Mal Meninga - the story goes that Mo was down under sorting the Brett Kenny when Ray French who was also in oz contacted him.

Ray had been talking to Mal and needed some RFL registration papers to complete the deal.

Mo obliged and Ray was in the process of signing Mal up when he realized that the paperwork had Wigan RL stamped all over them.

Nice one Mo

brett hodgson,"man of steel" last year

Decent? Obviously didn't watch much of him then. Yet another player wire fans hold in high regard when he had about 3 good games in his career.

I seem to remember him being rumoured with a big money switch over here once Farrell left.

Not sure if the rumour had any truth in it.

The Yorkshire Evening Post broke that story. If memory serves, they said the deal was all but done. But I never heard mention of it again - from any source.

Possibly, it was Mo trying to keep the fans onside after the catastrophic decision to release Faz.

richie mathers....... ohh e that really did happen

That came from a player who was playing at the time and seen him around the training camp and spoke to him. Any better source than that?

A replacement for Lam I think, then we got Moran instead?

Maybe someone else can back me up?

he's got a challenge cup winners medal for last year, more than any current pie player! (none of whom got a medal last year!

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chomp

Nick fozzard signed, then mo regained power and canned the deal suggesting he wasn't wigan standard and that we only sign the best from now on.

Think we signed someone like tony mestrov or stuart lestor instead

You're going to feast on that solitary Challenge Cup win for the next ten years aren't you?