Staying New 4 year deal signed and announced. https://wiganwarriors.com/blog/2023/12/ ... -new-deal/

Staying New 4 year deal signed and announced. https://wiganwarriors.com/blog/2023/12/ ... -new-deal/

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Magnificent - great news.

That's good work by the club to make the figures work for both sides. I'd be surprised if he completed the full 4 years though.

Possibly but he’ll do at least a year or two more than just the year he had left on his current deal and we then have time to develop Farrimond. It was so important to get Smith tied down to help with that succession planning (if needed).

That's my Xmas Present delivered!!!!

Great news. He was superb the last few months of the season.

Been very good for 18months

Massive signing, he is so critical in everything we do and there is no better non-quota replacement we could have got.

Well done to the club for getting this over the line and look forward to seeing Smith progress even further!

Excellent news

Brilliant news

Best news all season.
Really relieved that we have managed to secure the lad for a few more years. I was quite worried that he may leave the club after the 2024 season.
Well done to the Wigan Management Team.

Fantastic stuff.

Fantastic news, just before he gets named the best player in the world tomorrow.

Opposition fans were getting giddy at the thought of him going.

Hopefully he stays out his career and doesn’t have NRL ambitions but even if he doesn’t. This secures he can go on our terms and get a fee for him.


Said it all year but he’s our most important player.

Wire away, Saints GF, Wire cup game, Leigh away (final game), grand final. Bossed all them big games behind his kicking game.

Playing will more confidence and authority next year and he’ll be a dream teamer for sure.

Just to echo what everyone is saying, brilliant news. I have followed Wigan for over 30 years and I think his kicking from hand is up there with the best that’s been at the club in that time, if not the best.

Fantastic news. Its been a while since we've had a stronger squad going into a new season, had an awful feeling he may have done a Bateman on us and buggered off to the NRL before the season got going.

I agree completely.

I better return that shirt I bought you then!

Get in!

All about Field and French now - from memory I think everyone else is signed up on multi year deals (aside from players at the end of their careers I.e. Isa and Cooper).

Getting them both signed up would be a dream and give us a real shot at a dominant spell. But signing either to play fullback would still put us in a great position even if the other leaves.

Saw the highlights reel of Field from 2023 yesterday and it highlights just what a weapon he is. It’s laughable how good he has to be now to get in the conversation for a Sky MOM award. If he plays a full season last year, he probably ends up with getting on for 50+ try contributions. The best fullback in Superleague by a distance IMO.

Field is awesome but if push came to shove and we end up with a straight choice between Field and French, I'd still pick French. I think...

It would be a tough choice. Interested to see how French develops at stand off going forward. It feels like there is loads of improvement in him there, which is a pretty scary thought with Field at 1 and Smith controlling things from 7.

I'm greedy, I want both. Absolutely imperative that we try and keep both of them for as long as possible.

Feels like it’s getting closer to the NRL ship having sailed for French and Field just doesn’t physically stack up to what they seem to want, so I think we’re a chance. Those 2 lads are getting treated very well at Wigan by the looks of things and the trust both ways seems to be there. They look to be on extended post season breaks again and that’s absolutely fine when they keep producing the goods. They’re superstars here in the UK and that’s very different to the roles they’d conman’s back in the NRL.