Sam Hopkins is playing on Duel Reg for Workington tomorrow. I was happy for Sam when he signed for to go to SL (even at w*gan) but if he is going to be playing in the Championship AGAINST us I think that is a bit hard to take and IMO a waste of his talents. Hope he gets his shot in SL soon, he deserves it. www.newsandstar.co.uk/sport/town ... -1.1121580 "Wigan forward Sam Hopkins trained with the Town squad on Thursday night and will feature on dual registration at Craven Park tomorrow."

Sam Hopkins is playing on Duel Reg for Workington tomorrow. I was happy for Sam when he signed for to go to SL (even at w*gan) but if he is going to be playing in the Championship AGAINST us I think that is a bit hard to take and IMO a waste of his talents. Hope he gets his shot in SL soon, he deserves it. www.newsandstar.co.uk/sport/town ... -1.1121580 "Wigan forward Sam Hopkins trained with the Town squad on Thursday night and will feature on dual registration at Craven Park tomorrow."

Wow, playing for Workington is a big step forward for Sam. Glad Wigan are helping his dreams come true

Feel sorry for the lad, he`s got what it takes to make it in SL. I don`t think he was expecting to be playing for Worky at the beginning of the year!

Hard to be too sympathetic - he took the money and ran, and you couldn't blame him at the time. Hindsight is 20/20 but perhaps he would have been better off at Leigh given what has transpired since then.

Don't forget guys, we got a fee for him. He is still a young lad and wanted to better himself, however if he had just been as patient as Chris Hill had been at the same age would he have developed better staying at Leigh? Are you watching Kes!

This with bells on.

A few disparaging posts there about Worky, the same Worky who I believe kicked your butts up there last season. Why shouldn't he get game time there instead of sitting around on his butt? The lad is still a SL club player where-ever he is playing. If he had come back to Leigh for a loan period would you be so disparaging?

I like Worky and hope Hoppy goes well for you but Sam was one of my favourite Leigh players for the last few years and I was gutted to see him leave. However I was happy for him as he gave his all for Leigh and deserved to move on to bigger and better things. To see him now back playing in the Championship and at a team who will (probably) finish a fair few places below Leigh is dissapointing. I'd have the same feelings if he had gone back down to the Championship with anyone other than Leigh. I'd much rather he go to Worky than to Fev/Fax/Sheff etc though!

It's nothing personal but we Leythers really rate Sam.

I was at the Workington game last season and you deserved the win.

Part and parcel of being a youngster at a Sooper Dooper League club, these days. At least Sam will be getting game time against senior players, which will do him more good than playing against youngsters for Wigan Under 19's.

The unfortunate part from Sam's perspective is the travelling.

Such a waste for him lets hope he has a stormer and Pies realise his talent

I think it's far more that Wigan paid out a big fee for him and were presumably preparing him for first team rugby, only for him to be sent out on dual. Not sure though whether that's worse than the previously rumoured loan move to London.

How many young lads have played DC for us and now grace the top flight at different clubs. I think Sam will be right up there in a year or two. Hopefully with us.

But how many of those had been bought from other clubs?

Heard a while ago he was the slowest player in training at wigan and they were looking to off load him.

He will end up at swinton we have miles better forwards than him this year