www.saintsrlfc.com/news/page/1480 Wilko signs 4yr deal

www.saintsrlfc.com/news/page/1480 Wilko signs 4yr deal

Awesome.

14 years in the team is a long stint.

Great news for us didnt see it coming but great move by the club

Is he worthy of a statue

I'm chuffed with this. Our captain once Wello hangs up his boots?

Yup, he'd make an iconic figure outside the ground. Given how small KC is on the turnstile, there is no reason we couldn't add further players.

A Wilkin statue would have to be elevated otherwise it would be victim to dry humping.

Before Rogues appears, Did he support Wigan Lodgers as a lad?

He was a Robin.

And Jamie Foster was a saint who played for Blackbrook but didnt stop you claiming he was a wigan fan as a youngster and played for haydock or something along those lines.

Foster was a Wigan fan when he was younger, although I don't know what that has to do with Wlikin being a robins(HKR) fan.

His parents had a pub just outside Hull, I went in a couple of times when I was over there on business.

But Foster WAS a Wigan fan when he was younger. He has said so himself, publically. I'm sure Makinson was a Wigan fan too (and probably still is), since he's a Wigan lad. Any other claims though will be rubbish.

As for Wilkin's new deal, I think this is great news. He was outstanding in 2011 and had a great Four Nations campaign. He's also a very good ambassador for the club and for the sport. I hope he goes on to have the best four years of his career.

I wonder if the RL media will make as big a fuss of Wilkin signing up for life as they did over Sinfield last season? I doubt it like but it will be interesting to see if they do.

Very well deserved. solid player and quite a good ambassador for the club.

Great news. A four year deal has sent out a clear message to all the union clubs and the NRL who were no doubt sounding Wilkin out.

Yep.

What the hell are you on about? Does a player now have to be in talks with Union or the NRL to get a contract?

what was the fuss about Sinfield?I only saw it in the local media

He didn't say that. No doubt Wilkin was on the radar of Union clubs and possibly NRL clubs as he is a quality player. All Robbo was saying is that it would now put off possible clubs coming in to sign him.

Thankfully not all players "do a Tomkins" and walk all over their club playing the union card shortly after signing an improved contract.

Some players just have a bit more respect for their clubs I suppose.

Wilkin might of done if he was good enough

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Wilkin just has far more loyalty than either of the Tomkins brothers. One has already gone and the other needed a bumper increased contract and a get out clause in order to sign.

'Might of done'? If you're going to troll, at least make sure it makes sense. It loses all credibility otherwise.

Sheesh, the standard of trolling is going down the pan.

I'm fairly pleased we've kept him, although the length of deal is a concern I expect he will be one of a few Saints players that will benefit more from having ten interchanges instead of 12 next year as he can play long minutes at high intensity.

I wouldn't put loyal and Wilkin in the same sentence to be honest, but that's another story.

The deal first. A great deal for a quality player. Not many second rowers who can have the odd cracking game as a half back. This gives us a good portion of the pack going forwards and even if we do not keep sia we have two good second rowers in flanaghan and wilkin signed up long term.

Union wise I think there is not as much scope for conversion as people think. I would say 28 is getting towards the wrong end of the specturm. Also as a second rower it would not be a straight forward conversion. That was why I was quite surprised when theysigned joel as he was not really a quality centre. He was only filling in there for wigan.

I think forward wise the window is narrower for them to convert from league to union. Back wise the window is more dependant on your speed and of course a good agent who cqan sell your wears

That sounds libellous to me.