In commentary, Wilkin (I think) said, after the Keighran incident, well, that's him out of the CCF, or words to that effect. A casual viewer might have taken that as gospel, it wasn't. A ban looked likely, but not inevitable. If we've learnt anything about the judiciary, it's that we can't predict t...

I'm sure the rugby league world will be delighted, Sam Burgess especially!

What a guy. Humbling.

Also does every entrant into the Halliwell Jones need to get checked out by a sniffer dog, or just the away fans?

It's easy for Sam Burgess to take the high moral ground and say he wants full-strength teams, when it's the opposition who are facing bans.

If organisations supporting autistic people support this kind of thing, then fair enough, although it does seem odd to me. But there's been similar things before, not just by Leigh. If no-one objects, I assume it's OK. You don't have buy the jersey.

Yes, all of that, Mike.

I didn't think he was very good, but I generally find it best to defer judgement until I've seen the game back. I will say that I watched the much-maligned Kendall the other day (was it the Saints game?), and I thought he was very good.

Looks a really good lad. I hope we hang on to him. It does look like he's seen as part of Wigan's future.

Was French the skipper? Anyway, I thought he stood up well, on both sides of the ball today. I don't share the heart-ache: Wire rested a few more than we did, but I thought Eckersley and Douglas did just fine, our failings were mostly from players with enough SL experience to know better. I don't th...