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@DanFoster_ Tevaga played the rest of the game after Smith pushed him. Agree 3 games is too many, but its consistent

@RupertLowe10 Its a rugby league town, not football.

I always enjoyed visiting Wigan for the football - proper club, proper town, proper people…

@saints_clips @TonyPeet69 Hes not tackled though?

@GodsGift1983 @johnnyddavidson Direct contact to the head....

@JoeParsons88 @johnnyddavidson For?

That was nasty. Thankfully Nsemba looks ok.

@wiganrlfans Well include a back as the 4th sub then, so if one of them gets injured as Marshall did, we dont have to shuffle the whole team around.

Last week we had a bad start to the second half when McDermott and Kerr were on together and the experience was all off the field. We lost control during that period. At 12-6 I thought we were fighting fine, so I can actually see why it wasn't worth the risk. Hindsight though.

@rugbyphilosophy @JacquesdeWet1 Can you not hope that both sports flourish? This RU attitude of always trying to pummel League is weird

@JacquesdeWet1 I hope you're right.

Rugby League is more marketable than Rugby Union. But it’s not because of scrums. With all this talk about "depowering" scrums to "save" the game, we need to have an honest conversation about what actually makes rugby marketable. Let’s be real. Rugby League is objectively more marketable to a global audience. It’s streamlined. It’s high-speed. There is zero nuance. You run, you get tackled, you stand up, you do it 5 more times. You turn the ball over. A few years back took some American family members to Eden Park to watch the Blues vs the Stormers. If you thought they'd like the tries, the wide passes, the highlight reels, well then you (like me) were wrong. They spent the entire first half staring at Eben Etzebeth. They watched two 130kg men grab another 120kg man by the hem of his shorts and launch him into the air to catch a ball. They couldn't believe it. To an outsider, a lineout isn't "dead time" it’s a hook, an attraction, a moment that sets our game apart from the rest. When it came to scrums, they didn't care about "binding" or "hinging." They didn't even care about the number of resets. They were simply mesmerised by 8 absolute units pushing with all their might against 8 more. Men with thighs the size of an ordinary human's entire body, contorting themselves into some sort of human tank and smashing themselves into the other forward pack. And finally, my family was baffled by the "hooligan's game played by gentlemen" culture of rugby. They saw 23 guys spend 80 minutes trying to physically destroy each other, only to hug and sit down for a beer afterwards. No trash talk. No "look at me" celebrations. Just a handshake and a "thanks, sir" to the ref. Rugby shouldn't try to compete with League on "simplicity." We will lose. Instead, we should market what sets us apart. Market the fact that we lift giants into the air. Market the 200kg squats. Market the fact that we have 1 tonne of human muscle machine pushing against another tonne. And market the fact when all is said and done, our heros shake hands, drink beer, and hang out with each other's families. These are the moments that decides the fate of nations. These are the moments that make our game like no other.

@fenriir822 @rugbyphilosophy Suit yourself. I find watching endless kicks at goals and 16 men having a cuddle at a scrum incredibly boring. Clearly so do the broadcasters given they've started to show adverts at the same time as scrums.

@rugbyphilosophy League is un watchable…. It’s like watching a basic version of NFL… who wants to watch guys writhing in the floor like a floundering fish? No rucks? Very little passing till tackle 4 or 5…. No Nuance… you know the script… it’s incredibly dull till tackle 5…

@LeagueFreak The 'greatest team in the modern era' were never World champions though? Couldn't beat the Super League's best!

The Brisbane Broncos beat the 2025 NRL Minor Premiers, the greatest team in the modern era in the Penrith Panthers, then the Melbourne Storm to win the NRL Grand Final. They are the World Champions. They don’t need to confirm it by playing a team from *checks notes* east Hull.

@scottyruss1981 @tobytarrant BBC didn't invent it, it was first shown by a Dutch TV company

@tobytarrant Bbc ain't getting much right nowadays but this and race across the world they've got spot on. You and pippa or you and your dad on race across the world would be good 😎

That is sensational television yet again. I think The Traitors is so successful I keep waiting for it to go wrong but I think at this point we have to accept it's one of the best TV shows ever made.

@OutOnTheFull22 @England_RL Can't help but feel the pack would be much stronger with Thompson, Minchella and Hadley in it. Could have played Knowles and prop and Minchella at 13

The @England_RL Ashes squad B team We’re no strangers to being short on depth in the halves, but genuine 7s are virtually non existent now It’s not been spoken about as much the Jake Connor non selection, but Wane leaving out Luke Thompson is just such a bizarre decision

@FOXNRL Whoever wrote this headline might not be old enough to remember when an Australian team last won the World Club Challenge

Jack Welsby is the latest over-hyped England Super League star to be exposed against Australia 🚨 And the axed fullback has been replaced by an NRL star who should have been there all along... ASHES TALKING POINTS 👉 bit.ly/3X2htL5

@FOXNRL Didn't Brimson do the same v Manly?

'NEVER SEEN A FULLBACK DO THAT' 🚫 Shaun Wane has been slammed for snubbing two NRL stars in England's first Test shocker... and they must make changes to keep the Ashes alive... MORE 👉 bit.ly/3WljMbZ

@TruthTalkingMav Phase 1 of Wane's RLWC26 masterplan, send in the Saints players as cannon fodder this year, get beat 3-0, and be completely written off next year only to stage an undetected comeback in Australia. Sean o loughlin captain of course

Don't like to comment on Saints players due to the boring accusations of bias from the usual suspects, but today, I think even the most anti Saints loons would agree that the St Helens lads were the only positives on a very dark day for the sport

@wiganrlfans Williams kicking game has never been great, does a few eye catching ones but most kicks are mediocre

Ultimately England had no attacking combination. Barely had a single attack that ended well. Last tackle was way easy for Australia. When we did bend them wide we were never prepared to take a tackle. Frustrating. Australia will get better than that though.

@mikelavelle93 And five Saints players from the most underwhelming Saints team in years!

This is what happens when you pick players based on “credits in the bank” rather than based on form

@M_Shaw1 was never a fan of the IMG system, but I think this should year should be there death of it. The system feels easy to rig, and clubs will continue to focus on fiddling the numbers to get IMG points to the detriment of on field performance. Its not a coherent way to run a sport.

CONFIRMED: Bradford Bulls are back in Super League. Clubs have received their IMG gradings and sources are suggesting the Bulls have finished TENTH, above three current Super League clubs. alloutrugbyleague.co.uk/news/bradford-…

@MarkWilsonRadio @England_RL Should be Lewis and Smith. Can't have Connor and Lewis together as we'd lose all structure, struggling to see why Williams would even be in the squad on current form, but it seems likely he will start

If you were @England_RL coach, who would be your starting halves for the first Ashes Test? I think we expect Williams and Smith to start, but who would you go with and why? #England #TheAshes

@GaryCarter_1979 1 word for each ticket sold, good job we didnt give them more tickets

Just the 4,465 words from Derek Beaumont on the Wigan v Leigh ticket row....

@SteveMascord As a Wigan fan I agree. I think the issue stemmed from Leigh posting officially that supporters should buy tickets in the Wigan end, so I assume for official security or insurance purposes the club had to put a stop to it. Seems weird otherwise

I do think cancelling people’s tickets because they support the opposition is unnecessary in a sport where there’s rarely trouble and when there is it’s usually property being destroyed rather than rival fans brawling. Don’t you think?