Salford have just confirmed on Twitter that they have signed BJB to start with them in 2015.

I wonder how he will go with Kevin Locke?!

The good Dr has just announced on twitter that Salford have signed BJB for next season

Good move for him as he's joining a team that will get better and better over the next few years. Not so good for his desire to play FB.

If Locke ends up on these shores........

yawn...........................

Well, the Showmethemoney agency is obviously as good as its word.

Hope he goes well and glad he went to Salford not Wigan or Hudds because this way he's not going to come back and bite us on the backside.

So with Locke arriving Bjb will be back in his 2nd choice position on the wing.
Wish him well but it will be a long time imo before he plays in finals especially with how unpredictable the mad owner is.

Thought they would have offered money for remainder of contract too as Still not safe for Salford and he's the type of player they need now.

Wish the lad best of luck. Surprising choice of destination given that he presumably had offers from the NRL and other clubs more likely to compete for honours more quickly and his apparent desire to play full back but when you merge an agent called showmethemoney and Koucash I guess that is what pratts call "synergy".

Ben's off to play on the wing at Salford then

not going to win trophies?

We'll have to wait and see. I watched Locke playing for NZ Warriors over the weekend and he was playing mainly at #9

I reckon that Logan will be their starting 9 next season

Salford. Obviously the lure of playing every week in a team competing for nothing was greater than 15 games a season in a team competing for trophies.

He must really, really, really want to play fullback.

Or he really likes the Trafford centre.

How quickly it seems he's forgotten how the club supported him when he spent so long on the sidelines due to illness last year.
Out for 6 months wasn't it?
I agree with AG - surely it's better to play for a team that is likely to win things?
Agents have been responsible for the demise of Calderwood, Lee Smith & Chev Walker to name three off the top of my head.

I don't think he's forgotten anything. Much like we shouldn't forget a guy who didn't let two life threatening injuries - one definitely caused at work - stop him going back to fulfilling his obligations to his employer. He's out of contract, he's every right to do what he wants, morally and legally.

Get a grip. He's fullfilled his contract and is moving on. Nothing wrong with that all and he owes leeds nothing.

Cannot understand why people attacking the lad, he is young nan who wants to play ever week, possible to get back into the England team, something that will not happen if he is not getting regular first team football. Good luck BJB and thanks for everything you have done.

Anyone on this board who suggests they wouldn't consider moving jobs if their prospects had been restricted in the way BJB's have, is IMO a liar.

Why should it be any different in his career, more so due to the limited lifespan of said career.

Bingo. And that is the most valid point of all.

He's already had a GF win, he's already had a WCC win. What is better for him, looking back at 32 and finished in the game and saying I won two or three GF's and having X amount, or looking back and saying I have winners medals and I have XXX amount and managed to play each week?

Sinfield made a speech a few years back regarding trophies and money, and too many hold on to that. It was a few years back. I doubt very much that today the same views of players would be held. This is a salary capped sport, and the time playing the game is getting shorter. That salary cap in real terms means that the money earned is less than it was four or five years ago, as the cap hasn't moved enough. The longer it is held at that, the more movement of chasing the £ you will see in players, and they can hardly be blamed for that.

With respect the only people responsible for the demise of calderwood,smith and walker are the aforementioned.

I'm not so sure when you look at how Leeds manage to retain good players in comparison with other clubs.

Plus, when you consider that GH has said that the players keep the prize money they get from finals (which is exempt from the salary cap) that must also factor in when you consider the propensity with which we reach finals.

I'd never blame a player for moving clubs for more money. Like yuo say, it's a career. But in ANY career it's not always the smartest move to up sticks to the employer who pays the biggest wages. There's so many more important things.

I think in the BJB case it's a bit different. It's one thing to be getting less money but reaching and winning finals IF you're in the team. Both Hall & Watkins have mentioned previously that although they were members of previous GF winning squads, they didn't really feel like GF winners themselves until they played in the game itself.

The situation is also different to the likes of the Calderwood, Walker & Smith because they were starters.

Because he's gone to Salford some will say it's just because of money, but if you look at the other main contenders for trophies like Saints and Wigan they didn't really need him. Warrington was a possibility but they're on a slide ATM whilst Salford will climb up eventually.