Just looking back 12months ago on our forum and we were having exactly the same posts back then about rocky...his agent then was described as touting him about for more money...

Hampshire has gone, it’s over, for whatever reason neither party could reach a solution so for chuff sake move on.

It’s a team game and it’s the coaches job to create a team and if he doesn’t think a player is worth the amount of his limited budget that he’s requesting then so be it, it’s the blokes job for heavens sake.

Would I have liked him to stay? Yes

Would I have liked him to stay at any price? Absolutely not!

Do I think it’s a mistake? Not really. For starters he’s not that good, he’d still be at Wigan if he were, think about it. If you minus all this local boy stuff which truly annoys me, he’s a handy player and not some misunderstood genius.

Finally he’s had this merry dance with every club he’s ever played at, I don’t know the ins or outs but none of them seemed willing to move heaven and earth to keep him, again think about it.

I’ve enjoyed watching him I really have and I wish him well in the future but no player is bigger than the club! If MC and CC are only willing to pay him X and no more then so be it.

My new loyalty is with the whole of the 2020 team and he ain’t in it and that should be the end of it.

No Hampshire the martyr for me.

We can't possibly know what the numbers were so it doesn't help to guess. Anyone that does know and posts them would be breaching the AUP so better to stay away from it.

But he's entitled to want more, the club are entitled to limit their offer to what they think is fair. If they don't match its a bit of a problem.

Interesting, I heard that too from a reliable person but dismissed it as ridiculous. I’ll say now I don’t know for certain it’s true but to hear it from two seperate people gives it a touch more credence.

I’ll say straight off if that’s true then we were being extremely generous because that right at the top end of what I’d pay him FWIW

That figure is on the love rugby league app ! So its out for all to see its still there if you want to check! Why someone would release that figure is beyond belief it may have been someone at our club just doing a bit of stiring up! we will never know.

Bit more than a bus driver with over time then!

Fair enough. Didn't see that.
Then I agree it's ok to post. Worth saying where it was posted to make sure there is no misunderstanding if it come up again.

Don’t get it?

Sorry I just got it, yes about twice that with the proviso the figure quoted is true and I don’t suppose we will ever know.

Move on it’s old news and doesn’t benefit anyone. I think we can all be fairly certain that’ Hampshire won’t play for Trinity again.

It’s sad bit not a tragedy imo.

This thread is about Trinity contracted players so Hampshire is the one player we really shouldn't be including here.
I'm as guilty as anyone but if anyone wants to continue the conversation (which as Fish says is pretty pointless now) by all means start a new thread.

Its a strange figure to pick out of thin air. Like i said if true to me its a good wage. Most if the fans and including me will be well short of that ammount. If a bus driver can earn just short if that ammount with over time goid luck to them.
Wages and contracts remain a mystery to me and jyst what players earn in general seem a well guarded secret.
Qute ioften we have assumptions made of players wages and if the player in questions worth it, without any idea of the individual eaenings its almost impossible to access.
Yes a players lifes short and are some stage or another they will probably end up in the every day world earning an every day wage.
The 60000 opened my eyes when i saw it but hiw does it compare ti other players within the club.

I read about that figure on TotalRL if I remember right.

You did ! its still on there.

The question is not why we have not resigned Hampshire but why did we give a 35 year old scrum half a two year deal. I guess the logical idea would be one year to assess his game now but by giving him two we basically sacrificed Hampshire because we have put our faith in Brough. This was further confirmed by the comments from Chester praising his performance at Hull KR whilst never questioning his shocking efforts in the losing run.
I believe many on here questioned the length of the contract at the time it was announced. I think at 36/37 you need cover if he is to be your starter and also be willing to drop him if performances drop, but if you go into the season with no obvious scrum half replacement it is Brough or now we have no Hampshire who?

You seem to have a big problem with Brough and his age, whilst I accept we need cover for half backs Hampshire is not the answer, for whom you seem to have a love in, if coaches Wane and Powell didn’t rate him in that position but I suppose you know better. I agree that Brough went through a bad patch but was no different to other “younger” players during that time. As we don’t know who is yet to sign, we may be yet to sign cover for these positions.

sp spot on ,i said in a previous post that not resigning rocky was a massive mistake,just a bloody poor decision