Billy Conway and/or Nigel Bell would have sorted him out.

I'm looking forward to seeing him play in a league where perhaps he will face the least difficult challenge of his career. Robbie Hunter-Paul described it as a "game-changer". I wouldn't go that far. He was a rugby league player first of all, and has dipped in and out during his career. In reality, it is newsworthy but not huge news, given his age. He is banking a fat cheque as a pension by seeing out his career where it started, albeit at a lower level.

Arguably, it does UK league harm, as we are only good enough to get him at the end of his career, whereas the NRL and others got him at his peak. It shows us a bit second-rate, particularly if we are frothing at the idea of getting someone so old.

The biggest effect might be on the players around him, rather than what he does on the pitch, so maybe a good move, if they have the money to spend.

I presume it is also Canadian dollars, which makes it less than it first appears.

Waste of brass for me

There is a danger his out of line earnings will destabilise both codes of rugby internationally. There will be lots of better players (today, not yesterday) who are on a fraction of his pay and will want more. Some daft owner somewhere will try to up stars’ wages and the spiral will commence and ruin clubs.

SBW signing that level of contract will definitely stoke wage inflation and if you were one of the games top players, you would definitely be asking your agent "why is he getting "x" and you've only manged to get me "y".
It's like the early 90's all over again.

Like "Belly", I'm looking forward to seeing him play and hopefully, that will be 3 times this season against Trinity plus, whatever makes it onto TV but, Cant get over the (alleged) contract.

that was my thought, it doesn't take long for clubs to panic buy and put them selves out of control, then there's the players that will cause unrest because of the difference in pay think sod him let him do all the work he gets paid for it

Toronto have just announced that they've mad a big error and actually signed the old blues singer, Sonny Boy Williamson.

Lets be honest who would turn down 100 grand a game? Its crazy money for a player at the back end of his career but moneybags toronto can afford it i just hope they subsidise travel to their home games so we can watch him put ball over dead ball line last time i saw him play in rl at warrington for new zealand

nice

In all seriousness I’m not convinced one bit about SBW, been good but you can say that about quite a few ex NRL players. Personally I would have spent the money on some younger players with future in front of them.

Agree, BLM. Talisman signing that will bring lots of good publicity, but if Toronto are serious about making it in SL they should be investing in bringing on young Canadian talent.

I don’t expect him to be the same player he was six years ago, but he’s still got that star appeal that would make me go to a game just to watch him in the flesh. I’m looking forward to see him play at Belle Vue.

I don’t disagree one bit on that, a big crowd puller, I recently played against Paul Gallen and Adrian Morley something I thought I’d never do in my life time so I get the wow factor but if it goes boobies up I can’t see him playing in the championship.