Personally seeing one of our home grown ex player being named in the England RU coaching set up only makes me smile and be proud of the sport I love and follow and of our great club for continually producing the excellent talent we have for many years. It just shows time and time again our sport can produce the talent where as Rugby Union seem to struggle in that area. If only our game was backed financially and commercially then players like Faz, Edwards, Tomkins, Owen Farrell, Ashton, Myler etc would still be playing for the better code of Rugby. Imagine a England RL coaching set up of Edwards and Faz? mind boggling to think what we could achieve at those two at the helm

Might I remind you, Wigan Warriors use to be called Wigan R.U. and my grandfather was very proud to be a follower, as indeed he was equally proud to watch them, when they become Wigan R.L.

Without Wigan R.U. there would not have been the Wigan Warriors we watch today. I feel your comments are not only negative, but also extremely unnecessary.

And without soccer there would be no rugby union. So what?

Wigan were never called Wigan RU as far as I am aware.

Wigan were and perhaps still should be called (The) Wigan Football Club.

Wigan, Hull and Oldham are examples of where the first football club to form in a town played the oval ball game (although some clubs weren't sure which code of football - association or rugby - to play). Which is why when people formed soccer clubs in those towns/cities had to find different names for those clubs (Athletic/City).

That's my dull factoid for the day.

I refer the honorable gentlemen to the point I made earlier.

Rugby Union is a horrible sport played by, watched by, commentated on by horrible people. (IMO!!)

Some very bitter comments on this thread, nobody cared or commented on Union until they started pinching our best young players, and why wouldn't they, they are a bigger, more worldwide sport with a lot of money. Its not RU I hate, its the RFL for sticking with the communist cap as it is and letting this happen.