When you have a family, especially with children and they are not with you on the other side of the world, money is not everything and you get a sense of homesickness.

It's different with young single players as they see it as a chance to see another country and be paid for doing it.

He’s come back in over 200k a year with a far cheaper lifestyle, hardly pittance is it?

So you seriously think Wigan are paying him 400k a year in this climate do you? Give your head a wobble.

This is correct. John Davidson confirming Wigan have got his on a very cheap deal ( for the class of player he is)

I have given my head a wobble and still worked out that he could earn 400k a year in Oz , so from the statement he made then no way is he coming back for 220K to play for Wigan .

220k in wigan is like 400k in Aus with the standard of living costs

ok , believe what you want , i am finished on the subject , it makes him the worst paid Marquee player in England .

You’re wrong but let’s just say you’re right anyway and as fans, we don’t really care. He’ll be turning out for Wigan, he’s a World Class player and we’re all pretty happy.

what are the other marquees earning?

He’s the best back rower in the world.

Someone sounds annoyed he isn’t going to his club.

Heard from a good source 340 k a year

Can i just put some context in this, when we announced GI the other week, it took ploiner about 2 weeks to stop banging on about how much money he was on.

Proper got his knickers in a twist over it, now he's turned to you guys and bateman.

He has said all along he would retire before play for Leeds.

Unfortunately jealousy knows no bounds with some poor old Whinos fans

He is one of the best back rowers in the world and i would not expect him to ever come to Leeds ( if the incident that happened at Wigan had happened at Leeds he would never have played for the club again ) . As he is one of the best back rowers in the world he therefore commands high earnings and that is far more than the 220K that is being reported on here .