I have to be honest and say I thought he would be going to the NRL this time around. There's been lots of talk over there about it. Absolutely made up with this. Couldn't have asked for more. Well done all concerned! If he sees out the whole of this contract he'll have done nearly a decade at the club! Who would have guessed that?

Correct! Brain fog...

Quick look at our first team squad and their contract status....

Jai Field - 2027
Abbas Miski - 2027
Adam Keiran - 2026
Jake Wardle - 2029
Liam Marshall - 2025
Bevan French - 2028
Harry Smith - 2027
Ethan Havard - 2027
Brad O'Neil - 2027
Liam Byrne - 2025
Liam Farrell - 2025
Willie Isa - 2024
Kaide Ellis - 2026
Luke Thompson - 2028
Tyler Dupree - 2027
Kruise Leeming - 2028
Junior Nsemba - 2027
Sam Walters - 2027
Patrick Mago - 2024 (option our favour 2025)

Plus the coaching staff signed till 2030!

Fabulous news.
Radlinski and co are getting the vast majority right at the moment.
I can’t remember since we’ve had this much stability with a squad of this potential.
We just need to get through the next couple of matches hopefully with 2 wins and with returning players we will see us kick on again.

Signed for 5 years.

Thanks for the list Cadoo.
Quite staggering all that talent tied down!

Fantastic!

All well and good.but has anyone got their season ticket yet !!! harrumph !!!

Great news that.
This squad of players are so strong and settled,methinks a few good years on the horizon (last couple not shabby).


Well done Rads & co.
Also a note for Lenagan-thanks for getting Danson involved sir.

Fantastic news.

I think both he and Field have started the season a little slow, with the exception of Penrith, maybe due to their extended time home during the off season but without doubt they will both come good as the season progresses.

To have the spine secured for such a long time is great news.

The only thing we need to manage if Farrimond because he’s a special talent with his path to first team blocked for the short/medium term. I am certain though he will be aware of the plan for him which will be in place.

It’s great the we won’t have the will he won’t he conversations going on as a distraction through the year.

I fully agree. I would also add we need a route for Forber as well.

Another great signing for Wigan and also for the SL competition too, as we need to keep top players like French

Feckin brilliant

What wonderful news. No really.

I'm surprised too, and absolutely delighted. And as said, it's good news for the comp too to keep quality players in SL.

Sounds like you'll be announcing Dodd has signed up soon, him and Welsby gives you a good chunk of your spine sorted for the next few years

Excellent news.
After we signed Jai up again, I felt sure that Bevan would leave.
Absolutely made up with this.

I'm as giddy as everyone else, but like you was concerned about what this meant for Farrimond. Hopefully, in this new age of forward thinking at the club, he (or his agent) have already been kept abreast of developments.

Absolutely fantastic news though! Takes the sting out of Good Friday a bit...

great bit of news and thats a lot of key players / positions tied down for the near future

with Cooper and Isa likely to retire at the end of this season, that gives us a couple of 1st team spots up for grabs, with Farrell likely to retire 2025 (note i have no inside knowledge but going off age and current contracts), so good opportunities for Nsemba and Walters to stake claims for 1st team 2nd row spots, unsure what we have in the academy in terms of potential future stars in the backrow

i also think with the changes to the high tackle rules and also the number of games a player can play, then the squad will be fully utilised so the likes of Forber, Farrimond, Eckersley etc will all get good game time as part of their developments into 1st team players. we are already seeing how injury / bans have impacted our front row this season, but because we have so much depth, its not really been noticed or commented outside of a Wigan forum

Incredible news. I saw a tweet from Huddersfield saying to tune in to Sky sports news at 3:30. The last time they did that was for Tom Burgess so I thought it would be a big signing. I flicked it on and was greeted with the best news.

When he signed for 2 years at the end of 2022, I got the impression that would it for him in SL. Paid us back for the support given in 2021 and won the GF in 2023.

Especially after his performance in the WCC and all the Aussie media wanting him back in the NRL I thought his time had come.

Elated he’s staying, a player we’ll be telling future generations about.

He’ll be here for nearly 10 years if he stays the duration and can go down as one of the clubs greats if the silverware keeps coming.

Well done Radlinski and Mr Danson.

I suppose he's better being a big fish in a small pond. He would just be another player in the NRL rather than a stand out player in SL. He should have gone to the NRL if he wanted to prove he is a World class player. There are many players in the NRL much better than French.

Rather a small pond than a puddle



Do you think Amone, Asiata and Ipape will go back?

Add Moylan and Lam.

It feels like a privilege to watch French at times so made up with this news. He'll go down as one of our greatest players