Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Sat May 04, 2013 10:19 am  

im hearing shaun wanes wife is over in NZ looking at houses ,

sam to the warriors with wane following ?

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Sat May 04, 2013 10:32 am  

wiganstu wrote:

im hearing shaun wanes wife is over in NZ looking at houses ,

sam to the warriors with wane following ?

I've heard the same but Phil Wilkinson put on twitter shes just on holiday over there.
Matthew Elliott has another year left on his contract there so who knows whats happening

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Sat May 04, 2013 10:58 am  

NSmart96 wrote:

I've heard the same but Phil Wilkinson put on twitter shes just on holiday over there.
Matthew Elliott has another year left on his contract there so who knows whats happening

Wanes daughter was working over there, maybe she still is.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Sat May 04, 2013 11:34 am  

This is probably way off but maybe IFL wants Wane to get some NRL experience and then come back to Wigan? Harris could step up to head coach and get another club once Wane returns.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Sat May 04, 2013 2:20 pm  

I almost broke this story last week. Its on the thread about our coaching staff.

Im hearing wane and sam to the NZ warriors in 2014.

Big mates wit hdean bell and wayne surrah stayed at wanes house on his 4 day visit here recently. thats no coincidence

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Sat May 04, 2013 3:19 pm  

So much for loyal local talent...

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Sat May 04, 2013 4:26 pm  

Tricky Dicky wrote:

I almost broke this story last week. Its on the thread about our coaching staff.

Im hearing wane and sam to the NZ warriors in 2014.

Big mates wit hdean bell and wayne surrah stayed at wanes house on his 4 day visit here recently. thats no coincidence

If true will make some posters here very happy i'm sure..... at the end of the day these people may be fans of the club, but they also have careers.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Sun May 05, 2013 3:29 pm  

ChrisA wrote:

So much for loyal local talent...

Why should they be loyal? Lenegan has laid his cards on the table with regards to the salary cap and I dont blame any player for wanting to earn a decent wage in the NRL. You can hardly blame players for wanting to leave when for the first few years they are getting paid next to nothing and even when they become established SL players they then have to fight tooth and nail just to get a half decent contract.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Sun May 05, 2013 4:09 pm  

It's not just about loyalty and locality any more, RL is their living.
First and foremost it is how these guys feed the kids and pay the Mortgage.
To make themselves sellable in the future (coaching/RL ambassadors) they have to have played and remained at the highest standard for as long as possible.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Sun May 05, 2013 4:50 pm  

Famous wrote:

Why should they be loyal? Lenegan has laid his cards on the table with regards to the salary cap and I dont blame any player for wanting to earn a decent wage in the NRL. You can hardly blame players for wanting to leave when for the first few years they are getting paid next to nothing and even when they become established SL players they then have to fight tooth and nail just to get a half decent contract.

The young players at Wigan get paid a hell of a lot more now than they did when Whelan and Lindsay were running the club.