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He does leave himself open to comments like 'he's been poor this season' Smith because he has spells where he just totally loses concentration. His passing becomes wayward, his kicking much the same and his discipline can go and then games like that stick in the mind. His good games are all about control and game management, so you're not going to have those X factor moments jumping out. I've yet to see him drop anything but a really good performance in a Semi Final, Play off Semi, Cup Final, Grand Final or England test though. I cannot think of a comparable player in my time watching Wigan tbh in regards to being exemplary in big games and sometimes shambolic in games you'd consider the easiest to play in.

We have bye months in League 1.

He always stands up for England. Was the best player on the team for the Tonga series and also had a great series against Samoa. Would be silly to change what’s already working, he controls the side well and his kicking game is immensely important. I think Lewis should be the one partnering him though. Mikey is arguably the in form half in the whole world, and the in form player in SL. He has to be starting at 6 for me, he can create anything out of nothing.

Still the nailed on 7 for me just a choice of who plays alongside him Williams or Lewis.

I was fortunate enough to see some RL played there. I saw Latvia play Ukraine in Riga in 2009 I think. Also Estonia v Ukraine in Tallin in 2008 I think. Both cities were wonderful for that Soviet Bloc style architecture you are searching for @The Hallucinating Goose . I visited Tallinn in the bitter cold and Riga in a lovely summer. I also find that commie style era of architecture fascinating. Especially on a sunny day where the buildings shine through as if to tell stories or years upon years of suppression and escaping communism. I haven’t been to Lithuania unfortunately. I find similar styles in Poland and Czech Republic, outside of Prague. Who needs a Mrs Goose when you have so many wonderful Eastern and Central European geese to gander at.

He hasn't just been poor the last 4 or 5 weeks. There have been various other games too.

I keep going at this point but the last 4 or 5 weeks aren't the whole year. The league started in February and Smith had his most consistent start to a season in his Wigan career IMO and was absolutely superb in Vegas, at HKR and against Saints (the big games). After a few iffy games, he was thankfully back to his best last night. These last few weeks haven't half wiped out everything that happened from February to the end of May. They've hit hard!

The only people who think badly of IMG are those who have no idea how important they are in the wider sports broadcasting world, and how they know better anyway.

Couple of things i missed out from our game Friday night.Reynolds missed 4 goal kicks in succession although they were from wide out.And playing Wynne in the centre did not really work as Gales try came off a pass from Reynolds.To be fair he didn't get much good ball but i much prefer him on the wing.

Grounding is a formality, always checked if everything else gets passed. Refs would look be a bit dumb if they checked something before the grounding, awarded a try, and then Sky showed he didn't ground the ball.

Fax claiming a shock 30-16 win against what seems to be a typical Toulouse close to the edge performance.

That's an all timer

Well both sets for fans have had the chance to ask questions now, so I say let's back both clubs to make this a reality..

I can't see Munster being ousted by Dearden. I suppose there's a chance that Munster may opt out of travelling overseas in order to have a full off-season. If he travels though, I think it's a shootout between Cleary and Dearden to partner him. I think the Queensland partnership has a good tick in the box after what happened mid-week.

Great end of season presentations at Brixton Bulls today. U12 qualified for GF too so well done to them. U7 U9 U11 U12 U14 U16 (boys) U13 and U14 and U15 Girls.

What on earth were Saints wearing last night. They play in red and white..Leeds play in amber and blue, so Saints change to a kit with yellow on it : I'm colour blind, and whilst I could distinguish it was hard work. Why can't they just play in normal colours unless there's a clash.

I don't think teams were fine with it but realised they needed the extra games to bring in more revenue.

14 Clubs, with all Clubs being treated the same - simples ! Clubs who claim they cant afford it, make way for others. - Simples. And please sort out the fixture farce. Clubs playing each other 2 / 3 times, before others havent even faced each other. Farcical. A student, a calendar and AI, could sort it in 2 mins. I try to defend RL admin most of the time but frankly they are undefendable much of the time. p.s. stop lying about ticket sales.

Last years promotion and relegation format between the championship and league 1 was one of the more crazier things ive seen in the sport in recent seasons. It just ended up been a worse case scenario in we relegated a team finishing 12th to promote a team finishing 4th all because they won a one off game. The situation with hunslet this season, I think most of us saw coming, they are miles off been ready to play in the Championship and there is a chance this season could set them back years as they have been riddled with fall outs and in fighting in the camp which can often be the case when you are getting beaten every week. By changing the format in the leagues just to get equal numbers, all it did was reduce the quality in the higher division, there seems to be very little thought or long term thinking in RL and as PH says we could see it again next season if league 1 and the Championship merge. 100 point scorelines in front of 1 man and his dog incoming if that happens and then we are also looking at reducing the quality in SL by adding two teams who will likely get no funding and will get hammered every week likely setting those clubs back a year or two. "Pro" RL is just a total #######how.

Euro B contenders the Netherlands should be giving this guy a call... https://www.nrl.com/news/2025/07/10/travelling-man-new-face-tawha-steps-in-for-injury-hit-phins/

Aiming to run sessions from September through to January mid week. Would love any suggestions as to how we can bring an element of competition into these.

I can’t believe our boys aren’t touring over there, even France have just been. We should be playing France and Wales mid season then either touring or hosting SH teams post season