From their press release:
“Yesterday (head coach) Stephen Kearney, (recruitment manager) Peter O’Sullivan and I met with Shaun and his manager Peter Brown,” he said.
“During the meeting Shaun clearly demonstrated to us that he didn’t want to be at the club in 2019.
“On the basis of what Shaun told us, we are not going to compromise our culture on and off the field with people who do not wish to represent our club, members and fans in the way we expect.
Unfortunately keeping them at a club against their wishes (though contracted) is a lose-lose. The club would still have to pay them for little ROI, and their sh*tty attitude would spread to the other players and staff. See Mitchell Moses before he was allowed a release to the Eels.
This makes SJ come across pretty poorly to be honest.