news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_l ... 108796.stm boo!

news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_l ... 108796.stm boo!

Disappointed, as he's a fantastic player on his day.

Would love to him down South, but only for my lot

disappointing, but the key thing here is what McLennan says:

"His leaving will create an opportunity for someone else next year"

if he doesnt want to play in RL, let him go and give another young lad the opportunity to stake his claim.

no doubt the Wiganers will jump on this as a sign that the end of the world has arrived and its all the salary caps fault - but there will always be leakage between the codes, and there is nothing we can do to stop taht.

Noble will want to sign him once he has played RU for a season, only then will he be good enough for Wigan...

Its his choice, I suspect a career of mediocraty awaits him

All he's done is not been able to agree to a new contract within the deadline he had set himself and the club to do so.

He'll be back in League within 6 months stating his love of the 13 man game and missing his Mums cooking.

Another promising career wasted to kick and clap.

Its only to free up space to sign Lyon.

Only if he is carrying an injury-he comes cheap then.

How can Wasps(the club supposedly he is going to) afford him when they've had to release players to France due to financial issues

Mmm, a shame, but I wouldn't worry too much. Leeds have that young centre Watkins coming through, and while Smith was a good player, he isn't irreplacable.

We're always going to lose (and gain) the odd player to the other code,its only natural, but since their own professionalism has developed I think the idea of them spending a lot of big money on trying to convert our lot is losing appeal.

the obvious conclusion is that they are paying Lee Smith less than the players they have released.

Or alternatively those that are leaving are getting more and he is getting what they were getting- who knows

Not suprised but absolutely gutted. Englands 3qtr line just got a whole lot weaker and Leeds' isnt any better.

The Frenchies are throwing a lot of money about at the moment, and Wasps have just lost England (and Lions) international Ricky Flutey to them, who would've commanded quite a wedge.

€800k for Jonny Wilkinson to partner SBW at Toulon if I remember rightly (as well as plenty of other quality international players next year).

A thread about a Leeds player moving to Wasps RU and yet you still manage to get
Wigan into it. Obsessed much?

The biggest non event in the history of the game.


To say he is an average player its to wildly overstate his ability.

How interesting. No, really.

Was it the austrailian world cup open bus tour last november?

I would hope that a Pom wouldnt even try and talk about the World Cup final in any way, shape or form.

Not after the pathetic performance you idiots put up!

Got to say that I agree with League Freak, if he was as good as some people seem to think he is, he'dhave kept 1 position as his own, but in the last couple of years he's played Wing, Centre and Full Back. He made one good appearance in a big game, and found himself playing for England in the world cup (as did Calderwood in fairness) although whether he should have been in that game after his disgraceful actions the week before is debateable.

He's not a tremendous loss for league, as someone on the Wigan board said, he's more in the Karl Pryce, Chris Ashton bracket, as opposed to Jason Robinson.

1 team wins and the rest lose.
2nd loser or 5th loser it's still the same

It would be to a Pom.

It is very concerning when the RFU start signing league players that are young and have the abilities to actually make it in Union. Previous signings i.e. Farrell, Raynor, SBW and so on have shown very little thought to what these players would actually be like as Union players.

If the RFU have signed Smith then it may be the start in a change to their League recruiting policy. Which is again a worry.

Its a big loss of Leeds but i imagine they will have a young guy that will come through and will be just as good.

He is actually signing for Penrith.