He is clearly stating he wants to go and it's in the pipeline. I can't wait to boo him in the internationals.

Wouldn't expect anything else from you. You typify what being a RL fan is all about at the minute.

Hope you enjoyed your fifth grand final defeat in a row.

"Booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo"

It's to be hoped none of the union lads leave too much money in their wallets because ASBO Tomkins will have a field day in the dressing rooms. Good riddance to the slack nacker.

Wow! After reading this, what is the point of rugby league, we might as well all go over to union!

bit over dramatic dude!

What a rediculous thing to say. How is it dead?

There were only 69,000 people at Old Trafford and Leigh have gone bust.

It's comments like this that make you wonder "why do some people watch RL?"
Do we just attract cynics? Or do they come over as normal people and we turn them cynical? Either way, it's probably the most unattractive part of being a RL fan listening to the constant rubbish coming from these boring people. I think as a game we need to come up with an intervention to change the attitude of the fans. Word of mouth is one of your biggest advertising streams.

the games dead.....gutted..... quick someone tell Mr Moran to stop expanding the HJ.

I thought your user name was ironic but now I suspect that you hear voices in your head

Joel Tomkins played in front of 78,000 fans at Wembley this year... I’m pretty sure he isn’t going because the club game is dead, it probably has more to do with the stupid amount of money somebody is offering him to play a game that he is unproven at

While the cash reportedly offered to Tomkins is stupid, he would be even more stupid to turn it down

Why would he? He is not a good enough player to be a major success in Union. He has no real talent or ability. Just a fairly big and strong player who has been able to get a year in the centres for Wigan because they've no one else.

His career path will likely be a quick introduction to club rugby and a place in the England team for their next friendly after his move. He'll then drop out of that side and end up back in league a year or two later with little chance of ever getting anywhere.

Tompkins isnt worth that money... If Union want to throw it at him, good luck...

You see how crazy they all went over Ashtons try v the Wallbies. Doesn't take much to impress them.

England RU took Matt Banahan and Mike Tindall to the World Cup as centres, you cannot get two players who sum up the plhrase "just a fairly big and strong player" better than those two

Ashton was on £20-30k as a full-time pro in 2006, up to £35k the following season. He wanted a more than double your money deal of £75k, with Wigan offering close to that figure, but Northampton offered him £140k a year in the second-tier of English rugby union and it now suggested that his market value wage is over £300k, which may be difficult for the Norhampton club to find space under their cap of £4m, rising to £4.5m for next season.

Don't know if the £12k would be as an academy player because he made his debut for Wigan at 18 years of age and may have been on a very small deal as a part-timer who may not have even trained with the first team.

Imagine receiving a call from a recruiter who offers you 3-4 times your salary.

Anyone that can come up with a good explanation of why you wouldn't take it is a better man than me.

Its not like wendyball when someone moves from a huge weekly wage of 10k per week to 30k per week, we are talking about the difference between being financially secure by 30 and just having a decent house and car at 30.

It doesn't mean I like it

Quite simple really,what does he gain by saying at league with a ever decreasing profile for the sport,moves to union runs in 2 tries national hero.

Scores length of field tries for league at wembley no one knows him

He would be a idiot to stay at wigan if they are offering that sort of money a proper international platform[instead of playing at leigh in front of 6 thousand fans v wales) 18k at wembley for a double header.

Wow warrington are building a couple of cornors to there stands,I bet man utd are feeling threaten by your stadium suddenly jumping to 16 k crowds



And the kid ashton was on less than 12k when he broke into the wigan team and all credit to the kid he went back to wigan and said union were interested and had offered him 100k a season,wigans reply was well we will up you to a gauranteed 12k and reveiw again at the end of the season,well the lad from wigan is not as thick as wigan thought and off he went for more money and now a higher profile


As for leigh going burst,well first of many in the coming 12 months sadly,but if you lot say the games great and we nearly fill wembley and we nearly fill old traffold well who am I to argue........yep the games in great hands going from strength to strength

enjoy your Rugby Union this weekend!!!

Well thought out reply

Great you forcefully proved me wrong with all well thought out reasoning on were our game is growing and going from strength to strength

Remember us old moaners remember when our sport had a higher profile before popcorn rugby league was wheeled out under uncle mo and his disciple lewis the tennis star and not forgetting cummins at the refereeing level turning our game from a contact sport were you contested things to 5 drives and a kick and hope

ASBO Tomkins?? Please explain?

£12k as an academy player before his 18th birthday does not sound an outrageously low wage to pay any youth team player in either code.

well done.... fantastic comparison..... you really have proved that rugby league is dead...i bet man utd are celebrating its demise as we speak.

Will you be going to Leigh for the Wales game or Wembley for the double header?

No wonder Tomkins is off with Shaun Wane taking over the Piedome hot-seat.

Wigan will only go one way with this bloke at the helm.....and it isn't up.

Based on what??

If he was a highly rated coach then Shaun Wane would have got a top job long ago.

Wigan have has 2 seasons of success. But a swift return to the mediocrity we've seen from the Pies in the vast majority of the Super League era looms. You heard it here first.