Great stuff. RL teams would be much stronger if all the RU converts came back. We can't afford to continue losing players to RU.

It is just a shame that Sonny Bill went in the first place, he could have been one of the greats. He is still only 26 though, plenty of time to be a top class talent.

Williams is bad news its all about ££££ with him

your opinion and your entitled to it , but dont talk cr4p

if somebody offered you the chance to treble or quadruple your salary , for what is effectivly less work , you wouldnt go , because you love doing what you do for the money you get right now ??

yeah right

one of the best Rugby players of this generation deserves a good wage.

HE's also won a RU world cup, mission accomplished.

Supreme talent who feels he has unfinished business, shame the warriors can't snare him but it appears Sydney is where he wants to be.

I wonder if the bulldogs think im talking crap, the team he walked out on mid contract without notice, boarded a flight and then signed for Toulon in French RU. Followed by which he accused the bulldogs of "DISRESPECTING HIM"

There was vicious remarks made about his Islamic beliefs from people high up at the club, if you ever watch any of his interviews hes one of the most grounded humble Rugby player's on the planet.

Didn't know SBW is a moslem.

No but he is a Muslim.

that's what he said.

Probably better to say Muslim in the UK with the pronunciation of Moslem in English translates to "one who is evil and unjust" in Arabic. Thought you would be aware of this with your law education super troll jdrockets?

Absolutely, as there is nothing "evil" or "unjust" about stoning a woman for adultry........



Back onto SBW, he still has enough time on his side to become one of the best RL players there has been. Bordering on the criminal the way he has been underused in RU.

I'm not a lawyer (nor a student of law)

good to know you care about me though.

I just assumed that this guy was either of a certain age (otherwise why use the correct spelling), wasn't using it as an academic term or was a Muslim himself.

I am aware of how it sounds when vocalised. However, and I think you must be aware of this, he wrote it down. In which case, either is acceptable and Moslem is the original (and true) spelling.


I personally don't know what jeffb's views are on Islam but it didn't initially appear he was having a go at them.

I wasn't. Moslem is just another form of spelling, according to wiki.

RU will have coached all the talent out if him anyway.

As it is in most dictionaries, and to most peoples understanding... But clearly a problem for pedants.

Great uneducated anti Islamic statement there, your a pathetic xenophobic human being.

As for Sonny Bill Williams he would walk into any Rugby Union or Rugby League side on the planet including international teams, the guys a one off.

Now now. If you are going to resort to personal insults, then at least get your words and facts straight.

If I wanted to look at a religious borefest with added insults I can go and have a look at the Sin Bin anytime. Lets try and get it back to SBW, thanks.

SBW was the best player in league till he left so quite rightly commands the $$$$$ over in Aus. He has perhaps not gone the right way about things but to have a player of his calibre back involved in the game can only be a plus for me.

Hopefully this will pave the way for a few more converts to transfer back to league in Aus and give them british RL something to think about in terms of changing how our salary cap works.

You wouldn't have thought it was a complex equation - you up the pay, and they all come back again.

Except that here in the UK, it's still seems beyond the comprehension of most at the RFL.

What, you mean just like nearly every other proffesional sportsman in the modern day?

Thought so.

Why do you think Hoffmann, Barrett, Andrew Johns etc came over here?

There is a slight problem with your statement. before you up the pay, you have to drastically improve the income streams, otherwise teams will rapidly go bust.

Teams have gone bust anyway.

But don't worry, we can always fantasise that improving the game's income should also be down to its governing body.

I don't, and it isn't. Improving income streams has got to be the responsibility of the RFL and individual clubs. Both Wigan and Warrington are improving in this aspect and they both have reasonably good marketing of their product. Unfortunately we have some clubs who don't market themselves at all. We also tend to have fans who are incredibly negative about anything at all that involves change.