With Ruan, I would love to find out if it was money or that he always seem to be considered a bench player, even after showing fantastic form last year and being talked about in Wallabies conversations (but not by Bernie etc). It was fairly well known that he has signed in Japan for the next few seasons so was getting good $$$ so i think this was about opportunity rather than $$$. I know the Brumbies were chasing Ruan, even after Lomax went) and I am suspicious Lomax may have though he was going to get stuck behind Ruan). IIRC, Bernie publicly stated he had some extra $$ due to the Pockcock situation and was going to look after some players so he had bargining power. Obviously Ruan didn't feel the love
I think Force Fan summed it up well in the Force thread - But you still have Benny!