Can’t really be losing Eckersley, as well as his good form so far we don’t have much cover at all at centre. I think only Cooper Isa and Hampshire out of contract this year so got a bit of time to sort it

It would be a mistake to rush him back to soon because if he breaks down his seasons over, better being sure and making sure he’s right for when it matters

What did they lose WF 1985? Probably a bit of goodwill with the season ticket holders, they lost money on the Australia trip by subsidising Hull to travel and if IIRC they rented some offices in London to coincide with the game at Millwall to help improve their image down there, so the cost of them ...

It’s not a one off though is it, this will be the third time Wigan have given up a home fixture to help the NFL s quest for global domination, what did Wigan actually achieve from their road games at Millwall and in Australia

And how’s this going to benefit super league? We’ll be playing one of our biggest games as a curtain raiser in the NRL s attempt to conquer the USA and generate even more money with which to buy more of our better players . We struggle to get them to commit to the world club challenge and here we ar...

Call me an old sceptic if you like but 4 points clear and a game in hand, I think they’ll find something

Handled everything well, made a decision explained it then got on with the game, maybe one or two slight errors but nothing game changing hope there’s more in the pipeline and he doesn’t get carried away with a very good start

Totally agree charriots , any young player that comes through a clubs system shouldn’t count on the salary cap. It wouldn’t stop all the best youngsters going down under but it would help clubs to put up a fight to keep some. All they’re doing is creating an elderly pool of overseas players who can’...

Unfortunately while the NRL raids only affect the same two or three clubs, the rest of super league will look on it as a levelling up process and the tail will continue to wag the dog

The gift that keeps giving