In the Modern Era:

Super League Champions:
Saints 5 - Wigan 2.
Challenge Cup Winners:
Saints 7 - Wigan 2.

That's 12 to 4 and if we include League Leaders then:
Saints 6 - Wigan 2.

That makes the score:
Saints 18 - Wigan 6!

Looks to me like if anyone's being overshadowed in the modern era, it's not Saints

Ah! but we are now talking about Super League. Like the play-offs it is a new competition and Saints are leading the way.

We prefer to stick to the professional era thanks.

When rugby became fair and even you mean?

It always was.
Do Salford, Cas, Huddersfield, HKR, Wakefield etc spend the same as Wigan, Wire & Leeds?

in the 1970's did Wire not buy half the Leigh team, did Salford under Brian Snape not buy a lot of very good players, Charlton, Hesketh, Burgess, Dixon, Fielden, Richards etc.
Did Hull and HKR not invest heavily in Aussie and NZ players?

Did Saints not buy, Newlove, Scully, Sullivan, Martyn, Nickle, Joynt etc?

Too much sangria here, a certain team that used to have their own ground used to spend more money just on large brown envelopes than half the teams spent on their players wages in pre SL era.

And that team nearly went bust and needed to have dispensation to spend miles more than everyone else (aka an advantage) after the cap was introduced just to cover the hugh wages it was paying certain players

Fair and even? - If Bentham is ref it's never fair or even

That's a bit rich from a team that's just lost £1.3 million in one season! Ask at the shareholders meeting how you are going to deal with the image rights and EBT trust payments from HMRC that are coming your way.

ok - we have debts we can cope with and we have a new stadium and business plan that will see us good in the near future - your team on the other hand sold your stadium paid your debts then realised you didnt have enough money to buy a new one.....then went begging to the local football team owner. You were spending so much on salaries you had to get permission to not comply to the cap which was fine other than the fact you wernt put on a transfer freeze (which was disgusting but typical).

[iHere's some facts for your sig

Saints - owners of a wonderful new stadium my council tax helped develop

- For Knowsley Road you get a nice wedge of cash and a new home

- For Central Park you get a great new supermarket and a timeshare in a football stadium[/i

Ahh Tesco
Building Warrington and St Helens future
Destroying Wigans past