<r><QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>Gareth Hock of Wigan has been charged with two offences in the Warriors’ defeat at Warrington Wolves on Sunday: the Grade E offence of gouging and a Grade A offence of punching. Both occurred in the 80th minute and involved Warrington’s Ben Harrison. The suspension tariff for...

<r><QUOTE author="Panchitta Marra"><s>[quote="Panchitta Marra"]</s>Salary Cap redistribution has to be a prime objective for Wigan Warriors. Top young player like Sam Tomkins & Josh Charnley, to use as examples, should be made to feel they are valued assets of the club instead of bringing in the...

Reminds me a little of David Fevre who was physio at Wigan and then moved onto Manchester United. There is always a bigger pond and I have no doubt Bitcon will move on a year or two any way

<t>I suppose (without really knowing) that the bigger picture is more than simply putting 13 players on the field. <br/> <br/> I assume it is about profitability (ie promoting the club/team) for business perspectives (sponsorship's etc), scouting new and raw talent, promoting the club (re Thomas's s...

I may be wrong but didn't Parker sign for Leeds and Sammut for Hull?

Strange! I did hear that Gareth Hock DID actually find Mr Bailey and after a brief period of rolling around on the floor, Hock threatened "to f****** kill" Bailey should he transgress again with another Wigan player

TBH with Wigan's internal disciplinary of Sam, I do not think the RFL had the power to charge him again if it was not categorically in the rules for them to do so as it could be seen as "punishing him twice" and as such could be deemed illegal should it have been challenged via a legal process.

Can't see him playing any first team. Perhaps his experience and knowledge is being taken advantage of to help the juniors? (if this rumour turns out to be true).

<r><QUOTE author="trotski_tgwu"><s>[quote="trotski_tgwu"]</s><QUOTE author="exile in Tiger country"><s>[quote="exile in Tiger country"]</s>To do this, no matter what provocation was offered in terms of name calling, was utterly stupid. The biggest game of the season, bar none, coverage on BBC1, and ...

<r>Also more than an interesting "debate" about this on <URL url="http://www.facebook.com/SuperLeagueFans"><s>[url]</s>http://www.facebook.com/SuperLeagueFans<e>[/url]</e></URL><br/> <br/> Watch out for the vile language though <EMOJI seq="1f60a">:blush:</EMOJI> as they all talk about a "family" gam...