Report on Fox sports in Aus that Melbourne Storm have been approached by someone on behalf of Ryan Hoffman, with a view to him going back at the end of the season.

has been expected since they day he signed he said he wanted to be a 1 club man in the NRL. Will be a shame to lose a world class player but its a postion we have plenty of cover at and would be good to see a local lad get more games with the Hoff gone. Lets send him off with a double

I think this was always the plan tbh.

To be honest i think it has always been planned for him to go back straight to storm when they sorted there cap out

Yeah I think thats the case. For me he has been our best player this season and will definitely be missed. But I feel we have adequate cover to replace him, especially with the young lads coming through!

Hes never given anything but 100% since he first stepped into Wigan. If only every import was like him! Good luck to him, hope we send him home with a trophy.

agreed - he was quality from game one.

Fantastic player. His season with us has proven to be benicifial to both clubs. Allows storm to sort the cap out while he proves experience and strike in the back row till Hock returns. Savvy business from both sides. Reiterates the mentioned partnership between us and storm by IL.

When he goes home I personally think we won't miss him.

Hock will probably fill in as the strike from SR

I think players like Hoffman have a bigger effect than some people realise - not just on match days but during training too.

Players like Hoffman have a great effect on the younger players at the club and help maintain the current culture.

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