Wigan should have still been rebuilding after relegation. Instead they've been allowed to bend the laws of the game and succeed because of it.

The game is corrupt and the RFL are a joke.

If the game is to succeed even to the degree it is at today it needs a strong Wigan. The RFL can afford to lose a Castleford or a Wakefield for the sake of an "expansive policy" into the likes of London and Wales ...but lose Wigan. Nah ! Realism rules.

So we should allow clubs to flaunt the salary cap rules and not receive the requisite punishment?

with the 3 aussies coming in and gareth hock due back in june it will be interesting to see the salary cap wage bill or will they be employed in the club shop as sales advisors

not that i know anything different

Offically British Aerospace should be more severely crippled for their underhand,unethical dealings with Saudi Arabia. A company less prestigious and important to UK status, jobs and tax revenue would have been.

Banks and complicit goverments turning a blind eye whilst revelling in the delusion of no more boom & bust should be more severely punished for the mess they have created to the world economy.....but without the banks and governments the world economies and societies would collapse into anarchy. They had to be bailed out at any cost and slapped on the wrist. The mere minions and tax payers of the world will pay instead.

We live in the 'real world'.

You are John Kear and I claim my £5.

Quote -"5 drives and a kick, physicality and power generally at the expense of, flair, speed and skill is leading the sport towards a general sterility with an increasing proportion of dull games"

2nd best points scored, best defence, top try scorer, top goal kicker, top points scorer.

Wigan 27 22 0 5 922 411 511 44
2 St Helens 27 20 0 7 946 547 399 40
3 Warrington 27 20 0 7 885 488 397 40
4 Leeds 27 17 1 9 725 561 164 35
5 Huddersfield 27 16 1 10 758 439 319 33
6 Hull 27 16 0 11 569 584 -15 32
7 Hull K R 27 14 1 12 653 632 21 29
8 Crusaders RL 27 12 0 15 547 732 -185 24
9 Castleford 27 11 0 16 648 766 -118 22
10 Bradford 27 9 1 17 528 728 -200 19
11 Wakefield 27 9 0 18 539 741 -202 18
12 Salford 27 8 0 19 448 857 -409 16
13 Harlequins RL 27 7 0 20 494 838 -344 14
14 Catalans 27 6 0 21 409 747 -338 12

Well done to Wigan, deserved SL Champions in 2010.

I was undecided who to lend my support to prior to kick-off as seeing either team lose had it's obvious attractions but the observance (or not quite) of the minute's silence for Terry Newton sealed the deal.

Martin Gleeson - quality reaction to scoring the opening try.