Signed back in union for 2015/2016. Can literally come and go as he pleases that man. How old will he be at the end of 2016?

Young enough to sign for Salford.

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He'll go back to Boxing after that!

Pfft. When he's 34 he can come to Leeds and bring the average age of our front row down.

His fanboys will be upset, but I couldn't care less. The hyperbole throughout the WC was incredibly nauseating. We survived without him before and we will again. I just hope he doesn't try coming back in 2017 to steal someone else's WC spot.

Now come on, the World Cup would have been a lesser place without him.

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I don't think I laughed as much since Jordan Tansey scored against Bradford at Cardiff.

Still laugh every time I see it! Was sat in the main stand towards the other end and presumed he had scored, then was confused when the stand behind the sticks erupted. Couldn't believe it when I saw the reply, fantastic! That is going to be played over and over again for many years to come.

I was with a group of friends watching it on TV while having a few beers and we kept replaying it over and over again, for all the half drunk blokes to laugh and call him a d|ckhead! And all the half drunk females to wonder why they've ended up with overweight drunken northerners instead of him.

Cue Jean Capdouze to inform us of the future of god himself SBW.

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He left the All Blacks and the chiefs in disarray........except for the Chiefs winning S15 without him and the AB's going 14 games unbeaten over the season.
He'll put bums on seats for the Chiefs, but will be a bit player in the AB's 2015 RWC squad, if he even makes it.
As for his boxing career.......that's over unless he wants to keep getting points decisions against pensioners.

At least he put in a great performance in the WC Final and showed the Aussies and the world why he's so great.........oh wait.

Worse kind of prof sportsman, total mercenary with no loyalty or commitment to anyone other than himself. Bye bye $BW.

I tend to agree with you about his motivations JB, but he's definitely one of the best second rows I've ever seen, and a huge media draw, so he will be a loss to the game.

I am not his biggest fan and he does come across as a self serving individual, but let's face it, he has maybe 10 to 12 years to earn a decent crust and he will do what he needs.
Mercenary and professional are not too far apart.....both do what they do for money and in the modern game, 1 club players are like hens teeth.
I suspect he will be back in France in 2017.......not sure which code but he will put bums on seats!

In 2017 I expect to see him playing RL for Sydney Roosters in the NRL or Toulouse in Super League. That way in 2017 he will get his second and maybe last chance to win a World Cup in rugby league for New Zealand.

Waste of talent.

I bet by the next world cup the game will have unearthed a new box office draw, that is what League is good at, I would like it to be a lad from Hull but know doubt he will be from the southern hemisphere.

the more box office draws the better really. Its not like we are so over-run with them that losing them is unimportant.

Jean,

No club will ever again be put straight into Super League.

For Toulouse to even be in Super League in 2017, they would need to enter Championship One in 2015 and win promotion to the Championship and then win promotion from the Championship to Super League at the end of the 2016 season.

IF Sonny bill returns to R.L it will be at Salford provided the Doc is still the top man and the marquee signing exemption is in place.

You ignore the impact SBW has had at Sydney Roosters, and the desire of Nick Polites to have him return.

Okay, whilst I'm afraid to ask, I will, why should a marquee exemption rule come into play? There's basically one anyway, so long as the player is homegrown ... And that should be good enough. Rewards teams for creating super stars, means there isn't a mockery when 10/12 teams sign mediocre ageing Aussies as an exemption ...

I can actually see sbw wanting to compete in sl after 2016, he obviously likes to move around. Can see him at Catalans or Warrington personally

Overated, and believes his own hype