Wires71 wrote:He's a good player but obviously made his mind up when returning to the UK to chase the £££ rather than the trophies. Can't blame him for that.
This is always something I'm concerned about with English players who come back from the NRL, particularly if they've already won trophies in SL. Almost always they're doing it for reasons outside of rugby - usually money, family or homesickness. Williams has probably followed the same pattern as John Bateman when he came back - dreadful and demotivated in his first year, pretty good in the second but without really reaching his best consistently.
It'll be interesting to see how Luke Thompson does at Wigan given he gave an interview just a few months ago stating how he didn't want to leave the NRL and that he was really motivated to crack it there. Money might be the sensible longer term choice but I'm not sure it motivates a player to be the best he can be.