None of us knew what Ian Lenagan looked like (or who he was) until he took over at Wigan.

I agree though, I get the impression Danson will have less of a hands-on and visible approach than IL has had. We'll see.

Faz named in the saracens team

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Hope he doesn't get hurt doing his 5 carries and 8 tackles, he's got a gruelling pre season coming up

Came naturally to him, its past tense and that was 18 years ago...

Farrell in rugby league was a lifetime a go ludicrous to think he could make the switch now no matter how good a player was back when he was a kid and how good a union player he is it's just to long ago now.

5 years ago is say yes he could make the move over but he's well into his 30s his time has gone

Toby King to Saints.
Interesting one if true.

Not good enough for them

Would be a shame if true. I had assumed that we didn't keep him because Wire wanted him back. If he goes to Saints then that suggests we either wouldn't pay the transfer fee or didn't think he was worth the cap space.

Another possibility is that Wire wanted to keep him so we signed Keighran, and now circumstances have changed and they're happy to let him leave. Maybe Burgess doesn't rate him

It's both
They have a chance of signing Olam
To do that they would need to relieve salary cap space and a Quota space

Talk of Kassiano and King to Saints , Warrington paying some of their wages to enable that
Maybe the rumour mill is in overdrive because Saints were originally in for Olam and because they may need a forward, so 2+2 =5

I'm not convinced it's more than just talk and can't see Saints wanting either or both.
From an outsiders POV not only would Saints be receiving 2 players that I don't think they would really want (or need), and I'm only saying that as I don't think that they think either would would be a significant improvement on what they have or could get elsewhere, they would also be helping Warringron out and improving them.

Warrington have signed Sam Powell for next year.

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Would be a strange one that given they’ve already got Walker and Dwyer. Not signing you’re wrong but it would surprise me.

Odd signing if true

Why? It's a very smart signing imo.

Wire obviously have major cultural issues. IL alluded to it and performances on the pitch - with them most getting relegated in 22 and scraping into the playoffs in 23 is all you need to know. (Still baffles me that super coach Shaun picked so many of them).

Burgess will, at the very least, be demanding 100% effort from his players. He'll be expected to change the cultural there too. Powell is the type of player you bring in for that job. If I was Burgess & going into a mess like Wire, I'd be stacking my squad with guys like Sam.

Because they have Walker & Dwyer already signed. I mean odd from a positional sense unless they plan to play Powell elsewhere

IF its true of course

By the looks of it there was a change of heart over Dwyer, but the deal was already done. I just assume Burgess doesn't rate him. Bad from a salary cap pov, but I can see why Burgess wants Powell in and is willing to take that hit.