I don't disagree. My question was one of principle. If enough money was offered, and assuming the marquee rule was adhered to, could any SL club attract an individual of Farnworth's quality, in their pomp, or is the quality of the NRL too much of a draw for them. 

Gannon got the Stevie Ward vibes, talented but too injury prone, can’t see him having a long career, maybe dodged a bull it as if he had resigned it would be in a massive long term deal.

He didn't sign a deal that would have kept him here, why would he have signed up to one that commits him to returning?

5 weeks is relatively short. Gannon's still behind the likes of Newman in terms of repeat injuries, never mind Ward etc. The only link with Ward is the long-term lay off for concussion issues last season. He's still a way to go to follow Ward out of the game early, and concussion protocols in the game are much more robust since Ward was playing.


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It's scary when you think about how much we used to condone concussion. IIRC there was an important game not that long before he retired that Kevin Sinfield when was knocked out, yet he came back in the same game to win it for us. This would be impossible now under current rules.

2012 GF

IIRC a few players have done the same and had it put into their contracts .The fact he didn`t sign was that he had a much better financial offer to play in the NRL.
Not all players hack it over there and do get released with some preferring to come back to SL.
Should that be the case with Gannon it would be nice to have first refusal.