RL is sport thats trying to grow and they all no this and therefore if being treated fairly money wise it should be there duty to help to spread the sport as much as possible and them going to union is like joining the germans. If we offered a public school england union player a good salary to come to wigan they would not entertain it i dont think because they dont like the game with your attitude towards this how did lockyer, Johns, Thurston, Slater, C Smith, B Marshall, Sculthorpe,Radlinski, Cunningham,sinfield,burrows, maguire etc etc all stay at there clubs so long i will tell you because they love Rugby League and they have been treat fairly same as sam is being treated fairly so that leaves no reason to leave unless you dont like RL that much and you think RU is a great game.

The obvious answer to the reply from IL is "Well why don't you then?"

We certainly need one.

Your maths is almost as bad as your English.

Just a thought, but might not increasing numbers of youngsters currently playing union come to see a league as a way of showcasing their talents much more effectively than could ever be done in the over-congested mess that's a game of rugby union? It's very doubtful whether Joel would be on the sort of contract he is now, had he come through union ranks. Handling the ball half a dozen times a game tends to limit the ability to catch the eye, I'd have thought.

And were we to draw in more youngsters, sure some might move on but you might turn up another Sam Tomkins or two.