Played well tonight for a lad apparently on an 11k contract. Wigan have Offered 60k to stay and an NRL team have offered 90k.

Well he did screw up on 1 try but he finished that try with great composure for a young player

Still got two years on his contract.

I tihnk it's fair to say that if Wigan don't dig their heels in on this one Lenegan might need to spend all his time looking after Oxford United.

Think you could have left the 2 years out as irelevant these days when it comes to contracts. He's a Fantastic player but aint going to to command a transfer fee like Sam as not been there and done that yet. Think he could have been offered more earlier to keep him focused on just Wigan.

Like I said there's no way Wigan will just let him leave like the others. He hasn't played a full season yet and still has two years left on contract.

I never said Wigan would allow him to just leave but 100k to 200k offer and 90k to the lad a year to start would take some beating. A bit more of an earlier offering might not have made any other offers more of a risk.

Plenty of time for Wigan to sort him out a contract he deserves. Like when he's actually played an entire season and proved himself - which he has.

He said in his post match interview there is an opportunity to go down under. Looks like he's on his way.

Are you talking about his sky interview

On the sky one he mentioned that he got a chance early season down under(wcc) I think now he's done a season his contract will be a priority for Wigan.

His contract needs renegotiating the day after the GF. The lad is a real talent. If he has had offers from the NRL it will need all of Lenegan and SW's powers of persuasion to keep him here together with a suitable wage rise. That's what they're paid to do so let's hope they can pull it off.

He said he'd had the chance to go down under at the start of the season as in playing in the WCC.

Hope we sort a new deal out for him but if he's got a couple of years left as it is hopefully we've got some breathing space.

Fair enough. I misunderstood that then.

He's going to the NRL sooner rather than later. Far too much talent and profile.

We'll be lucky to get another season out of him before he's off, unfortunately.

Very disheartening to read. He's my kind of winger, a proper winger and not the style we've seen in a long time. It makes me sad as a Wigan fan and sadness SL that Wigan and SL are not able to hold even young players anymore. You can understand guys in their mid 20s that have played 5 years in SL and won trophies that want to go over, it's sad that players just coming through want to bypass that and move to the NRL after 1 season, the lure of playing in your own competition at a club that is going to provide you with a good chance of winning trophies isn't enough.

its a fan who wrote his opinion its not Shaun or Ian who wrote it. Charnley had all the same hype and he is still here.

I know it's not a fact and just hearsay, given recent history though and players leaving it's not like there isn't a good chance of happening. Thanks for the pearls of wisdom though.

Let's not be silly about this ... it's only a matter of time before we lose him. It's only ever a matter of time before we lose our new best players (unless they are playing for Leeds, about whom the mystery drags on), until the British game pulls itself up by his bootlaces and becomes something much improved, or inculcates a central fund by which to bribe these lads to stay. I'm just praying that he goes to the NRL and not RU, so that he doesn't lose his edge, and comes home again after a couple of years. Realistically, I think that's the best we can hope for.

no shortage of wingers in the southern hemi-sphere

No he didnt he said he had the chance to go down under with wigan at the start of the season

The players that Australia rate are the likes of Graham and the Burgess boys. Wingers like Joe are ten a penny down there I'm glad to see. Every team seemingly has a 6'4" and 17 stones young winger.

And after the season Sam has had I don't think they'll be breaking our doors down anytime soon for another Wigan back. Sam has played well in patches but is starved of possession in an inconsistent team - and it really hasn't done his career any good IMO.

Let's not over react about this. We've lost Sam and Lee Mossop to the NRL - and I reckon they will both be itching to get back.

I was in St Helens this afternoon and as I was leaving the Hardshaw Shopping Arcade in walked Sam Tomkins accompanied by a cameraman. I swear that there are people who frequent this forum that, had they witnessed the same, would conclude that he had signed for Saints and would be on here with the news in a flash.

Sam Tomkins has signed for St Helens for 2016?! I don't believe it!

He's under contract until the end of next season and he won't be going anywhere until then. He's already been offered a long term deal at Wigan quite a while ago and as yet he hasn't signed it, he has also been offered a 3yr contract for the Roosters but he hasn't signed that either.

He should do another season then go to the NRL.