It wasn't the money really. Gatland was (bizarrely) freezing him out WRT Wales and frankly, considering the way they've gone this season could you blame a guy for wanting out from the Scarlets setup? It's a fucking basket case at present. Being #1 at PyS would've been as much use to him this year as being #1 at the NGDs FFS. IIRC Cooper was benching ahead of him for Wales!Made a big mistake joining Sale the season before a Lions tour. Whereas Smit and Matfield left big contracts at Clermont and Toulon respectively to return to their clubs in SA so that they can have a proper crack at the Lions, Peel took the cash and is now paying the price. He was first choice for the scarlets but at sale he was sharing the jersey with wigglesworth (no laughing) and was on the bench for their HC games including the munster games.
And in the Munster game he comes on and sets up a try within minutes