Re-signed or resigned?

£190k pa too much to compete with?

The talk on the St George site is to make Soward Captain if Hooper retires.

Well someones not going to come all the way from Australia, give up the chance for representative football where they get paid a fortune on top of this, and give up the chance for a contract upgrade when the new TV deal comes in for exactly the same money as they get now. I would have thought you would have had to add at least another £100k to this before a player even thinks about it and then it would still probably be a no.

I think it's massively important you keep Finch, he's very important to Wigan and IMO the main threat. I watched him very carefully at magic and his organisation is second to none, telling and showing players where he wants them and very vocal on the fieid.

To lose both lulu and finch will be tough to replace, they know the plays so well that it just comes so natural, each knows where the options are and who's where which makes Wigan attack so potent and hard to defend.

Lima is a big reason our pack is so good so I don't think it will be that easy without him but given I don't know of any equally good props on the market I would go with your plan to keep Finch at the drop of a hat.