The alternative looks to be a 15 year old kid so I would say so. However there will be reasons why he went to Barrow when we went PT so I suspect he’s at the stage now where he needs to be up North. He’s still in good shape so I’m sure someone will step in for him.

If I had to guess the ex broncos we have in our sights, subject to the massive hurdle of actually having any money I’d say Hindmarsh, possibly Hodson, Christian Gale (went to Skolars and then to Aus), J Jones.
However I think if we can up the number of retained experienced players from 2 to say 6 or 7 we’ll have done well because I think we are coming up short on that 350k.

Didn't we used to train in Golborne? Maybe we should try that again.


It's a district of Wigan for those that don't know. (Bongser would probably classify it as Leigh.)

Deffo more Leigh than Wigan. You may well be right Benny as I do remember Reggie had them running around Haydock Park race course back in the day. But training there & coming down to just to play at the Cottage started to unravel if I remember correctly & players like John Wood & Dave Hull started to not appear. We never did get the best out of Wood sadly.

You could well be right. The borders are very hazy and debatable...
Still, damn me for moving south, and damn Mark Riley (and Sam Stewart and Mark Johnson etc.) for getting me invested in this club when I'd initially just turned up to watch a live RL game with my new "local" club as a neutral.
If I'd loved my home town more than rugby league, I'd still be supporting a successful side. (A successful side I've actively disliked since about 1994.)
Like I said, more fool me!

If only we could use Dr Who's Tardis to bring Tanks wonderful side to Plough Lane next season.

I once went there to watch Doncaster v London Welsh in an RU game.

Dean Sampson turned up.