Nobody ever questioned his professionalism when it came to training and around the club. That incident was foolish but if you filmed every single rugby player out on the drink then Joel's misdemeanour would be very low down the list of seriousness. Just unfortunate it was put all over social media. Sure he was embarrassed as anyone

Just wait till Sam Powell comes back as assistant coach in a few years time.

Don't wind him up!

Surprised to see Tomkins back at the club if I’m honest

And I see Owen Farrell has signed for union side racing 92 this ending the saga of will he won’t he ever join Wigan,he was never going to sign was he I mean come on he just wasn’t

Neither here nor there to us really.

Would have been a fun signing, but mainly for the tailspin it would have sent RU into.

For the kind of money OF would have wanted, we could get someone younger, probably at least as good and more battle-hardened to the rigours of RL.

OF was NEVER signing for Wigan despite what other users may claim

There were discussions
From a playing point of view, bit of a risk
From a commercial, talking point, headline point of view, would have been amazing

I think the general feeling was that the playing side would be a huge risk but the headlines it would gain might make it worth it but it always felt unlikely. To come here he would’ve needed to give up a lot of money and the romantic in me says if a move to Wigan meant enough to him he’d do that but these guys use their heads.

One thing I would say is that this move he’s made confirms he’s been unsettled at Saracens and just adds weight to the noises that he did have talks with Wigan.

He definitely had talks with Wigan and was still doing pretty recently too, there was a possibility of a short term contract at the end of the Saracens season