I had a dream and that dream was AVIVA :(

lol some of the comments here are classic, warburton has made any political statement at all he's just taken the bigger wage.

Edited by RR1972 - 26 January 2014 at 1:11pm

Make no bones about it SS I'd have taken the money and gone to france

Edited by RR1972 - 26 January 2014 at 1:37pm

exiled turk wrote: It cannot be seen as anything apart from a political move. He has thrown his status behind the WRU signing a contract with no guarantees about where he will play or what competitions he will play in. The timing of the signing is very apt for Roger Lewis and has been orchestrated to try and strengthen the hand of the WRU. None of the players have entered the politics but by signing for the WRU Warburton has.

His present employer, the Blues, are in dispute in the union and have stated they will not play any players who sign a central contract.

The regions and union have reached an impasse over the future and one of the key debates is whether central contracts with full control of the player held by the union or whether enhanced funding to the regions to enable them to keep players with certain conditions attached to it for the benefit of the welsh team is the best way forward.

All of the other players have kept their private thoughts on the dispute as private and have expressed a wish to concentrate on playing and that an agreement be reached to help them decide their futures.

By signing with the Union Warburton has undermined the positions of the Regions and placed his current employers in a very difficult decision as to his future.

He has now also ensured that every press conference he and other players conduct during the highest profile competition in the Six Nations will be dominated by his decision and the dispute.

Whereas before the players could bat away questions Warburton will now be expected to explain his decision and has now shown his full support for the WRU side of the dispute. He has politicised the players.

Even if he had reached agreement with the WRU he could have waited for the dispute to be formally resolved before committing himself but by doing so now he has sided with the WRU against the regions and politicised himself.

RR1972 wrote: so what if he had a career ending injury during the 6 nations and he only had 3 months of his contract to run? what happens then? is he supposed not to sign his contract for fear of upsetting us but risk his financial future? sorry but this is the real world and the guy has to put his own future first why didn't  peter thomas and the blues just match the offer?

If they had, the WRU would only have trumped it. It's political gerrymandering of the worst order. SW is a pawn in RL fight with the regions, nothing more, nothing less.

RR1972 wrote: so what if he had a career ending injury during the 6 nations and he only had 3 months of his contract to run? what happens then? is he supposed not to sign his contract for fear of upsetting us but risk his financial future? sorry but this is the real world and the guy has to put his own future first why didn't  peter thomas and the blues just match the offer?

That's brilliant I knew you were going to say that you've made my day. He could've quietly taken out insurance.

solihullscarlet wrote: RR1972 wrote: so what if he had a career ending injury during the 6 nations and he only had 3 months of his contract to run? what happens then? is he supposed not to sign his contract for fear of upsetting us but risk his financial future? sorry but this is the real world and the guy has to put his own future first why didn't  peter thomas and the blues just match the offer? That's brilliant I knew you were going to say that you've made my day. He could've quietly taken out insurance.

Edited by RR1972 - 26 January 2014 at 2:22pm

I think if Roger Lewis wasn't such a scheming toad people wouldn't blame WRUburton. It's the fact he's done it when Welsh rugby is crumbling around us and he's signed for the very people who have caused it. Plus he's the Welsh captain to make it worse.