I thought that was because EVERY time Hansen takes it forward, he gets absolutely smashed at impact. Sometimes it's quite funny, he puts in the graft tackling, then goes forward and gets hammered for his efforts.

You post that whenever Hansen's name is mentioned

Was watching the quins game back the other day and he made 4 tackles in one set. What an effort

Hes gotta start, hes our best defensive player.

He doesn't get the recognition he deserves IMO

imo we did not play that well against the quins but it was a win.we should keep the same team and maybe we will get more consisency,i don't see the point of change.

Richards
Roberts
Bailey
Carmont
Ainscough
Smith
Leuluai
Fielden
Riddell
O'Carroll
Hansen
Hock
O'Loughlin

J Tomkins
S Tomkins
Feka
Prescott (believe he had a stormer in the reserves)

exactly.........he's carried the water bottles with confidence in the last few weeks and now this!!!!!!! the lad must be rock bottom

Pretty much spot on mate.....personally though i think id start sam and put leuleui off the bench for mcillurum. Think tommy's impact would be massive off the bench as an interchange hooker after 30mins

i dont agree.i think oloughlin has been one of wigans most creative players so far this season.surely its better to have one of the teams better ball distributors at loose and have a strong running second row like joel running off him and the halves.

But Lockers isn't the most creative player, just shows the lack of creativity we've had. I think Joel has been running excellent lines especially last season, something he should be able to do by roaming the pitch.

O'Loughlin is not creative enough for a 13, yes he tries hard but the skill isn't there. Compare him to P Sculthorpe and K Sinfield, these 2 could create a try on their own. I don't know about you, but when O'Loughlin gets the ball I don't think - Oh we could score here - it's more on the terms - Oh please don't cock up in some way.

That might be a little harsh, but O'Loughlin is not creative. A hard runner maybe, like Langley, with good upper-body strength.

You could argue he's a decent kicker maybe, but not consistently.

He's a 12, same with Tomkins IMO. Yes he scores too, but he doesn't have the ball-in-hand skills you need. These days a 13 is just a 6 with more muscle.