We do have plenty of options for 13 without Bateman playing there. I thought that Partington looked useful as the extra middle last season and Smithies certainly can fill in there.

Given the timing of the Burgess decision we are not in the best position to negotiate for replacements. We seem to have already missed out on the likely quality targets. The general feeling seems to be that anyone we get will likely be a stopgap to help bring through the youngsters or at least unti...

Given the timing of the Burgess decision we are not in the best position to negotiate for replacements. We seem to have already missed out on the likely quality targets. The general feeling seems to be that anyone we get will likely be a stopgap to help bring through the youngsters or at least until...

Bevan French's agent is trying to get him a NRL deal for 2022 (obviously) 1 club has contacted his agent about taking him THIS SEASON. (told there is absolutely 0 chance of that happening) With less than two months to go before the start of the season letting perhaps your most mercurial player leav...

Everything seems to have gone quiet. We have our smaller squad and....... nothing. I wonder how much the probability of another shortened season is influencing the decision makers. Perhaps with fewer games we may be able to compete on the basis of fewer games = fewer injuries. We could be up against...

We seem to be getting different versions of what prepared means. If by prepared then you mean that we have better tools at our disposal now to develop and manufacture responses to some threats then yes we were more prepared than in the past. If however you mean that as a country/ group of countries ...

It is a shame that a player who should have been reaching his peak at 26/27 has not kicked on.

I cannot comment on Hanks ability other than saying that he has seemed solid when played in position. What interests me is his contract. Has it been extended? If the extension is only one year then why the loan? If the extension is two years then what does it say about our future plans. It would sug...

https://www.wiganwarriors.com/teams/first-team/chris-hankinson This is the club site. Unfortunately the quoted information does not stack up. It says signed from Swinton July 2018 for two years and then mentions a one year extension in June but that would only take us part way through the loan perio...

A couple of good signings for Newcastle. Neither will let them down. It is beginning to look like they will be renaming part of Newcastle Little Wigan though.