Team-mates of Sonny Bill Williams and coaches are in the dark, and the NRL is in the wilderness wondering if the code has lost its most marketable commodity.
Williams' playing future remains the hottest of topics following Sunday's NRL grand final win to the Sydney Roosters.
What would be rugby's gain would be the NRL's biggest of losses, a year after the code turned their back on Israel Folau.
Williams was mobbed by Roosters fans at yesterday's fan day but he was giving little away, saying only that he had some tough decisions coming up, and his team-mates claimed to know little about his next move.
