Deano

have you realised just how much biting you have been doing yet?

So after all that the question remains: is Shaun Mcrae a big name in the NRL or not?

Coach Wigan?

Ahhhh - so you didn't mean any of it. I thought so. You admire Madge and have only the deepest of respect for his tactics and team. Fantastic. Good to hear.

Anyway, I have been known to throw out the odd teasing comment myself. I'm amused that my uber-confident predictions of Wire's demise were taken so seriously that people bookmarked them.

Haha

Behave.

But remember our very own Tony Smith - when he was in charge of Huddersfield, the dirtiest team in the league in 2003. They used spoiler sthouse tactics and it got results with the limited team they had. Of course when Smith was at Leeds and Warrington with the players at his disposal he could use more attractive tactics. Maguire is doing the best with the personnel he has at his disposal - if he was in charge of a club like Leeds or Warrington whose to say he wouldn't play more adventurous rugby?

Superb. Can fit him in the hall of shame. May have surpassed Odemwingie.

Has he gone now??

Are you seriously saying Swinton are similar in fame and history to Souths?

now THAT was embarrassing.... I just don't take any notice anymore.

Sometimes i go on the wigan forum to browse a few posts that might be of interest and everytime i see him post he is talking about warrington.

Loads of RL fans everywhere are fans of RL as a whole. I wouldn't say that is just a trait of Wigan fans, you just know more Wigan fans to judge that off.

I'm from Manchester and always been a huge RL fan (as well as City seasoncard holder for many years) but i didn't 'support' any RL club in my youth, there isn't a Manchester team (why i'll never know!) [Salford really isolate themselves from being Mancunian]. It wasn't until i went to do my degree in Warrington and did my work placement at the Wire and got quite involved in them being my team (i lived in Warrington from 2000-2003) that i had a club. Now i'm back in Trafford but i'm still a Wire fan and still a huge RL fan (i'm always banging the RL drum in a city that really doesn't take to RL [f?ck knows why?!?!]). Boxing and MMA are probably more widely particiapated than RL in Mcr.

But i'm sure there are a huge proportion of RL fans of all clubs who have a big interest in RL from all over the globe. I watch a lot of the NRL. It's a fantastic level of competition. It makes our game over here seem like Championship 1 to Super League. Yes, Souths are a hugely historical club and have won many titles but they won the majority of them were in joke times of competiton. They still won them of course, Balmain didn't win as many as Souths but Wests are still considered a big club so Souths are obviously too. Wire didn't have that green/red away kit last season by coincidence!