Here's what he said on leaving SalfordI've been thinking about it for the last year and I've got a young family and it's time to take the family home.

I've been here for 10 seasons now and we're just ready to go back, settle down and take a step back from full-time rugby league and move onto the next phase.

I'm going to play a little bit semi-professionally back in Australia and working within another club trying to get my foot in the door within the realm of coaching and development.

Salford coach Ian Watson added

It sounds like he's moved on and has a plan.

He was contracted to Salford for this season (4 seasons from 2015), so even if he wanted to come back, I can't see it being straight forward. Salford won't want another Joel Moon situation, and I don't think Dobson is that sort of person.

I presume you have given your pearls of wisdom to TS as I don’t suppose he reads this forum

Blair is a decent SR makes good yards misses a couple of tackles in the matches you'd probably watched but he was covering for his centre imo him and Salter were very strong against Catalans

We also have Donaldson and Lawler to comeback in the SR also

Bair is a good player ,greenwood is good some games but needs to do more but is only young so will come in the end , Clarkson is a good squad player and is a grafter gets through the tuff stuff but not a starting player, we do need a big strong running second row in the starting 13 I’d say bobby bair would be a perfect lose forward don’t no why he never gets played there a strong runner with a good kicking game

Cracking young player is Lawler. He can go far in this sport.