Our starting halves next season could be Powell and Shorrocks depending on the recovery time of GW and Tommy unless we move Sam to SO and Escare to FB.

What makes you think that Sam will be fit for the start of the season?

Exactly the reasons why I don't want to see any Wigan players anywhere near International Squads. We get some free advertising, and some kudos, but we also get to lose players to injury, at our cost, and also putting our season at risk.

Well, if all RL fans took that attitude...

We have that many injuries in the camp that it is difficult to say who will start in the halves. Just hoping we can start with a half decent pairing.

Most do, that's why our international game struggles for support. Not just with the above attitude (right or wrong) regrding playes, but with attendance too. Club before country has long been the RL supporters' ethos.

I must say that even though I go to most of the England internationals in this country I would much rather Wigan win. In fact there is no contest. A choice between Wigan beating Cronulla in February or England beating Australia in the 4 Nations, I don't even need to think about.

I'm totally the opposite tbh. I've seen Wigan win plenty but I'm still waiting to see England/GB beat the Aussies in a final (or knock out game).

It would be the pinnacle for me in terms of watching rugby league. I just hope it happens at some point and if it does then I'm at the game.

I'd love it if England were good enough to beat Aussie and I hope I'm there if it happens. Just reading this months RL World and I am reminded of how good the Aussies have been since 1982. I don't really know any Aussies personally (like I do Saints and Wire fans) and so just respect them as a great team really.

I never stop enjoying winning a Grand Final or Challenge Cup and I wouldn't swap any of them, especially this year's.

Me too, Wigan beating Cronulla would be brilliant but hardly unimaginable given that SL teams have won the World Club Challenge as recently as 2012 and we did it ourselves three times between 87 and 94. There would also be the usual suspects claiming Cronulla rested players, didn't take it seriously, were jet lagged etc. England/GB winning a tournament involving the aussies would be something else, it is nearly 50 years since that has happened and there would be no doubt that they tried their best and we won. It would be a rare time when all fans of SL clubs could stop being negative and celebrate together (either that or they would just say it indicates the declining standards of the sport as a whole

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Anyway, getting back on topic...the club are saying around 10 weeks out with his injury.

Better than expected.

Is that 10 weeks from now?

No it's from two weeks before he actually broke it!

From the injury date.

He had surgery last Sunday.

“The advice we’ve had is it will take eight to 10 weeks, so he should be back and fit to play from the start of the season,” said Lenagan.

Leuluai was quoted as saying "MMmnrgpthhjh ttp uyiu" hope that clears things up

that made me laugh more than it really should have

It was ridiculous if him to take that hit up that broke his jaw, how many other halfbacks would you see doing that? Shows how tough/crazy/hard he is though.

Was saying that at the England game n Sunday.

Brave and crazy rolled in to one!

Nice sarcasm nob head


And thanks Geoff cheers for the update

Yes I thought it was rather good myself

It made me laugh

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