I’m not convinced we are. I have no evidence to back this up but I reckon a sweetener has appeared.

I may be wrong but I thought that until the contract was up an opposition club couldn’t approach our player? We are far from the end of the season yet TJ is signed sealed though not yet delivered.

That last bit is key. Seems very convenient that we retire a player at this point in the season for an op he should be taking in Catalans time.

There are so many things this season across SL that simply don’t stack up and this is one.

There is a deadline in May where clubs can approach a player that is out of contract at the end of the season.

The operation was avoided to give Tom a chance to play again after some rehabilitation according to Tom himself. The injury hasn't improved so he had zero chance of playing either way. Maybe we get an insurance cover now he's officially unavailable through injury rather than sat in the medical room with his fingers crossed?

Fantastic talent great strike rate and if he had a quality centre with him that strike rate would be far higher
When fit probably the best winger in SL
Sadly so unlucky with injuries I hope he plays more but I fear his game time will always be very limited
If he had stayed fit I think he would have been NRL bound

I agree, though I suspect our management are not so soft in the head and have agreed a deal. The catalans chief executive was as the Toulouse game ; I know cos he was in our hotel. He said it was to guage fan support for Toulouse in super league but I wouldn't be surprised if a deal was done that day