Rogues. That is fantastic news. Finally a sponsor that people have actually heard of. Oxford United must be thrilled at the extra income they will receive

Kind regards

King James

and thats my coral account closed .... well done coral, sponsor the leaue, not a club

I thought the rfl had said that betting and alcohol firms weren't allowed sponsorship in the sport? Partly owing to the family game tag and partly due to catalans advertising restrictions? Wasn't that the whole drama about the stobart fiasco?

So why are Wigan different?

Because everyone knows they're thugs so there's no point trying to hide it?

I don't think that was ever a rule as such. It was just the reasoning given when SL clubs turned down a paid sponsorship deal with a bookies (was it BetFred?) in favour of the Stobart deal. I think everyone will have realised the folly of that decision pretty quickly. We've had the Kingstone Press Cider Championship for a couple of seasons now, so it can't be an edict from the RFL.

Mossop has a CT scan then signs for Wigoon

Could be very good signing if he stays fit. Add tatuia (sp), Patrick and Joel tomkins after a real pre-season and their pack looks much much stronger.

I think Wigan Defo the team to beat and only the lack of a replacement for Blake Green is the only weakness I see.

I can see their pack dominating ours again

Yip if they get 1 game out of him it's more than we got with Beaumont? But Mossop's had a nightmare 2 seasons with his shoulder so its a big gamble.

Apparently had the proper surgery now and 97% are cured from this surgery.

I'm not so convinced. They have a lot of very good players, and their standard should remain pretty much at the same level regardless of injuries, but I'm not convinced their absolute best is much better than it was. We still have the potential to match them, but we can't afford injuries in the same way...

Not convinced Tomkins will ever reach the same level as threat as he once carried pre season or not

On the whole over the 3 games against us last year they didn't dominate us.

As for the packs for next year, I'd say our front row is stronger and their back row is stronger. Overall there isn't much in it.

Maybe they just have more aggressive players then but I'm always weary we will get dominated by Wigan. Maybe it's years of it happening.

Would you say our pack looks weaker for next season ?

Yeah I agree that up to the game at the DW they have been far more aggressive than us. I'd like to think that that was a turning point though as we matched them that day and in the GF in terms of aggression.

I've said for the last couple of months that I would have liked us to sign one more forward. Whilst I think Thompson could be very special indeed and Richards also looks promising, I still think we have lost a lot of experience from the pack with Manu, Laffranchi and Soliola leaving.