Re: Sam Hopkins : Sat Jun 15, 2013 8:33 am  

What are his strength's? Workhorse or more explosive?

Read some really positive things about him and I'm glad we've finally made a plunge in to the championship market after missing out on some good players.

Re: Sam Hopkins : Sat Jun 15, 2013 8:59 am  

His defence is the best I've seen in the championship and give him the ball on the twenty mitre line vary few will stop him.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Sat Jun 15, 2013 9:00 am  

Warrington Wolf wrote:

Not being funny but Tomkins is the biggest commodity in our game without doubt. If he talks to a club what can Wigan do? His contract won't be worth the paper it's written on due to the amount of cash that will be involved. It will be a shame to SL if he does leave but let's not forget how he got his chance in the game. I'm sure there are others just waiting to pounce given a sniff at a SL jersey. Time will only tell.

No poop Sherlock!! I feel you would be looking at it differently if he played for Wire. We have found a diamond, but just forget it, chuck it back, i'm sure we can find another..

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Sat Jun 15, 2013 10:27 am  

DaveO wrote:

There is an interesting twist on this. Transfer fees count on the NRL salary cap. I reckon that means it would be highly unlikely a NRL club would offer say a £1m fee for Sam. So that it might not be possible for the fee to be as vast as some might think.

If he does go I reckon all we will hear is "six figure sum" and if we do you can bet it will be closer to £100K than £999K. If it's a huge fee like £750K or £1m IL will make sure we know.

Could I create a scenario----Say Paramatta wanted to trade 6 players for Sam- straight swap and Wigan were happen to have the players, how would the British Visa system treat the 6 ozzie players coming this way? Would they have to be internationals? Bearing in mind 6 ozzies would be coming this way...are they treated separately or collectively?

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Sat Jun 15, 2013 5:30 pm  

The talk on the HKR board is that Mickey Paea has turned down the offer of a new contract and the word is that Wigan, Catalan and Hull are showing interest. Another prop on the radar.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Sat Jun 15, 2013 7:48 pm  

{Dream Mode On/} Wigan hold a press conference for Tuesday and IL announces:

Tom Briscoe, Mickey Paea and Sam Hopkins have all signed 3 year deals with the club.
Harrison Hansen has extended his contract to 3 years.
Shaun Wane has extended his contract for 3 years.
Announces that Sam Tomkins WILL be a Wigan player for 2014.

{Dream Mode Off/}

Carling don't do press conferences, but if they did it would be something like this!

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Sat Jun 15, 2013 8:00 pm  

MattyB wrote:

{Dream Mode On/} Wigan hold a press conference for Tuesday and IL announces:

Tom Briscoe, Mickey Paea and Sam Hopkins have all signed 3 year deals with the club.
Harrison Hansen has extended his contract to 3 years.
Shaun Wane has extended his contract for 3 years.
Announces that Sam Tomkins WILL be a Wigan player for 2014.

{Dream Mode Off/}

Carling don't do press conferences, but if they did it would be something like this!

Still in dream mode, Balderick has been chosen before David Beckham for a Knighthood ,does this mean that Sir Kevin Sinfield is still only a dream?.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Sat Jun 15, 2013 9:02 pm  

stillinthepast wrote:

The talk on the HKR board is that Mickey Paea has turned down the offer of a new contract and the word is that Wigan, Catalan and Hull are showing interest. Another prop on the radar.

A few people saying(Hull KR and Hullfc fans) Micky Paea has signed for Hull FC on 3 year deal.

Re: Sam Hopkins : Sat Jun 15, 2013 9:04 pm  

lowton leyther wrote:

Great signing for you, a top player and a top lad.

I've heard really good things about him and he impressed me in the Challenge cup tie at the DW.


Will he develop into a 13 or prop ? Looks like he's got more than a few skills .

Re: Sam Hopkins : Sat Jun 15, 2013 10:33 pm  

NickyKiss wrote:

What are his strength's? Workhorse or more explosive?

Read some really positive things about him and I'm glad we've finally made a plunge in to the championship market after missing out on some good players.

From what I understand we looked at SH when he was at Leigh East but for whatever reason passed up the chance to sign him. From what I've seen he's a quality player, good size, great work ethic & good technically. A better signing than his predecessor Chris Hill if you ask me. When the Andy Powell signing came about I posted at the time that SH would be a better option. Glad he's with us, top signing.