Re: Jackson Hastings? : Mon Dec 09, 2019 8:35 am  

Huddersfield1895 wrote:

Possibly been tapped up while in Sydney and possibly thinking on how he can get a move back to a NRL club.
I wouldn't be surprised if he has a serious case of home sickness soon.

It's not right and Wigan would be well hacked off but, IF there is a way of getting a gig in the NRL, the prospect of coming back to the UK to play for Wigan would be grim indeed.
There will need to be significant "compo" but, this type of thing happens quite often with some Aussie stars.
As he is now English, will he still count on their cap

Re: Jackson Hastings? : Mon Dec 09, 2019 8:36 am  

KingRoss11 wrote:

His NRL get out clause is after the first season has ended, he also has to inform the club by a certain point of the season, if he’s not to turn up at all Wigan will make him pay

Which will probably be paid by which ever club sign him...

Re: Jackson Hastings? : Mon Dec 09, 2019 4:26 pm  

All he has to do is plead 'Homesickness.' Wigan release him. He signs on at Salford. All's well.

Well that's what Joel Moon did to us when he went to Leeds, so I'm presuming what's good for the goose and all that.

Joking aside, it wouldn't surprise me if he never pulls on a Wigan shirt. Regretted the decision around the time he was picking up the MOS award, and he's not making the right noises at this point for me. No promo stuff for Wigan. Nothing. It begs the question why he bothered in the first place. I know Salford wanted to keep him, but couldn't afford what was being offered elsewhere. I suppose when the contracts where being offered he was thinking of security and signed with the offer that suited him. As time went on, and the great run Salford had at the back end of the season made him regret his decision months before. I guess we'll never know.

Re: Jackson Hastings? : Mon Dec 09, 2019 4:32 pm  

TheButcher wrote:

All he has to do is plead 'Homesickness.' Wigan release him. He signs on at Salford. All's well.

Well that's what Joel Moon did to us when he went to Leeds, so I'm presuming what's good for the goose and all that.

Joking aside, it wouldn't surprise me if he never pulls on a Wigan shirt. Regretted the decision around the time he was picking up the MOS award, and he's not making the right noises at this point for me. No promo stuff for Wigan. Nothing. It begs the question why he bothered in the first place. I know Salford wanted to keep him, but couldn't afford what was being offered elsewhere. I suppose when the contracts where being offered he was thinking of security and signed with the offer that suited him. As time went on, and the great run Salford had at the back end of the season made him regret his decision months before. I guess we'll never know.

Can't see him wanting to stay at Salford though I accept Salford would be his UK team of choice, looks more like he wants back in at the NRL, they all do in the end. He's too good for SL.

Re: Jackson Hastings? : Mon Dec 09, 2019 4:35 pm  

Fishermanscap wrote:

Can't see him wanting to stay at Salford though I accept Salford would be his UK team of choice, looks more like he wants back in at the NRL, they all do in the end. He's too good for SL.

I realise this. It was a tongue-in-cheek comment so I could shoe-in a snarky quip about Moon to Leeds.

I doubt he'll be playing in SL this coming season.

Re: Jackson Hastings? : Mon Dec 09, 2019 4:38 pm  

KingRoss11 wrote:

His NRL get out clause is after the first season has ended, he also has to inform the club by a certain point of the season, if he’s not to turn up at all Wigan will make him pay

Stop talking gash, I love it when folk come on here claiming that they know the exact nature of players contract, yeah of course they do.

A get-out clause is not a get-out clause if you can't get out is it? I can't think of any top Aussie player who doesn't have one that allows them to leave whenever they wish, why you think Wigan are a special case god knows.

If he wants to walk he will and Wigan will have to whistle like everyone else despite what is or isn't written on any piece of paper

PS: As it happens I think he'll play for Wigan for this season at least as I doubt he's that hot a property in Australia and his GB appearances didn't do him any favours either.

Re: Jackson Hastings? : Mon Dec 09, 2019 5:10 pm  

This story is all gossip. No hard evidence. The kind of yellow journalism that Gutterfax loves to give credibility to

Hastings would not be wanting to stiff Wigan in order to stay at impoverished Salford, playing in front of meagre crowds. If there is any truth to the gossip, it would be an NRL club or Toronto Wolfpack offering him a contract. However all the NRL clubs seem to have their halves signed and sealed now.

Re: Jackson Hastings? : Mon Dec 09, 2019 6:53 pm  

Why keep a player if he don’t want to play for you, he made a mistake let him move on

Re: Jackson Hastings? : Mon Dec 09, 2019 7:26 pm  

Very hard to take any kind of legal action against someone who isn’t in the country and is employed outside of the UK.
The best Wigan can hope for is that the NRL don’t allow him to register for a club whilst Wigan hold his SL registration, so whoever signs him has to pay a fee.

Re: Jackson Hastings? : Mon Dec 09, 2019 7:44 pm  

Fishermanscap wrote:

Stop talking gash, I love it when folk come on here claiming that they know the exact nature of players contract, yeah of course they do.

A get-out clause is not a get-out clause if you can't get out is it? I can't think of any top Aussie player who doesn't have one that allows them to leave whenever they wish, why you think Wigan are a special case god knows.

If he wants to walk he will and Wigan will have to whistle like everyone else despite what is or isn't written on any piece of paper

PS: As it happens I think he'll play for Wigan for this season at least as I doubt he's that hot a property in Australia and his GB appearances didn't do him any favours either.

It’s come from the horses mouth that his contract clause is at the end of the first season, you seriously think wigan would spend months negotiating and pay him 250,000 a y year just to let him walk before he’s put on the shirt? If he leaves before he’s played whoever wants him will have to pay a big fee as he’s UNDER CONTRACT. It’s not that hard to understand you stick to the small clubs where you could only dream of signing a top class player