Hoffman, Lima and Finch confirmed

Quote: Cruncher "Do you never get tired of trotting out cliches? You're talking utter rubbish, mate.

Thornley - mainly at the instigation of his parents and his agent - has been flirting with Rugby Union for the last two years. And given that he's never achieved anything in Rugby League, and doesn't seem too worried about it (he hasn't even appeared in the Wigan first team apart from for 10 minutes in a charity match, during which he didn't distinguish himself), you have to wonder if this second big payday (courtesy of the dumb clucks at Sale) was his plan all along.

This defection has got naff all to do with any signings Wigan have made Down Under. It's been on the cards for ages and ages, long before the Melbourne Storm controversy broke. To say or even imply otherwise is a downright lie.

That's why Wigan fans are irritated. Because yet again people who should know better are telling lies about our club. Now you can sit up there on this unassailable moral high ground that Leeds fans seem to occupy at the moment (though God knows why, when you've got so many imports of your own) and pretend you don't know what the fuss is about ... but I'd like to bet that if public figures started misrepresenting your club's activities, you'd be among the first to complain bitterly.'"

Very well put.