Sammut ‘would have gone part time’

Wigan halfback Jarrod Sammut considered playing part time rugby and getting another job away from the game before signing for the Warriors, he revealed to Wigan Today.

The 32-year-old was left pondering his future after rejecting a contract to stay with newly-promoted London Broncos at the end of last season.

Sammut played a key part in the Broncos’ return to the top flight, kicking all of their points in the mammoth 4-2 upset over Toronto in the Million Pound Game.

However, despite being offered a fresh deal to stay with Danny Ward’s side, the former Crusaders, Wakefield and Bradford man decided he wanted to return north with his family, even if that meant going part-time.

That was when Wigan came calling.

“I was already speaking to a few Championship clubs and, if Wigan hadn’t have come in for me, I would probably have signed with one of them,” he said.

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“It probably wasn’t the end of the world but I would have had to go get myself a job because the rugby would have been part-time.

“That’s something I’m going to get used to eventually but I am quite thankful and very blessed to still be playing Super League and in a full-time environment.

“I love pushing myself and seeing how far I can go with my boundaries and Wigan’s a club where boundaries are only set by your mindset.

“It probably took a bit longer than I would have liked to get settled in. I had a severe injury which kept me out for 10 weeks so that hampered me.

“But I’m back into it now and when I’m on the field I don’t want to let them down.”