offset it with some other announcements? Like he did when Joel left?

True but I thought mentioning the announcement after Joel left pertinent given the sweetener to lessen the fact we lost Joel was all about Sam being tied to/committed to the club! Ironic or what?

Why do you say that? The partnership idea is being discussed elsewhere and most people seem sceptical. If that is to be the good news to offset the bad I think the club will need something more than that.

Anthony Minichiello, done deal

It was the mention of a recruitment trip to Australia prior to Radlinski going to NZ that I found interesting.

OK fair enough I thought you meant the paragraph I looked at.

This has really aggravated me. Sam tweeted about there being 'lots of rumour on here' but won't confirm or deny any of it.
The fans just want some honesty.
Nobody would begrudge him working in the NRL, regardless of how it might affect Wigan. The club will replace him, and carry on.
Why can't we just be told if it's either a done deal or it isn't?
If Sam gets this wrong, and treats the fans as morons, he could well damage his reputation in the same way that Chris Ashton did, and would not be welcomed back.

What business is it of ours what he is currently doing in regards to his employment? He doesn't have to answer to us. We have no god given right to know his dealings with either Wigan or NZ Warriors. If and when a decision is made, it will be announced. I for one won't feel like a 'moron' if the deal is done in June but not announced until, say, September. You know, to keep focus on the season at hand, rather than on Sam leaving.

Lesser clubs ...... Get you, do you mean clubs that haven't cheated to avoid relegation, or clubs that still own their own ground but struggle along instead of lodging at some girls soccer ground ?

It's this sort of attitude of yours that has got the game into the state that we find it in.

Shame about Sam going though , always a pleasure to watch apart from twice a season of course