Ioane faces questions over talk of switching "No choice": Digby Ioane. Queensland Rugby will seek an explanation from Digby Ioane's management to get to the bottom of suggestions the winger has been shopped around to other Australian provinces, contravening his contract. The gulf between the Reds and the Wallabies winger showed little sign of being bridged on Wednesday, after QRU chief executive Jim Carmichael spoke about what he insists are inaccuracies surrounding Queensland's handling of the saga. Even so, Carmichael left the door open for Ioane to sit down and discuss the situation, which has put the winger at odds with the Reds over money he believes he is owed from a third-party deal gone awry. The Reds have rubbished that suggestion. Ioane told Fairfax he had "no choice" but to leave at the end of the season and "there's times when you can't trust anyone." The ARU has backed the Reds' hardline stance. Queensland is determined to enforce the terms of the three-year agreement with Ioane, whose total package including ARU top-ups and Wallaby match payments is reputed to be close to $800,000, putting him among the code's financial elite. The ARU and the Reds are confident the contract with Ioane is ironclad, meaning he cannot be offered to, or play for, another Australian province if he leaves Ballymore a year early. "They [the ARU] have confirmed on a number of occasions we are not in breach of any parts of our contract," Carmichael said. They also acknowledge our right to enforce our contract. They would like to work with the parties to try and get an amicable solution. The contract dispute could find its way to court if Ioane and his manager, Anthony Picone, press the issue. The Reds have indicated they won't back down. Carmichael said Picone would get the latest of several legal letters within days, asking whether Ioane had been offered to rival Super Rugby sides. "We see that as breach of his role and we're pretty clear that we have a contract," Carmichael said. The contract is very, very explicit in protecting the integrity of the code and the parties, the province, the ARU and the player. We'll be wanting to get clarification. Total votes: 6877. Poll closes in 5 days.