I know from speaking to a member of the Wigan coaching staff that they see more potential in Sambou than Douglas. They think there's a higher ceiling there. I'm not sure on their thoughts/intentions with Vaughan.


From what I have seen of him, I don't get the hype personally and that's not because he's signed for you lot before you say it. On the flipside I think there's bags of potential with Sambou and with some fine tuning he could be a pretty impressive athlete. 


I'm also enthused about Douglas though and I think he will make a good fist of stepping into the no.2 shirt in 2027. 

adi: Wade turned out for the reserves last night. Any news on how he went? https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/christian-wades-wigan-debut-errors-but-promise-as-super-league-debut-looms Report here on Wade's performance. A few errors but made an assist for Farrimond.

adi: Wade turned out for the reserves last night. Any news on how he went? https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/christian-wades-wigan-debut-errors-but-promise-as-super-league-debut-looms Report here on Wade's performance. A few errors but made an assist for Farrimond.

1872_WiganRLFC: adi: Wade turned out for the reserves last night. Any news on how he went? https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/christian-wades-wigan-debut-errors-but-promise-as-super-league-debut-looms Report here on Wade's performance. A few errors but made an assist for Farrimond. Only RL could hide away the RL debut of a guy like Wade. Think whatever you want of how he'll do in RL, but there's been some proper media coverage of him coming to Wigan. We named him in the team at lunch time in a game at f * ing Castleford away. No hype, no Wigan TV coverage - not even a commentary stream. If they'd have swapped it to a home game, there might have been a half decent crowd on. If it was on Wigan TV, I'm sure plenty would have tuned in etc. I just don't see other sports making these kinds of own goals.

1872_WiganRLFC: adi: Wade turned out for the reserves last night. Any news on how he went? https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/christian-wades-wigan-debut-errors-but-promise-as-super-league-debut-looms Report here on Wade's performance. A few errors but made an assist for Farrimond. Only RL could hide away the RL debut of a guy like Wade. Think whatever you want of how he'll do in RL, but there's been some proper media coverage of him coming to Wigan. We named him in the team at lunch time in a game at f * ing Castleford away. No hype, no Wigan TV coverage - not even a commentary stream. If they'd have swapped it to a home game, there might have been a half decent crowd on. If it was on Wigan TV, I'm sure plenty would have tuned in etc. I just don't see other sports making these kinds of own goals.

I suppose the question is whether he'll get up to speed such that he'll be a better option than Douglas until Miski returns.

I'd be up for anything that would spark a bit of my interest atm so stick him in for me (particularly if Douglas is leaving). Dont get me wrong- Im still watching and always will but it all feels very flat at the moment. I think its a combination of being out of the cup so there's no big game in the short term, all of the success we've had and the lopsided nature of a lot of the games. All credit must go to the Wigan club for that and its the job of other clubs to get up there with them. But there's little jeopardy just now. Wakefield away in a couple of weeks should be a good test.

It was a bit odd that Wade's debut was at Cas, mid-week and with no fanfare.


Or, its a serious signing and this was the first opportunity to get him going - no game this weekend and no other reserves game for a month - and maybe a bench spot v Hudds?