While the likes of Sam Burgess, Adrian Morley, and James Graham have etched themselves into the folklore of their respective clubs through their toughness and consistently high level of performances, the men listed below are on the other end of that scale with their dream move to the NRL having crumbled.
1. Sam Tomkins
Touted as the English Billy Slater during his time with the Wigan Warriors, Sam Tomkins wanted to prove himself in the NRL after dominating the Super League and claiming the esteemed Man of Steel award for the competition’s best player in 2012.
With the Gold Coast Titans and New Zealand Warriors both interested in gaining the English international's services, Tomkins would eventually choose to sign for the Auckland based Warriors on a three-year deal commencing in 2014.
The fullback switched clubs for a scarcely believable transfer fee of $1.5 million, but sadly he would never live up to the hype that came with his reputation and substantial transfer fee.
Tomkins would go onto play 37 games for the Warriors across two seasons, and while he showed flashes of brilliance, he could never find the consistency required of an NRL player and struggled to deal with the physicality of the NRL with his more slight frame.
The Warriors promptly released Tomkins from the final year of his contract, citing homesickness as a factor in his departure.
Joe Burgess has got to be the biggest dud in recent NRL history, souffffths poached him away from the Roosters mid season, thank God from and he continued to perform his dudery over in the green and smelly dead rabbit bloodied red.
It was appropriate at the time where he could play with the other four hopeless poms those four Burgess brothers Sam 🤡, George🤡 Tom 🤡and the other one was so bad I can’t even remember his name. 5 DUD Poms playing at souffffths.🤣😆😂😁😂😆🤣