He didn’t referee in accordance to the rules of the game , if he is excused for following guidance given to him by people at an higher level then that is also wrong if the game’s rules are to be ignored what is the point of the rules if the rules are in the book apply them otherwise remove them or c...

The match that sticks in my memory to this day was Leeds v Wigan cup tie in 1957 Boston scored two length of the field tries David Bolton broke his leg late in the 1st half . Despite scoring 2 of the finest tries that I have ever seen Billy still finished on the losing team . Billy also lists the ma...

I once read that the Wigan team of the 40s just after the war averaged 25,000 per game , the best supported team pro rata of the town’s population of any sport in the country with only 9 first football clubs bettering that average ?

Am I mistaken? Didn’t Harry Smith get a 3 match ban for a similar tackle?

Ellery Hanley ,Martin Offiah, Jason Robinson, Tom Van Vollenhoven, Alex Murphy the great Brian Bevan all fantastic rugby league players you can go on and on fill pages but what great player's that gave pleasure to thousands. ( got to be careful going off thread again).,,,

Bevan French fantastic player how anyone with any rugby knowledge would select a current team without his name being first on the sheet beggars belief . My own favourite all time Wigan star was Billy Boston the very fact of his name being on the team sheet would put thousands on the gate home or awa...

Could we just say that if Wigan play to there potential they will win .

It should be so simple , i e if the the referee sees the ball grounded there is no need to refer to the video referee if he doesn’t then it should then become the video referee’s decision. Why make things more complicated than they need be.

Even if we managed to kick the conversions

I am sorry that I seemed to have caused offence to the. Administration but I I did only ask what I considered to be a legitimate and innocent question. Just an observation, If all threads are to be closed when they drift off topic well I’m all for that but it will shorten debates and some light hear...