As has been said earlier, how can the club make a statement about something that hasn't happened? There is just a handful of people on here getting carried away by something which isn't true, so why should the club have to keep issuing statements against the scare mongers?

I'm sure that when the club have all the details regarding any partnership or link up, they will issue a statement about it.

Or farm club...lets not forget that senario

Is this still going on? Has anyone emailed/rang Trevor? Oh yes i forgot I did.

Thanks Mish - I've given up on thinking of different ways of explaining things. Thank goodness we haven't got a (official!!) Media Manager. He/she would be employed 24 hours a day, making announcements about things that haven't happened.

Can I have the job please

Well that's a relief, I was thinking some kind of Super League / Championship club partnership was forming.



You know what Alan I will admit that I was definitely getting cold sweats just thinking that my once proud and beloved Leigh were going to make all the above true and jump in to bed with a Super League club.

Time for a celebratory cuppa and i'm gonna make it an irish one...

Phew

Leigh have taken players from Wigan under DR basis before and will no doubt do so again. Maybe you could ask Salford or Widnes if Wigan are not your first choice. No one thinks Leigh will twin/partner with Wigan or any other SL club.
Informal arrangements went before over DR and they'll continue.

I think its fair to say that opinion is divided on this !

In the absence of anything official from the club and with people saying there is nothing to worry about I wonder if someone can answer me this question with a factual reply as last season everyone could answer it with 100% accuracy.

At any one time during the next season could we potentially end up with 5 contracted Wigan Warriors RLFC players playing for Leigh Centurions RLFC at any level ?

I think the answer will be No -

According to people who allude to be 'in the know' we have not signed up to anything with Wigan or any other SL club.

Well if we can take 5 Pieaters on DC all to play in the same game the answer has to be yes.


What are the chances ? Well I'll bet £50 or more if you like that it never will happen.


The RFL has come up with expanding the DC players available to any one team that applies to all Championship sides .

This Twinning concept for our club ? C'mon.

He or she could then make an announcement that there would be no announcement untill there is an announcement to be made, and this announcement is not admission that there will be an announcement about the announcement.

21 pages of this now its getting boring

Topics that people find boring are usually ignored, however this 'boring' thread could have been killed off in its infancy if a simple statement of fact had been made by the club.

But the club doesn't make comments on rumours or make any announcements instead their is information from coaches etc saying informal arrangements etc, but you cant dual reg from any other club, Thats not that informal is it.

Fax came and issued a statement about the Barlow to salford rumour to put things to bed so id didn't impact on season ticket sales, Some clubs do some clubs dont, Its not that long till the season starts so it will all come out in the wash, In the meantime i have sent a email to the RFL to ask them who has linked up with who so far as they would know this, If i ever get a reply i will let you know but i dont hold much hope.

It doesnt matter really though as most of the wigan youngsters are not in the same class as some of your squad anyway so its very unlikly you will see 5 unless you get ravaged by injuries which is always a possiblity.

This partnership thing will only help the SL teams and the lower Championship teams who will all be trying anything possible to avoid relegation next year into what is a truely aweful looking league.

Dewsbury, Rochdale, Whitehaven , Hunslet, York,

You can see the pattern and these clubs would have been clammering over each other to get signed up to this.