Just out of curiousity, everyone who is whishing him good luck, did you say the same things when Ashton went? Balls to the good luck messages, good riddance to the hypocryte is my view.........

What happened with Ashton was a completely different situation.

How is Joel a hypocrite? Expand on this please...............

This is were our loyalties with Wigan divide, the thought of being idolised in my home town a place I love far out weighs living in London and being known by the people who support rugby there. In Wigan pretty much every one knows who Sam Tomkins is he and he turns heads walking through town, in London can the same be said for the likes of Owen Farrell, Alex Goode and Charlie Hodgson?

His departure isn't really akin to ashton's though. Nor is it like Eastmonds earlier in the year.

Disappointing but it's hardly devastating; Sam would have been devastating. No doubt he's gone for more money, but if he was on £80k p/a at Wigan, it's hardly paupers wages is it.

Joel is a hypocrite or rather his head is easily turned in context to his comments about not considering a move to union that he was quoted in March this year.

1) Both Ashton and Joel have gone for the money

2) I cant find it just at the minute but a few months ago he came out in the press and said that he could never imagine himself playing kick and clap

Is that ok for you???

I was obviously disappointed when Ashton left but I had no ill feeling towards him. The main issue surrounding that was his appearance in a Northampton shirt whilst he was still a Wigan player. I put that down to naivety on his part or he was poorly advised. I certainly didn't jump on the vitriol bandwagon that was rolling around on here.

Proof?

If you was his age, you would go, he's on five times the wage, blame the salary cap, not joel.

That article where Joel says that, has been posted many times on here already. You're on here a lot you must have seen it, if not take the word of the countless regular posters on here that have.

I've yet to see any details of JT's wage deal with RU though; how do you know it's 5x more?

Why do you keep posting this? No-one in RU is on £400k per year as a playing contract.

Good luck Joel. Hopefully he'll do well and have a good career. Maybe come back to us one day...

Nice to hear Sam confirming his commitment; just hope it lasts.

Wonder what this partnership rubbish is all about?

Exactly, divide it by half and you would be much closer.

You are bang on kenny, these jedwards might as well go and watch RU

His rumoured wages in Union have increased and increased on this site, five times the £80,000 he is on now is a ridicules statement and far from the truth.

Okay just for you......."Significantly more"

Well the opening first sentences of rlTHISrl to me says he is a hypocryte. I will find what you request though as I dont like to pluck things out of thin air to suit my arguement