I think every super league club should follow Wigan’s lead and make their home game against Catalans a pride event, it would show unison.

Good idea. I do find it funny though that Wigan made that stand whilst IL basically said they looked at signing him but didn't have the cap space!

Will be very interesting to see if IF turns out for a match badged as a celebration of the community he denigrates. Worth everyone doing so just so they don't have to face what is a very good player!

Probably and I agree. It’s a fantastic signing and for me it puts Catalans right up there challenging.

I don’t agree at all with his comments, they were abhorrent. I understand he is a devout Christian though and he is entitled to his beliefs. As long as he keeps his trap shut he will be an astounding player for Catalans.

Fantastic to see him in Super League. I assume that he will be allowed to refuse to carry any external symbols that he would rather not wear as per Williams.

Some cracking ideas for this fixture going round already. Some I can't put on here, but I do hope YMCA gets an airing when we score

Good to welcome more people to game/the club. Attendances across the sport have been down so let’s tap into this demographic!

It’s embarrassing and a shameful attempt at financial gain. To try and make out your opposed to the whole thing, by having the game as a Pride day, to then announcing your interest in signing him and that not having enough cap space stopped him signing doesn’t make much sense to me. Very inconsistent.

Thanks for your comment, much appreciated.

It does all feel a little conflicting since IL went on 5Live this evening.
As a Wigan fan I was pleased and almost proud at 2pm ish. By teatime I’m left with a bit of a bad taste in my mouth.

All a bit odd, by IL.

This publicity stunt stinks of hypocrisy when we have a player who’s served a ban for homophobic abuse.

With all the off field issues we’ve had over the past few years we should concentrate on getting our own house in order before trying to take the moral high ground...

Obviously nobody condones the comments falau made, but on a rugby note what a player to be able to watch in super league! Unbelievable talent!

Agreed, I imagine that we’d already planned the LGBT game before Falou, but to announce it just after the signing was confirmed and then go onto say we was considering signing him seems strange

A heat of the moment comment is pathetic but I’m not sure preaching homophobic abuse to the masses and millions of twitter followers falls in to the same category. Players get things wrong sometimes, that’s at Wigan and across the game but in the majority of cases they’re mistakes. Sometimes they’re made once, twice or numerous times but Folau has made it clear that these are his beliefs. He’s not admitting being in the wrong, he doesn’t see it as a mistake, he believes it and will continue to do so. Maybe that’s his right but it was also Catalans right to not bother signing him.

It’s obvious the pride day idea from Wigan is a publicity stunt but why not, it’s not harming anyone. Hypocritical? Maybe but it sounded very much like Lenagan had done what he’d be expected to do as an owner and consider signing a world class talent. They didn’t have to get as far as taking about the rights and wrongs of it because they didn’t have the money to do it anyway. I doubt they’d have touched him even if they had but who knows.

The Guy has his own Christian beliefs
dont see much difference in his beliefs and having gay pride thrown in our faces

Looking forward to seeing him play, irrespective of his own personal Christian beliefs and opinions!