Let's not forget that dear Toddy set the new standard for how to get someone contracted out of it early.
These sorts of stories look weak & superficial reading them today, but often its aim is all about landing the first blow in destabilising the status quo.
Such a story stirs up the so called rift, making it worse, and what do you know, suddenly the football club involved is happy for its contracted star player to go early.
But I'm only theorising. We all know such tactics are never used in rugby league, right Toddy?