Quote: ThePrinter "I wouldn't say he should step down from Wigan. However he should've stepped down from England duty. It did wonders for Peacock to call it quits and have a longer off season.'"
I think getting the captaincy this late in his career has probably stopped him doing that. He shouldn't have played last year IMO and missed the first game of the four nations. This year he's fit to play but hasn't been at his best but when you're captain your selection is a given and he does tend to lift in the bigger games.
ultimately we don't have too many options to replace him. If Sam Burgess was still in league I think he could take the 13 shirt and the captaincy but other then him we're probably looking at the same player taking over from him both at Wigan and with England and that's John Bateman. I'd like to see him gradually take over the role at Wigan and then with England (the position not the captaincy...yet).