Quite. Noble had plenty of time to prove himself so lets give this guy the same.

Its going to take a good few months for his methods, style and tactics to take effect. Im not saying next year is going to be another "development" year as I do expect to see improvements but to expect silverware or even final appearences in his first season is just short sighted.

Hopefully he will breathe fresh air into the club and take us to the next level as well as get us playing an exciting brand of RL.

this has just made my day



i assume there are no visa / rfl issues?

I am not saying I know that but he has been coaching the backs at Melbourne and they play superb rugby and can keep it simple when it needs to be. Wane can get our forwards running in hard, our academy run with more agression than the first team.

Its now on sky sports news!!!

good work IL

Its now on Sky sports breaking news

good post tricky

Posted at 11.33, exactly the same time as you.

3yr deal on according to BBC website ticker.

Good to see the official site up to speed....

Could well be right fella, Wane has certainly done a good job with the young players and Maguire has been successful and worked under a top coach at Melbourne.

But then again, Maguire won't have Inglis/Slater/Smith etc at Wigan and will be under a lot of pressure as a head coach.

Interesting times - looks like there could be 4 or 5 genuinely strong sides next year in Saints/Leeds/Wigan/Wire/Hull.

Andy vice versa...it could make all the pro Nobby fans look rather silly if Wigan make noticeable strides.

Don't get me wrong, I'll be backing him all the way and hoping he can take us that extra step. All I'm saying is if he's done less than What Noble did in 3 years time it will be interesting to hear from the Nobby bashers, that's all.

Has the press conf even finished yet?

My god do you have to try to pick a fault in everything?

Hull KR, Huddersfield and Wakefield may have something to say about that!

So they couldnt have put the pre prepared statement up on the website?

Sky have just confimed Wane is the assistant.

ssn say wane as assistant!

On sportinglife it says "Wigan needed special dispensation from the Rugby Football League to employ Maguire, who was not at today's press conference at the DW Stadium but will join the club next month."

Any idea what the dispensation was for?

Wane is assistant, announced on sky

Just spoke about it on Sky. Wane assistant and Maguire was HEAD coach at Melbourne.

Sky confirm its a 3 year contract, though they do say he was head coach at Melbourne.

Also say that Wane is assistant

All be to do with the rules about coaches needing to have been an NRL head coach or an international coach to work in SL isnt it?

I don't want to put a downer on things but right now he has the same problem as Nobby had, NO world class players to work with.
It's a huge test for the new guy, we shouldn't expect too much to soon.

Ah, OK. Didn't know that was the case.

I don't particularly care as I’m not trying to sour the moment or pick faults where there aren’t any.

If the website is about to put a statement up I’d at least like it to quote what was said in the conference by MM and IL.

Worst kept secret in Rugby League, but a bold decision.

Well done !

It will be because he does not have experience as a first team head coach or as an international coach so requires dispensation to take a head coach position from the RFL under their own rules.