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[color=#FF0000:1fnfdzuc]Wigan vs Leeds finals aggregate score.
Wigan 178 - 64 Leeds
Wigan wins - 6 Leeds wins - 0[/color:1fnfdzuc]
I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass, and I am all out of bubblegum.
Don't you struggle. Don't you fight. Don't you worry, cause it's your turn tonight!
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When he does eventually leave us, hopefully it's to the NRL.
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| Quote: Ovavoo "Why don't you just say it and admit you're praying he goes. Never mind the loss he would be to RL in general.'"
I hope he does stay. But the words he is coming out with suggest his aim is still Union in the long term. |
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"...the biggest boor, the most opinionated pompous bigot that frequents these
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This is great news. Tomkins is a proper star. Not a possible star, like Eastmond, or an overhyped star, like his brother Joel. He's the real deal. Very good news.
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| Quote: Saddened! "I hope he does stay. But the words he is coming out with suggest his aim is still Union in the long term.'"
You could well be right but I reckon his long term aim is to secure his future financially. If he gets this from playing RL, I'm positive he'll stay and see out his career. If not he'll go and nobody could blame him. |
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| Quote: Roy Haggerty "This is great news. Tomkins is a proper star. Not a possible star, like Eastmond, or an overhyped star, like his brother Joel. He's the real deal. Very good news.'"
Saturday finally confirmed what Wigan fans had known for a while. This lad is the real deal. He's not a flash in the pan or a flat track bully but is the first genuine world class back England has produced in a very long time.
We've had world class forwards like Morley, Farrell, Sculthorpe and Peacock but our backs have never been more then standard.
We've now got a back that can rightfully be placed alongside guys like Marshall, Thurston and Inglis. Only people with a real inferiority complex when it comes to England would deny that (well those plus the odd jealous non Wigan fan).
We've not got 3 years breathing space to produce some more, grow the game and convince this lad he's in the right place. |
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Woody: Can I pour you a draft, Mr. Peterson?
Norm: A little early, isn't it Woody?
Woody: For a beer?
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Great news for Wigan and RL in general.
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| Quote: liger1992 "Only if they wanna pay big big money. The NRL is just a much a possibilty as Union. Once there new cap comes into place they are gonna have plenty money to spend. The big positive is Tomkins is in Rugby League, even better its SL for the next few years at least.'"
I think this will happen,I can see Sam going to the NRL which is the lesser of two evils.
If he does go to the dark side we have worrying times for our game in the near future,hopefully this is not the case.  |
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[b:35jm31e6][color=#FF0040:35jm31e6]Formerly known as Moonlight Flit[/color:35jm31e6][/b:35jm31e6]:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_63362.jpg |
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I think this is excellent news, not only for Wigan, but also for the game of RL in the UK as a whole.
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Well in Sam, superb to see his comments today about only wanting to play for Wigan.
Can we cheer him at the KC at the weekend? Put your club bias behind you for once and support him.
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Glad he's staying, think it's sad he gets so much hate, he's such a class player.
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Chorlton RL wrote- "Jonny, for me you hold the mantle of most sensible poster on the VT"
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Yed wrote: "He's like a Kevin Penny on steroids except he's good too"
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"What? What have I said now?" - Starbug 2013
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Sam's on 5Live now.
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Chorlton RL wrote- "Jonny, for me you hold the mantle of most sensible poster on the VT"
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Yed wrote: "He's like a Kevin Penny on steroids except he's good too"
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"What? What have I said now?" - Starbug 2013
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'in 3 years time i'll sit down with Ian Lenegan and decide whether I want to go to the NRL or stay with Wigan'
Great that he didn't even mention yawnion as an option.
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[b:1wlcmlhe][color=#800000:1wlcmlhe]WIGAN RLFC - SL ERA
WORLD CLUB CHAMPIONS 2017 & 2024
SUPER LEAGUE CHAMPIONS 1998, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2018 & 2023
CHALLENGE CUP FINAL WINNERS 2002, 2011, 2013, 2022 & 2024
LEAGUE LEADERS CHAMPIONS 2010, 2012, 2020, 2023 & 2024
ACADEMY GRAND FINAL WINNERS 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019 & 2024
WOMEN’S GRAND FINAL WINNERS 2018
BEST SUPPORTED CLUB OF THE YEAR 2010, 2011, 2012 & 2024
CLUB OF THE YEAR 2010 & 2012
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Quote: "But whereas the senior Tomkins will now head for Saracens after the Premiership club agreed to pay a transfer fee of £250,000, the junior one has accepted an upgraded deal with Wigan thought to be worth around £300,000 a year and which will allow the Rugby Football League to promote him as the face of British rugby league ahead of the 2013 World Cup'"
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kcab sfrawdder
Luck is a combination of preparation and opportunity
Just to avoid confusion Starbug is the username of Steven Pike
SOMEBODY SAID that it couldn’t be done
But he with a chuckle replied
That “maybe it couldn’t,” but he would be one
Who wouldn’t say so till he’d tried.
So he buckled right in with the trace of a grin
On his face. If he worried he hid it.
He started to sing as he tackled the thing
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| So , have the RFL changed the salary cap rules ? , and neglected to tell everybody  , or is this a ' central contract ' ?
Surely it would be sensible and prudent to actually announce what any rule changes are , before you let clubs exploit them ? |
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| Quote: Starbug "So , have the RFL changed the salary cap rules ? , and neglected to tell everybody ![]()
That is Nigel's homework for tonight. Gotta have a 17 page ammendment to the bible, complete with legal references and long, preferably latin words by the morning for distribution to the other clubs.
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