That's the plan - you're merging with your bigger and better neighbours.

The club name will be a mixture of the existing names - the "St Helens" from St Helens RLFC, and the "RLFC" from Wigan Warriors RLFC to make St Helens RLFC.

It'll be ace.

they can easily merge the kits too....take the red and white from Wigan, and the Vee from St Helens.

Ha!

If Saints and Wigan did merge what team would you put out?

Tomkins
Richards
Gleeson
Meli
Roberts
Pryce
Eastmond
Graham
Cunningham
Fielden
Tomkins
Wilkin
O'Loughlin

Roby
Coley
Puletua
Clough

I'm assuming that's from right now and not in 2012 when this "merger" is allegedly going to happen?

Good spot!



Tomkins
Richards
Shenton
Pryce
Roberts
Finch
Eastmond
Graham
Roby
Perry
Tomkins
Hoffman
O'Loughlin

Soliola
Fielden
Puletua
Lima

I reckon that team would do OK in SL!

I thought you'd already 'merged' with Italy, taking the SH from St. Helens and the IT from Italy.

Wilkin over Hansen, you must be joking.

What about if you can include Lima, Hoffman, Finch, Perry and Shenton? So next seasons teams... excludes Riddell and KFC.

I would say.....

Pryce
Richards
Gleeson
Shenton
Roberts
Tomkins
Finch
Perry
Roby
Graham
Tomkins
Hoffman
Lockers

Lima
Puletua
Hansen
Leuluai

He doesn't own the land.

This all started from a rumour about Wigan Athletic moving to St. Helens NOT Wigan RLFC.

Might work - Scousers like soccer, generally.

Why?

Wilkin makes more tackles, misses less of them, carries the ball more, scores more tries, creates more tries, offloads more, busts more tackles, makes more clean breaks. He gives away more penalties though.

Don't judge Wilkin on him being a poor half back, he's an excellent back rower.

As for your merged team not having Eastmond in it . . . . . .

Coz in 2012 he'll be in union won't he?

You can tell from this thread that Saints and Wigan have got a free weekend off.

Touche!

I wanted to throw that one at him

Graham will be in Oz by 2012 as well won't he

Hansen to me always looks far more effective. He was the top tackler in the league a couple of years ago.

Wilkin has had alot more gametime than Hansen this season, I would put that down as a reason for worse statistics this year. I am shocked at the missed tackles though

thats not what the origial post suggests. why would Whelan "up the rent" for the team he wants to keep there, which he funds himself?

I would take wilkin over hansen every day of the week.

wilkin has a good kicking game too, from games i've seen. a bit more dirty than hansen who i feel is a more "honest rugby" kind of player - apart from when he's wading in on mason et al - but overall wilkin is a top player although i feel he's dropped from his recent high in form from last year and before this season. but still a bloody good player.

wilkin seems to get himself in on the act a bit more in attack and finishes tries well.

but for me HH has been awesome for wigan every since i've been watching them and this year has surely got to be probably his best form in a wigan shirt, its just been a shame about the injuries. i certainly hope the rumour about him leaving isn't true either!

both top players. i'd still have HH over wilkin though.

It came from the Cockney Latic site and some Saints fan picked up on it,adding 2 + 2 = 5.

Nothing new for Saints fans btw.

even so, it still doesn't make sense if they are on about the tics. why would whelan want his own team out of the stadium?

anyway who cares, it ain't happening

It's not Whelan, it's the fans themselves on cockneylatic

Dats coz we is in Warringtons shadow innit