The club have stepped Joel down for 4 weeks pending an investigations and fined him £10,000. Sam has been fined £5000.

Presumably if there is a Pubwatch in Wigan they will both have been banned from all licensed premises.

Yes, and discussion to be made about Joel's long-term future at the club, hopefully, this means after the investigation they will get shut of him.

Think that is spot on from the club. It sounds like they hadn’t seen the video when the bar owner contacted the club but like everyone they are disgusted at the actual evidence.

At 29/31 years of age it seems they both still have a lot of growing up to do, especially Joel who seems to have a very high opinion of himself despite him being a failed RU convert and average back-rower in SL.

Just saw Joel in WH Smiths buying an English to French translation book, and a 'how to speak French asap' tape.

What's the French for rectum?

Well done to the club. Shocking it’s too of the senior players, guys with wives and kids.

On second watch Sam didn’t do too much wrong fine is probably about right and he’ll be gone at the end of the year anyway.

Joel however was horrendous and I hope he will never represent the club again. Shouldn’t get the honour of playing in that shirt.

A good strong response from the club.
All credit to them.

and this is in general with most other clubs as well too,
surly your not condoning what as happened as it sounds like it.
the reaction from the club might seem severe with fines and few games absence but at least our directors had the balls to sack Smith, Locke and Owen for drink related incidents

Is that timescale credible, though? If the bar-owner contacted the club at the time, weeks ago, and (presumably) said there was a video, surely the first thing the club would have said is, "Let's see it, then"? I find it very hard to believe that the club has only found out about the video in the last couple of days.



Absolutely. And whilst I don't kid myself that other players are all Goody-Two-Shoes, you'd hope at least they are not all that obnoxious.

The bar staff deserve some credit for dealing pretty well with a very unpleasant situation.

I’m puzzled at the clubs response TBH. It states that Rads saw the video last night yet Tony Callaghan says on Wigan Today he had already contacted the club some weeks ago.

Two conflicting reports there.

The irony Kris Radlinski is "disgusted" this is the player who played for no wages to fiddle the salary cap. Thus saving Wigan from relegation this club is rotten to the core.

The video did not belong to Tony Callaghan, it belonged to the girl. Did she release (show) it at the time to Wigan?

Read the first sentence again. Clearly not condoning anything. I literally made a point of that.

Now reaching headline news on media outlets - www.dailymail.co.uk/home/index.html Very embarrassing for the club.

Now reaching headline news on media outlets - www.dailymail.co.uk/home/index.html Very embarrassing for the club.