Can I ask does anyone remember from all of last season or the start of this an injury caused in a Wigan game by our so called "questionable tackling technique" I personally can't. It's a physical contact sport and good aggressive defence is part of this sport.

Another 'scoop' from the RL journalist with least column space in the press writing for a newspaper that seems to specialise in negative stories about our code.

So the part about the sheets 'possibly' being doctored simply passed you by? And even if they weren't, what are you accusing the club of here? Harsh language? This is smear story, pure and simple - with gullible types like you adding fuel to the fire.

Interestingly, there's nothing in his story about where the sheets came from originally. On another board, there is a claim that these sheets were distributed by an ex-Wigan player who was released from the club last season. Draw your own conclusions.

So which limey little prick has handed out the clubs tip sheets then?


Hmmmmm. Which club came to Wigan and looked liked they might have used something like this as motivation? Which club pushed Wigan close at home this season? Which club tried to put Wigan off their game with ultra-aggressive tactics? And then what player did that club sign only a few weeks earlier?

That lad is going to get smashed when Wigan next play them.

This paranoid 'they are all out to get us' attitude is frankly embarrassing.

However, I would say that Leeds are the worst team for it this season.

I thought it was a balanced article. Andy Wilson isn't a negative reporter. I don't read the Guardian myself but I read his weekly blog, which always gets conversation going, and the Guardian online has almost daily articles. Surely it's better to support the few remaining RL journos, rather than insult them? They are there to keep RL in the media limelight and get a story going rather than simply appeasing everyone.


Well, Wigan have acknowledged the presence of the sheets in circulation and have only said a version of them 'may' have been doctored[iWigan accept that at least one tip sheet is in circulation but say that one version may have been doctored. [/i'"

He doesn't need to. It's common knowledge he plays for Hull.

With all due respect, given the subject of the article, how can you say it's balanced?

I do the read The Guardian. They give daily but minimal coverage to RL and Wilson often seems to get more column inches for negative stories like this one. Perhaps it's his editor's decision, but I just think there ought to be other ways to keep RL in the media limelight - and given the bias against our code in the media (with respect to coverage), then the few remaining RL journos should perhaps be more responsible about what they write.

I'm sure you'd feel differently if your club was on the receiving end of this kind of press.

I must've imagined the newspaper article that started this thread.

Because of a newspaper article highlighting what most people already know (ie the usual scenario of the English game following the NRL- in this case clamping down on tactics employed by the Melbourne coaches) that means that there is a conspiracy to get at Wigan?

It isn't just this thread, but such a level of hysteria is embarrassing.

The article is about Wigan. Stop ducking and diving.

Ducking and diving? I don't understand what you are getting at.

But, I've got a game to watch. I'll leave you to sit in paranoia about how everyone in rugby league is conspiring against Wigan (with thoughts like 'worst enemy Wigan have in the Rugby League press, and that's saying something').

Enjoy your day

If I was a journo i'd be embarressed to have this published in my name.

What exactly is he getting excited about?

Wigan have a tip-sheet saying they are going to be very aggressive and hunt like a pack of dogs????? Talk about trying to add to the already pathetic witch hunt of wigan's 'tackling technique'. Is it the fact that something was written down - and has possibly been edited to add spice - does that make it a heinous crime rather than a rousing team talk??

What game does Andy Wilson think we are playing??????????

Every coach/captain in SL will be saying exactly the same thing that's in that sheet. You don't have to be a lip reader to know what Graham was saying at the end of the Saints - Wigan game yesterday for example. I'm pretty sure it wasn't.

'next time we play those gentlemen from wigan remember that try and make sure when you next tackle them place them gently on the floor and bring some cushions to put down before they hit the ground'

Wigan should tell Andy Wilson where to go next tme he wants to report on one of our home games.

Why can we never match the Australians?

Well one of the reasons is as English we are often too soft and no where near as competitive enough. To say that "In defence hunt like a pack of wild animals" is unacceptable and amounts to us setting out to injure players is tenuous and yellow to say the least.

What's disappointing at the moment is some of the main journalists in our sport feel they have to publish negative articles in order to get column inches - as Dave Woods freely admitted this week