Read something from a sports website down under that he had bigger piles if cash offered to him by Melbourne and Salford.



If Bath are financing this themselves it may not be purely about big piles of money. Hard though that is for some people to believe.



Personally I think if Bath really want to get the best out of him they should forget the quick answer of playing him at 12 and devote the time to teaching him to be an 8. He isn't a back.

It wouldn't have made any difference if Salford had offered him a million pounds a week, named their ground after him and bought him an aeroplane. Even if he'd accepted their offer, he wouldn't have been able to join them.



Despite what Bath or anybody else says, it came down to money.

You know this how?

He told me so.

That was nice of him.

The most disapointing aspect of this is that he's leaving despite never really achieving anything within RL, and he's spent a lot of time out injured. Yes, he's the biggest stars within the game, but I doubt that would be enough to secure his legacy.

But if Salford offered him a million a week would that mean he is getting more than that at Bath if it came down to money?

FWIW I think it did come down t money and the promise of playing for England

I gotta feel for Bradford, Sam B, world class as he is, was a beast at Bradford.



If they had the foresight to sell him to yawnion, or put a clause in his contract for future moves, then just maybe the money may have gone a long way to prevent the position they are in now?

I think there was a clause if he returned to league in this country.

What more could ha achieve. World Cup with England!!! He's made a name for himself and been recognised as a cracking player in the best league in the world, he's equalled a record of 4 brothers in the same team

No domestic trophies though, as far as I remember?



I see what Charlie Sheen was getting at.

That can depend as much on the team that he plays for as his own contribution. See SL for example, plenty of quality players have failed to win SL whilst many run of the mill players have got rings on their fingers.