Not at all, he was progressing very nicely at Bath RFC in the position he should have played from the start, namely flanker. The whole England debacle playing him at centre fooked things up. I believe he would have made a great #6 and eventually #8 for England and the Lions. Well he can enjoy playing international rugby between three countries now. He should have just said **** you to the likes of Stephen Jones/Hayward and Hewitt et al (i.e. basically snivelling prep school boys masquerading as rugby journalists) Those leaches wanted him to fail, kept the pressure on with constant articles so far from the truth, it was fantasy land, and now he's headed off back to Oz, they will have a field day now. However, if anyone thinks this is great for league, well, it really isn't. It looks once again like RL's best can't cut it, and that is so far from the truth but there you go. Anyway, I'll move on - it's a footy forum!
Excellent summary of the situation, couldn't have put it better myself.