i see where your coming from, but dont agree.

if the RU want him, they should buy him "cold" ..ie..not had a trial (like Joel, etc).
its up to the club to get the best price, and if he fails at Union, he'll be an expensive mistake.
letting him play in this game gives the RU an insight into his ability.

Quote MattyB="MattyB"Not just Wigan RLFC, the RFL are also delighted with this: www.wiganwarriors.com/WContent.a ... 626&type=1 '" Matty I am glad that someone as at last picked up on what I have said a few times today,it is very clear to me that the RL have been involved in the negotiations from the begining. They and Wigan have been hand in hand all through this,Wigan announce Sams involvement,the RL give it their full backing within half an hour.

Quote MattyB="MattyB"Not just Wigan RLFC, the RFL are also delighted with this: www.wiganwarriors.com/WContent.a ... 626&type=1 '" Matty I am glad that someone as at last picked up on what I have said a few times today,it is very clear to me that the RL have been involved in the negotiations from the begining. They and Wigan have been hand in hand all through this,Wigan announce Sams involvement,the RL give it their full backing within half an hour.

Compare the RFL and Wigan's reponse to the NRL when Benji was offered $1m to play Union in Japan during off-season couple years ago

Quote St pete="St pete"Do the be more to this than meets the eye? With Wigan teaming up with saracans etc?'" www.wiganwarriors.com/WContent.a ... &type=news thats some of what lenagan has said about this link up with sarries. who knows whats gonna happen!

Quote St pete="St pete"Do the be more to this than meets the eye? With Wigan teaming up with saracans etc?'" www.wiganwarriors.com/WContent.a ... &type=news thats some of what lenagan has said about this link up with sarries. who knows whats gonna happen!

I disagree. I can't see anything in what Wood's said that isn't the truth. Our sport produces world class sporting professionals and he's right to sing our praises.

Spot on.

I don't often agree with you, but you're right.

I think it's even worse than just moving closer to losing our best player, it's patronising, its RU condescending to RL, it's turning RL into a quaint novelty of a sport - oooh look, one of those uncouth northerners is being inducted into the hallowed ranks of the baaa-baaas.... one day the oik might be permitted to play for a rugger club.

Disgusting.

This is bad for RL and an embarrassment for Wigan, the proudest club in RL should hang its head in shame.

Disgusting.

IL and all the other RL club owners and the RFL should be embarrassed at the pathetic spectacle they have allowed RU to make of our sport.

Disgusting.

Not sure why people care that much tbh. It's a one off game and he's with us for the next 3 years which is probably 1 or 2 years longer than most had expected.

It's not like he's going to get injured either. He'll basically be a spectator just standing on the end of the pitch instead of on the terraces.

Really not fussed about this. In fact would be interesting to watch. Hope he goes well - imagine how embarrassing it would be for the RU diehard fans to have someone who's never played the game giving them a rugby lesson.

I hope he's sucessful, vindication for the 100+ years of bigotry from the RFU, mind you it should have happened when we played Barth at Twickenham. I still think to myself if only we played the game with League tactics, chips over the top, kicks to the corner for Offiah, we would have had a much closer result.

But then Bath could have stifled the game with mauls and rucks but instead, to their credit, they played an open game.

How many touches of the ball do we think he's likely to get?