And thats exactly how it should be, the salary cap was brought in to stop teams like the Bulls hoarding all the talent, if you want to bring in one top player you might have to offload another.

Phil Clarke could be in charge of making the ratings.

Sam Tomkins would put Wigan over the points cap on his own.

I don't know much about the player talent pool but hopefully Bateman will qualify for that in our team. Will give us a bit more for other players.

The idea is fine - as far as it goes, but it only covers [icontract[/i money from the club and not 'extras' , like image rights, from the 'perfectly legal' non club -connected, third-party sources. The RFL have the power to look through a club's books, but obviously not the book's of an owner/sponsor or business partner of owner/sponsor, who would find it very easy to 'lose' large amounts when paid through various company accounts and not even necessarily paid in this country. Though clearly I wouldn't accuse anyone of indulging in such a scheme, as I'm sure all clubs are above reproach on this, but it could be done quite easily.

You and others may think that it is being manipulated, but as Sally says, how do you know? It's really all pure speculation. Rival fans talk about Warrington being full of internationals but Saturday's team included Chris Riley, Mickey Higham, Paul Wood, Matty Blythe, Mike Cooper, Stefan Ratchford, Chris Hill and Tyrone McCarthy, none of whom are current internationals.