Rugby Club Toulon were in town for a promotional training session so I hit up SBW and Luke Rooney on their futures.
1. Rooney has no desire to return to the NRL. Off to England next year thinks he will try for their national union team. Rooney speaks to Gasnier on the phone from time to time and said he thinks that 'Gaz' will return to Oz in the near future, although probably to trial for the Wallabies. Luke made a joke about how he himself is big in union without ever having played the game before being selected.
2. SBW was very vague as to a return to league or even union in NZ etc, for the moment he just wants to play a complete season without injury, still very fragile. Has become a teetotaller. I get the feeling the reason he is so vague is because Sonny Bill is still incapable of handling his own life and relies on his infamous managers to make decisions for him, ie. he doesn't know what he is doing with himself. He wouldn't rule out a return to league, saying that he is bored sh*tless in his current playing position in union and has called his manager (Khoda N) in to negotiate a position swap.
