It might be on him.Munsterboy wrote:It's illogical that the IRFU would block it at all. It tends to be counter productive because stopping an unhappy player from moving within the system generally results in them leaving the system altogether.
Howeve, even if they did block it back then, why wouldn't it be happening now instead? I'm sure Leinster would still like to have him instead of an NIQ and he wouldn't have been breaking a contract with Munster.
It doesn't add up. Fact remains he'd probably be staying in Ireland if the IRFU had offered a CC. They didn't and he isn't. That's bad for Irish and Muster rugby and it's on them.
The central contracts system was never to built to match every offer from an overseas club. It was supposed to hold strategically important players by trying to ensure that the difference in offers was small enough for players to be facilitated to decide to stay.
If he wants to go badly enough, it's hard to keep him. There's only so much money to go around. There was cash to repatriate JJ and sign Farrell. The funds showed up to sign medical jokers. If he's playing hardball then the probably can sign someone cheaper.