I think it would depend on how Wigan are managing their marquee spots. I always assumed our marquees were French, Thompson and Field but not sure whether there may have been some changes to accommodate Nsemba or Smith's new contracts.


If Field is marquee then you could imagine Mike Danson offering higher than any NRL club - it's just about how badly Field may want to go home. 

They would certainly value him below the level we'll be paying/offering I'd imagine. They're so insular towards the NRL and it's strength that you're nobody unless you've done it in that comp. They talk about English players who go over as though they've plucked them from a local Macdonalds. A prime example of an NRL bias could be seen in the North Queensland side at the weekend. Bateman did nothing in Superleague last year and his career has been on the slide for a while. He started the game and Kai O'Donnell didn't make the 17. There is no doubt in my mind that O'Donnell is the better player nowadays but that long term NRL background Bateman now has gives him the spot. 

Wrote an essay in response to this as to why I think these could be gettable but it errored and I can get it back.

I’m not doing it again so in quick terms I’d go for the following 


Tedesco, Fletcher Sharpe, Laurie, AJ Brimson, Tom Chester, Jye Gray. 

Re Tedesco - Wigan haven't signed a player over 30 from the NRL for a while and I think that's a good policy to have.