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Re: John Bateman wanted by 3 NRL clubs : Wed Feb 07, 2018 12:51 pm  
RichieS wrote:
From what I am told, it is because he has aspirations after RL and certain aspects of it involve him being over here.


Who's told you? Not that I doubt you, but it's always good to know the likelihood of something happening v gossip and hearsay.
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Re: John Bateman wanted by 3 NRL clubs : Wed Feb 07, 2018 11:59 pm  
RichieS wrote:
From what I am told, it is because he has aspirations after RL and certain aspects of it involve him being over here.


100% correct, whether that is next yr or not is another matter. I think it will depend how he goes this season
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Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Thu Feb 08, 2018 12:37 pm  
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Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Thu Feb 08, 2018 12:45 pm  
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https://www.wigantoday.net/sport/rugby-league/wigan-warriors/why-wane-hasn-t-abandoned-hope-of-wigan-signing-sam-burgess-1-9007608

Cheeky bit of pure fantasy here


I wondered if there might be a possibility of that after his RUWC debacle, but the Bunnies were a lot more determined to have him back than I thought they would be. Clearly, no bridges had been burned there.

Given that the current bookies' favourite to come to Wigan is Joe Greenwood, I can't see there's any hope of us luring Sam Burgess in the near future.
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Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Thu Feb 08, 2018 5:06 pm  
I’m sure that story is more hope than expectation. If he were to come back over here to play, It'll be for a year or two at the age of 34/35 imo.

If he does that there will be no reason why we wouldn’t have a real shot of getting him.
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Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Thu Feb 08, 2018 6:22 pm  
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I’m sure that story is more hope than expectation. If he were to come back over here to play, It'll be for a year or two at the age of 34/35 imo.

If he does that there will be no reason why we wouldn’t have a real shot of getting him.


Hard to see Sam ever coming to play back in the UK. His family is in Oz (bar Luke) he married an Aussie and he's star status is pretty high over there.

I can see him retiring in Oz then doing something in the sport in different role.
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Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Thu Feb 08, 2018 9:59 pm  
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Hard to see Sam ever coming to play back in the UK. His family is in Oz (bar Luke) he married an Aussie and he's star status is pretty high over there.

I can see him retiring in Oz then doing something in the sport in different role.


You’d imagine that’s how it’ll go but you never know. I didn’t for one second think he would go and play rugby union but he certainly seems to have made his home in Australia.
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Re: John Bateman wanted by 3 NRL clubs : Fri Feb 09, 2018 7:30 am  
Never heard of him
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Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Fri Feb 09, 2018 1:49 pm  
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I wondered if there might be a possibility of that after his RUWC debacle, but the Bunnies were a lot more determined to have him back than I thought they would be. Clearly, no bridges had been burned there.

Given that the current bookies' favourite to come to Wigan is Joe Greenwood, I can't see there's any hope of us luring Sam Burgess in the near future.


Is Joe Greenwood a Saints lad? OR was he from elsewhere and just played for them?
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Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Fri Feb 09, 2018 2:04 pm  
From what I can see he played his junior RL for Saddleworth Rangers. He could still a St Helens lad of course but it'd be trek every week.
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