Take the tongue out of your cheek, Sally
Hodgson will be in his mid 30's by then
Calm down. No one man going to the 3 point game will do ANY damage at all
The game will go on....IF it happens

as a wiganer Farrell to RU was one of the best pieces of business we did, yes he was the heart and soul of our team at the time but to get paid for a player (cant remember what we got) for someone who was injured at the time was a good deal

faz was no doubt inspirational but he was at the back end of his career and didn't make the impact that was expected, given he was a loose forward and they tried to play him as a centre

wrt Hodson, surely if you could get some money for him, cash in

My money's on this being another attention-grab for Sale.

i dont understand why the stockport (soon to be salford?) sharks are such as attractive option. Clearly its not working for them at stockport and in my opinion the move to salford would just end up with the reverse of the harlequins situation. In that the crowds would drop and drop as they fail to get the (league heartland) locals interested

i've said the same at work today

there having a c** season and trying to mask it by making loads of signings for next season

coupled with Mick Hogan being there also, he has a pretty good knowledge of RL

Hodgson will be 35, same age as Gareth Thomas was when he changed codes. It's perfectly possible especially for an outside back, its not like he's a forward who will have to learn lineouts or whatever.

From what I've heard, Sale wont be moving into Salford's new ground. Brian Kennedy (Sale's Simon Moran) is one of the most pig-headed people you'd ever meet. He has a huge dislike of our game, and as a consequence, wont want to be seen as a bedfellow of an RL team. He's settled at Stockport.

Back on topic, let's not start filling our trousers, yet, eh. So far, it's only a rumour. If it isn't, so what. We did it to union for decades, and they survived and still grew their own talent. I'm sure life will carry on.

I wasn't bothered when it was young kids who'd been in league 5 minutes and got their heads turned by a bit of cash, eg Ashton & Eastmond. Nobody knows if they would have made it in league anyway. But Pat Richards is a top class proven player whos been there and done it in the NRL and in Super League and won Grand Finals and last year was the best player in SL. It would be more of a blow to the image of SL to lose him than some 20 year old.

I'd be worried. Well, they could probably put a franchise application in in three years time, they have enough experience in the backroom with Mick Hogan, Adam Jude, Gary Tasker and Dave Swanton.

Come off it, Sal. You might fool a few on here, but.....

As I said, Hodgson will be 35. He doesn't need to switch codes
Thomas is a totally different case. Crusaders needed a marquee signing. Thomas (from what little I know of the 3 point code) had acheived virtually all that was capable to him. He had nothing to prove. He'd just come out of the closet, and (if you excuse the expression) wanted to keep his head down. He obviously wanted to stay in sport, but not get the attention. What better for him to do, than join a club with little support, in a sport that gets scant day-to-day coverage in the national media.

Again, some people are getting their knickers in a twist over speculation from the media.

If 10-20 top class RL players defect to the 3 point code in a season or two, then I might worry. Until then...well, we've got a big game tomorrow, haven't we.

wow. I'm poohing my pants. SO WHAT.

At the risk of speaking hereasy are they really doing anything differant to us that we spent a long time doing to them? players will always change codes either for the new challenge, the money or both. The point being players come and go and life (in both codes) goes on regardless

Back on form.

THANK YOU JONNY

At last the voice of sanity

If Richards goes SO bloomin WHAT
He's an Australian, who's been over here for a handfull of years.
I won't be losing ANY sleep

You've already been done like a kipper, chief.

Then you have smelly pants. Or probably even smellier ones.

Hardly,numpty. As I'd said earlier "come off it Sally, you might fool some people on here" etc
and in my first post, when I'd said "take the tongue out of your cheek"





You should have read what I'd posted, before you started putting little kisses on Sally's bottom

I've seen far too many of Sally's posts on here, to take him TOO seriously.


Some posters need to realise, RU doesn't matter to us. We've allready had some people, wetting their beds over a lad that's played 5 professional games of RL, and his DEFINATE defection. We'll survive.

I don't think he will go.
If he does, so what? As has been said, we did the same to them when they were playing for poops and giggles and we were pro.
Richards has done everything in League. Full DOT. If he wants to go to union or the NFL. Good luck to him. He defo deserves it.

He is older than most. I would fear if it was an undiscovered gem and people thought they were missing out. But didn't union do this alot in the nineties. Take old/ injured players from league as marquee signings in rah rah.

Has he played at Wembley? Even Chris Rileys been there done that, got the Back 2 Back winners T shirt and he's about half Richards' age.

I hope if he is to go to union that Richards gets a chance to realise his dream at Wembley this year. If anyone deserves it it's him.

as long as his dream is to get beat by warrington at wembley!

There is no-way he goes to Sale, he loves Wigan.

Taking over from within.

couldn't of put it better myself
for years we took there player and brought them to league and we were loving it but now it has turned we don't like it it is called tough !!!!
all that will happen is the clubs buying then in a few years will end up where they are now no further on like some of our clubs that brought in loads of union players. playing second rate rugby with no money for years and befor you all start yes they have got some money now so we will see what they buy if they get to play propper rugby again !!!!!

You're right on both counts.

I don't know how much that will mean to him. If it does I hope he loses at Wembley this year. However, you could argue he has done MOST of everything in the sport.

It is unlikely that he will leave for Union but there is a chance.

He is old(ish)
Has he played Union before, do we know?
He will be on high (Wigan) wages.

...and ends up getting a Hollywood movie made about him starring Mickey Rourke. And appearing on the Ellen DeGeneres show. And getting mentioned everytime homophobia in sport is talked about. He's hardly been forgotten about!