He's been excellent so far and is up there with Hansen for biggest hitter in the team. The whole pack is playing so well though at the moment

I agree. McIlorum has a lot of qualities that Roby doesnt and plays a vital part in this team. He hits hard and his defence is top notch, these are qualites that cannot be underestimated in the middle of the park. Roby may work hard in defence but he doesnt dominate the collision like McIlorum does. McIlorum also knows his role in the team and does as he is told and plays to our structure which allows us to spread the ball quickly when needed. Roby is a great scooter hooker but he is not what this Wigan team needs and playing down the middle with scoots and disrupting the set and structure would mean we lose a lot of our attack. In games with slow play the balls, which generally means games against the better teams, Roby is annonymous as he has been against us twice this season and as he always is for England.

I would not swap Houghton for Mcllorum tbh.

thank god

Thats a relief... and confirmation.....

Who?

That's bang on. He's the 2nd (or possibly third behind the bloke at Warrington) best Hooker in the comp. He's taken a quantum leap this season. Long may it continue. Don't see how young Logan Tomkins is going to get any game time at the moment with McIlorum in this form.

Roby would tear teams apart behind our pack. When he's in a team on the front foot he's electric.

Exactly what im thinking?

I agree with that.
Can't imagine Wigan fans have seen much of Hull this year (we haven't really had many. Games televised), but I've seen enough of Wigan on Sky to know I wouldn't swap Houghton for McIllorum.

I live in hull and watch FC most games, and I would never swap mickey mac for houghton. Mickey is a much better player.