God's honest truth? I'd never heard of him. (Is that bad?)

Just like I've never heard of David Vaughan (a 30 year old Welsh International footballer who plays for Sunderland) and needed to google to prove my point.

I still don't get this sense of entitlement from fans to 'Know what's going on'? It was the same with the Hock saga, as though it was anybodies business what was going on in Ian Lenegan's office.

We'll know when the club decide to let us know.

As for the signing...i'm not convinced. But then, I wasn't with Smith or Green also. I have faith as it's very rare under this regime for us to make a poor signing.

how good an acquisition this is depends on his fitness. he's got a great frame and natural aggression. he has also played RL as a junior (for the Cardiff Demons).
i'm not aware of him being especially injury prone, but he has had shoulder issues in the past.
trust in wane. hes got a decent track record so far in judging talent.

So... we need an announcement!

It's the end of the RU season not ours. I think they've got about 5 games left or something.

Doubt it, we've lost Hock haven't we

He's certainly played in some massive games and he'll bring a fresh perspective when the business end of the season comes around.

I'm excited to see how he goes as I've always admired him.

Fair point.

One of the things that I noticed when Pongia arrived at Wigan was the effect that he had on the Wigan pack at the time. Players seemed to up their performance and looked much more confident out on the field.

One thing that we do lack at the moment is that kind of player and Im hoping that Powell could have a similar effect in that he would provide that bit of leadership and fear factor to a young Wigan pack.

Either way I think the season is about to get a lot more interesting.

This will be moved to the rumour thread , it appears the mods don't believe Sales director of rugby.

this

Apart from him having zero issues at Sale?

He's 8 years younger than Steve Menzies, bloody youngster

We have room to take a calculated risk and I'm sure Wane knows a little more about the game than we do?

I'll be honest I've never heard of the guy, but seeing as I don't watch union it's no surprise. I've googled a few vids though and he's a big guy and plays hard, just what we are missing.

The departures of Lima and Hock, plus the long term absenteeism of Hansen, Mossop and Prescott means we've lost a lot of the oomph in our pack that we had the past few years. The consensus seems to be that he is a big enforcer-type prop who I think should be a good addition to the side.

When will he start for Wigan. Presuming he's coming at the end of the RU season which ends around the same time as football. The Best part of a year playing union and then starting league (possibly again) with the major and subtle differences of the two sports. I cant see him in the Cherry and White until 2014.