That will be great that make his head a bit bigger. If he did that we will benifit nothing at all from it. Sam does not care about RL Wigan or the fans can you not see that now.

What I do know is that, again, there's stuff about this all over the Internet & the TV news - everywhere that is, except the official site. I've said it in another thread, but recently we've had confirmation of the Joel & Tommy moves on other sites before our own, and here we have speculation throughout the weekend on all media outlets & not even a holding statement on our own.

What I find strange is that IL clearly has a good head for business, and a strategic direction, but the equivalent of Corporate Comms for the club is woeful. We don't seem to have got away from the concept of a website to sell shirts & tickets. Be honest, is it anyone's first port of call when they want information about the club? I suspect not, in which case the club isn't controlling it's own information, it's reacting to others & that's not good management.

Ah yes, I can now you have put it so expertly. I retract any previous comments on the subject.

Just to get everyone's dander up a little [url=http://www.barbarianfc.co.uk/news/498/barbarians-assemble-squad-of-all-the-talents-at-twickenham/more[/url



I heard this news last week from a few sources and my immediate reaction was, "I'll look forward to watching that".

Good luck to him. He's been given a great opportunity to show what he can do on a big international stage, something sadly he cannot do in Rugby League. He's pledged to play for us for the next few seasons, so why deny him a chance of this big occasion in our off season? I fail to see where playing for the Barbarians 3 months before our season even kicks off imply's that he doesn't care about Wigan RL. Yep he may get injured... but he could fall over drunk and break his leg, so should we tell him he can't go out socially aswell because it means he isn't caring about Wigan?



I hope he tears them apart and shows just what Rugby League can produce.

They already know what we can produce. That's why they're all over us like a f***ing rash.

Exactly, it staggers me that people can't see this and IL is looking like a right mug, being played along by one player. He should tell him to rest up and stop dreaming about union for the time being, unless he'd like to hand his massive pay rise back.

I love how this board is chock full of people complaining about the salary cap making union attractive to our best, but then supporting our best players going to play union at Twickenham! Could there be an atmosphere more likely to make the mind up of a young RL player than sending them off to Twickenham to get chatted up by the whole of the RFU?

Absolutely ridiculous, and there are some hugely gullible Wigan fans on this thread. You may think this is a plus for the sport of RL somehow, what it actually is is hugely belittling the week after the four nations final.

In the year 2000 I had to use a solicitor and after we had finished we got talking about RL.
It turned out that he was a director of Saints,he came out with a statement which at the time shocked me a bit. He said that within 10 years there would only be one code,either Union or an Hybrid game.
I know it is now 11 years since that was said and the said Director is no longer with us,but stranger things have happened.
Recent events.
Joel Tomkins to Saracens.
Wigan announce tie up with Saracens with a view to an exchange of ideas,maybe in some cases exchange of young players and a crosscode match. IL also said that closer ties with Union could prove to be benificial to both sides.
Now Sam Tomkins being put forward for a Barbariuns match.
Trial Hybrid matches have already taken place in Australia.
Like I said stranger things have happened.

As the previous poster said silence from the club will only lead to even more speculation.

Why is this news on every other freakin' news and social sites, but there is ball on the supposedly official club site? It's disgraceful.

How long a close season break is Tomkins going to have this year? That would be my concern as a Wigan fan.

I seem to recall that Wigan were going for warm weather training mid-December and this was to be the "beasting" period. That could mean a two week break from playing, three at best.

1 week less than all the other players who have been involved in the four nations?...