Surely he would need a passport for when Souths travelled to New Zealand to play the Warriors?

Was it? Can anyone find such a comment? I recall the club saying he would be here with Ellis for pre-season training, albeit one week late!

Quote ="Sweaty Betty's"Was it? Can anyone find such a comment? I recall the club saying he would be here with Ellis for pre-season training, albeit one week late!'" "Fellow new recruit Patrick Mago will link up with the club a fortnight later, owing to his later involvement in the Australian domestic season with South Sydney." https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk ... e-22119597

Quote ="Sweaty Betty's"Was it? Can anyone find such a comment? I recall the club saying he would be here with Ellis for pre-season training, albeit one week late!'" "Fellow new recruit Patrick Mago will link up with the club a fortnight later, owing to his later involvement in the Australian domestic season with South Sydney." https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk ... e-22119597

That would’ve had him here for training this week, so I guess we’ll have to see. I hope he’s here soon because from what I was told about his conditioning, he’ll need to be worked hard over this next couple of months.

What have you heard NK?

Just going back to a couple of his Souths games late in their season when I was told by a couple of people that he looked unfit. There’s no more to it than that but you’d like to think we can get a good pre season in to him and his arrival doesn’t drag on.

Ah right! Fair enough. I do think the fact that he featured in the majority of South's matches last season suggests his fitness is fine though. They were at the top of their game last year and I'm pretty sure they wouldn't have got to the GF fielding unfit players.

He was 18th man in the Aussy grand final. He cant be that unfit

Snap!

We’ll see how he shapes up. The lads who mentioned it to me are as far away from people who find fault in everything as you could find, so I certainly trust their judgment that there is work to do. They said he was blowing out of his backside in one game and looked ready for falling over. I posted it on here at the time but forget the game. He did lose his place straight after that from memory, so maybe it’s why he was 18th man and not in the 17 that played in the Grand Final.

I watched the same game and think I posted something along the lines of what your mates said. He looked absolutely goosed at one point and it wasn't after a big run, or long passage of play.

I'm sure he'll be fine and it's not a worrying type of post etc. Just an observation of what was pretty clear to anyone who watched the game.

Fully agree. It’s not me getting in to him before he’s even pulled a shirt on, saying that I’d like him to have as long a pre season as possible but from what they said to me, we will need to make sure we get him in a good place. Every week knocked off that time in pre season training makes it more difficult.

Quote ="Phuzzy""Fellow new recruit Patrick Mago will link up with the club a fortnight later, owing to his later involvement in the Australian domestic season with South Sydney." https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk ... e-22119597'" Thank you, does that mean he should be training tomorrow?

Quote ="Phuzzy""Fellow new recruit Patrick Mago will link up with the club a fortnight later, owing to his later involvement in the Australian domestic season with South Sydney." https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk ... e-22119597'" Thank you, does that mean he should be training tomorrow?

Not sure mate. Depends on flights I would imagine but according to that sometime this week seems favourite.

Quote ="Phuzzy""Fellow new recruit Patrick Mago will link up with the club a fortnight later, owing to his later involvement in the Australian domestic season with South Sydney." https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk ... e-22119597'" Is this a cover up for the rumoured passport fiasco OR is the passport thing just a made up story?

Quote ="Phuzzy""Fellow new recruit Patrick Mago will link up with the club a fortnight later, owing to his later involvement in the Australian domestic season with South Sydney." https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk ... e-22119597'" Is this a cover up for the rumoured passport fiasco OR is the passport thing just a made up story?

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He was obviously meant to arrive a week after Ellis which he didn't. Either way he is late, believe me he didn't have a passport and therefore he could not apply for a visa.

How has he been managing to play away games against the New Zealand Warriors and Junior Kiwis over the five seasons he has spent as an NRL player with no passport? Wiki says he was born in New Zealand as well, does he just never go back there? Maybe he hides in someone's hand luggage.

Maybe his passport just expired? Some clarification from the club would be appreciated.

Not sure we need to know even if it is the case to be honest, but it sounds like the same rumour that goes around every off season, just replace the name of the antipodean player.

Says he will be here for under light s event
[uhttps://wiganwarriors.com/blog/2021/11/25/thursday-night-under-the-lights/ [/u
Wigan Warriors are inviting Cherry and White fans to be part of our ‘Thursday night under the lights’ event at Robin Park Arena on Thursday 9th December with the chance to watch the first team train.
There will also be a chance to meet the players – including our new signings Abbas Miski, Patrick Mago, Kaide Ellis, Cade Cust, Iain Thornley and Ramon Silva – as well as our new Coaching Team with a meet and greet session straight after the training session has ended. You can have pictures, selfies and autographs with every player, but we remind all fans that due to Club Covid-19 protocols that we politely ask for pictures and interaction with players to remain socially distanced.

If any of those are true, then God help us with his on-field discipline.

Perhaps, he now no longer wants to come to England?

And now, its rumoured that Field is leaving.

They aren't

I watched an interview on Wigan TV with Sam Powell earlier and the guy asking the questions said it was hoped the other new guys would be here for training next Monday, along with the England guys.

There is no issue, only issue is people trying to make one