Wigan spent last year according to Wigan today, £4.66M salary cap, not bad considering the cap is supposedly set at £1.8M

Doesn't really matter how much the cap is if your wasting it on players that aren't good enough.

I think that figure includes all staff, not just playing squad and marquee players.

You might want to read that again.

Yeah this paragrath gives away why they spend so much.


Wow 89 staff members, that' s something else.

From what i can gather, we're about £200k below the next nearest club (probably Widnes) and around £750k below some clubs (Leeds, Wigan etc)

I can't begin to understand RL players wages, how much will someone of Sam Tomkins standing get for a years salary as a Marquee player?

Just reading the marquee rule it states -

Tompkins was on $750,000 AUS in 2014, that's roughly £440,000 now. There's plenty of reports that be he's on £400k+ as a marquee player (roughly 1/4 of our total cap value!!)

I read that in a few places, but nothing official. Tbh though I'd be very surprised if he was. it's one thing the NZ Warrriors chucking that much on him at the time in the NRL but it's another spending a similar amount in this League to get him back. Saying that for all I know he very well could be.

Given his lack of form since returning to SL I'd say if he is on anywhere near that then a) Wigan must be bl00dy crazy and b) the rest of the Wigan squad must look at him and wonder why - perhaps that would explain a little about their attitude??

Perhaps they are crazy, but there's no doubting that when he's on form, he is probably the best FB in SL. I wonder if Wigan are going to find themselves in a bit of financial difficulty now that they're not champions. Finishing top brings better sponsorship and more money, which means you can afford a higher wage bill, without that extra money they could be in difficulty if they don't change their model. They were 600k down when they were champions, it's not going to be any easier this year

Some might say he is not even the best full back at Wigan never mind SL.

As far as England go, Hardaker and Shaul have both had better seasons, but I bet Tomkins gets the shirt.

That was why I couldn't get my head round the figures. Now I know these were only rumours at the time but rumour had it that Rangi Chase in his first stint at Cas was on £165K, I bet Sam Tomkins is on much more than Chase at his best.

Yes, and I hope and am sure he will stick to his words, because I'd rather go down than go bust. We have had enough near misses for extinction for my lifetime