If we can sign him for an 18 month contract it could be good business.
Being blunt, the comp here is not as hard as NRL so that’s a factor. Players who looked above average over there look like superstars over here sometimes.
I can’t imagine he’d be coming back to get smashed to pieces every week so surely if that was the case for the rest of this season he would hang up his boots.
As other people have said, his drive and motivation might be shot (rather than his legs) playing for the club who aren’t winning anything and are not likely to get anywhere near, after losing 2 finals with the Bulldogs (Whilst at Saints he won a single GF and 3 challenge cups plus MOS and 3 LLS) and would see a return home as his only likely avenue to a chance of silverware to end his career.