Firstly, thanks to Curtis for his efforts and good luck down under.

I'm a bit concerned about the clubs handling of this. I have no knowledge of what's happened but the wording on the press release is really unprofessional

"However, the club are yet to receive any formal confirmation of his resignation and until this happens he will remain on loan at Leigh and Hull FC will retain his registration documents and contract of employment."

At the start of the season we praised the club for having a bit of class about it with Larroyer but this stinks of Koukash or even Hudgell. It is clear the Super League clubs have an issue with players settling down over here especially with more lucrative offers from NRL now becoming more regular. It is also natural for competitors to throw the odd tantrum over selection as so much emotion can be involved in their commitments. Communication has to be key in this situation and fighting it out over press releases is not a good idea.

Anyway, I hope this is a minor blip.

If the statement is true then what have they done wrong?

There's nothing nasty there and if he hadn't cleared up the paperwork before going its more an error on Naughton's part.

Certain nothing like that embittered dwarf Hudgell who would be ranting on about disloyalty and making a few snide comments about his performance.

I'm not really sure what the club have done wrong here?

It sounds as though Naughton has gone back to Aus, but not formally resigned with his employer. If the club 'released' him without a formal resignation from Naughton, would Hull be liable to pay his contract off?

The club had to release some sort of statement as Naughton put a statement on Twitter earlier that day.

I'm not saying we have acted wrongly in the way it was handled, I'm just saying that it shouldn't be announced publicly that he hasn't resigned.