I thought it was because he was banging his teammate's girlfriend.

Just a point, five of the six Wigan lads (Tierney, Burgess, Hampshire, Williams and Sutton) who played V France U18's are all first year U18's i.e. still only 16 or 17 years of age.
Only Connor Farrell was second year.

The frightening thing is that this years Wigan U16's are an even better squad.

There is a LOT of work going on below the surface at Wigan.

Well it certainly got me laughing when Deacon and Orford were mentioned..it's only a joke though..isn't it.

I was asked which of those Wigan players in the England Academy team were most likely to make it to the first team and I ended up listing them all. Every single one of them has enough potential to go far. Obviously nothing is certain at that age so things can change but it seems like the best group of players we've had at Wigan for a while.

I wouldn't have thought Wane would risk either Hampshire or Williams in the first team this year. I think he will wait until next year and rely on Mellor for the next few games and possibly Powell if he recovers from injury in the next few weeks.

Of those under 18's I think Burgess is the most likely to make the quick step up. He already looks to have more about him than King or Murphy and it wouldn't surprise me if he was considered above them in the pecking order if he continues to impress. He's got the height to make him a threat in the air which King doesn't have.

No that's what all the Internet no-nothings wanted to believe. At the time this was supposed to be happening Myler was actually living with his tv personality girlfriend, amazingly everybody who claimed to know all about Myler's private life knew nothing about his celebrity girlfriend.

HTH as always.

Thanks for that Rogues,its nice to know that Wigan have so many young uns coming through. I have noticed during my time coming on this site that you post more things about the young players than anything appertaining to the first team,which is nice to see that us owduns are kept informed.
I see that the 9s is a 5pm kick off on Tuesday,I hope to get up there.

Hudds, Wakefield et al will be licking their lips waiting for our castoffs.

Just the rumour I read on here.

Nice to see that you think 'tv personality' and 'celebrity' are a badge of honour. Says a lot about you.

Macgraff tweeted this afternoon that Tommy was out for the season with a broken ankle

And that's why moving SOL to the halves will be the best option, at least for the time being.
Faz can do a first rate job covering at 13.

i look forward to seeing this lad Hampshire play Bri, i remember you telling me about him many years ago when he was a toddler..

This..........

Personally I think Mellor needs to be given a chance as I dont think Powell is due to return yet. We have time to build a partnership and allow it to gel before any potential wembley appearance so give the lad a chance and promote from within. As a second option I would prefer to see Russell brought back from Hull to play at 1 and slide Sam into the halves. IMO that will work better than SOL going to 6.

I'm with you. Powell is due back at any time now. Mellor should get the first crack and if he doesn't grab his opportunity then Powell should be promoted when he has gained match fitness.

I'd give Mellor a go for the next couple of games. He can't bomb that bad against Widnes and Bradford surely.... What's going on with Jack Murphy. is he not ready to step up?