Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Sun Oct 22, 2023 9:08 am  

First game of Union I have watched in years and my god it was boring

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Sun Oct 22, 2023 9:40 am  

[Gareth] wrote:

First game of Union I have watched in years and my god it was boring

Yea was dire. The effort to stop that try was poor as well

I was impressed with the penalty goals and drop goal however. Some shots from far out

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Sun Oct 22, 2023 9:44 am  

Owen Farrell - “it’ll be some peoples last world cups obviously and erm some people are going elsewhere”

Interesting

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Sun Oct 22, 2023 11:15 am  

NSW wrote:

Owen Farrell - “it’ll be some peoples last world cups obviously and erm some people are going elsewhere”

Interesting

If it’s the same interview as soon as he said it I thought that’s a bit of clue.
I’ve tried to find it again this morning but without success. Did he say “pastures new” rather than elsewhere? Irrespective of his actual wording it did sound like a very big clue.
Interesting times.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Sun Oct 22, 2023 11:24 am  

[Gareth] wrote:

First game of Union I have watched in years and my god it was boring

It was tense in the fact that the underdogs were close to winning but you always felt SA would find a way to win but after the game finished and the excitement/tension dropped (I did really want England to win) after the final whistle and I reflected on the game it was f’ing awful. Suppose from England a point of view their tactics nearly worked but it was very negative, South Africa didn’t really have an answer or the quality to take the game by the scruff of the neck and it took really weak defence and what a lot of people are saying was an iffy penalty to win the game. It’s probably better for England as those spoiling tactics I don’t think would have worked against NZ and I think a heavy beating would have been on the cards.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Sun Oct 22, 2023 11:32 am  

Saw 10 mins at the end. I hope for Farrell’s sake he is going to get to play rugby league for a couple of years. He deserves to have some enjoyment in his life because playing and watching that sport full time must be mind numbing. It gets a huge billing but then so does show jumping, shooting and canoeing in the Olympics. Fair play to Union, they’re selling ice to eskimos.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Sun Oct 22, 2023 2:50 pm  

NickyKiss wrote:

Saw 10 mins at the end. I hope for Farrell’s sake he is going to get to play rugby league for a couple of years. He deserves to have some enjoyment in his life because playing and watching that sport full time must be mind numbing. It gets a huge billing but then so does show jumping, shooting and canoeing in the Olympics. Fair play to Union, they’re selling ice to eskimos.

ABSOLUTELY Spot on!!

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Sun Oct 22, 2023 5:31 pm  

https://wiganwarriors.com/blog/2023/10/ ... year-deal/

https://wiganwarriors.com/blog/2023/10/ ... year-deal/

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Sun Oct 22, 2023 5:44 pm  

He’s going to be some weapon for us Nsemba.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Sun Oct 22, 2023 8:04 pm  

Great to see the Nsemba renewal - I'm sure he'll be in the 17 most weeks next year.

Fingers crossed we hear positive news on a renewal for Harry Smith soon too. Would also be very interesting to know what the status of the marquee player spots is and what the plans for them are going forward with all of the big names, recruits and young players developing. It would surprise me if there is room to keep all of French, Field and Smith post 2024 considering the salary increase Smith will warrant after his contract expires.