It would take a massive offer from any of the other clubs mentioned Wigan seem to do well when it comes to resigning their former stars.I would be amazed if he ended up anywhere else than Wigan.
It would take a massive offer from any of the other clubs mentioned Wigan seem to do well when it comes to resigning their former stars.I would be amazed if he ended up anywhere else than Wigan.
Williams will be back at Wigan.
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Without doubt. They’ve been very lucky in some respects that a number of top players they’ve lost have wanted to come back before long. It’s not what you set out to do as you want them to stay, but losing a few key players to the NRL and then getting them back in their prime years as better players isn’t a bad model really. We never got Graham back before his retirement year and I doubt we’ll ever see Thompson back either, but Wigan have got the breaks and fair play to them because it’s better for our comp if Bateman, Williams and co are back here.
He’ll almost certainly go back to Wigan, with Hastings going home and Leuluai likely to retire. I expected to see Wire’s named mentioned, because they always seem to be linked to English players linked with returning to Super League. That said, if we are to part with Fages then I hope we do try for Williams, I can’t see it coming off but it can’t hurt to try.
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If he wants to move into a sport which is moving forward much more quickly than League, he should consider Union. It would be much more lucrative for him and will become even more so in the future unless the current League product changes for the better.
Heresy from a true Saints fan and ouch, before the brickbats come in.
Williams partner is pregnant so perhaps this is where the rumours have started
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I don’t think they’ve had the best returns if I’m honest.
Bateman isn’t looking the player he was in his first season at Canberra and Tomkins was a shadow of himself after being in the NRL (albeit in great form at the moment however not in a challenging team....) I don’t think either of them have returned as better players....
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There is also recent examples of players coming back from the NRL in worse shape than when they went and ending up back at Wigan, Joe Burgess & Sam Tompkins spring to mind.
In the games that I have seen Bateman play this season I am yet to be convinced he is fully recovered from last seasons injury.
The season is only 5 games old, I think Bateman will prove a good re-signing for Wigan. And if they can get George Williams back, he will too. He's done well in the NRL.
Sam Tomkins has been hampered by injuries and I think that has cost him that speed he had at his first stint there. Playing well for Catalans at the moment though, as you say.
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Joe Burgess scored 24 tries in 24 appearances in his 1st season back at Wigan. In his second he scored 8 from 8, but ruptured his acl on that plastic pitch at Widnes and didn't play for almost 12 months. it definitely affected his confidence and he lost a yard or two of pace. I always thought he needed to run in a couple of long range tries to restore some of that confidence.
Sam Tomkins knee injury was mis diagnosed in NZ and he too struggled with injury, but it's good to see him back in good shape and playing his way into the England side.