Every single club in the league would sign Hock should we not, he was the best 2nd rower in SL before he got banned, with Maguire, Wane, Bitcon, Rads etc he will transform into an even better player, come 2012 after a good pre season we will see an immense Hock, MOS contender.

Shaun Wane confirms in his interview on the Wigan site that Hock will be back. It's obviously the worst kept secret in superleague but it's good news all the same.

They've not made up their minds yet wheather he'll play at prop or second row but does talk about using him on the edges so i'd guess they're leaning towards the latter at the moment.

Could be a tad embarrassing if he gets distracted by that long white touchline.....safer all round if he sticks to the middle.

just reading through the sun, and theres another section in there about hock and it says hees free to play from the 20th of march.

Almost sure it was June 09 when he last played for us, seem to remember it being against Salford?

its probably the sun being misleading as always.

I read in one paper, cant remember which, that Kevin Brown was looking forward to playing against Hock. Think the paper said we play Huddersfield in March. Perhaps it was a reporting error and should of indicated that it would be the home fixture in June where Brown and Hock may face each other?

ive read the same thing, if there talking about the june fixture it would make alot more sense.

Is it in June or is this correct

Quote taken from the Sun

BANNED Wigan forward Gareth Hock, 27, is free to play from March 20 and could face brother-in-law Kevin Brown at Huddersfield.

Giants' Brown, 26, has been married to Hock's sister Kirsty for the two years he has been banned for taking cocaine.

Said Brown: "His return could be against us. Knowing Kirsty she'll tell him to whack me!"

It's june when he's allowed to get back into training with Wigan but it may be a good while after that before he gets back into the side.

He'll quite likely have to prove himself in training and then the reserves before Madge thinks he’s earned his spot.

What I do think however is that we won’t see many problems with his fitness. Whilst he’s always had good foot work which should come back in time a lot of his skill was being able to wrestle out of tackles and pop the ball to team mates. I can’t see this side of his game suffering that much.

I really believe Hock will play an important role part in our season.

Yeah, because the NRL clubs don't have a fecking clue!!!

There is some interest in Oz over Hock and it would mean a completely new start for him. He will have to make some sort of a statement about changes to his lifestyle, condemning drugs etc but he has served his punishment and it will be good to see him back in the game.