i wonder if i attached some home-made wings to a pig, would it fly?

Love to see that happen, but no chance i think.


Cracking player, but would be a very risky signing without seeing him play. Then again if it came off, you could have gotten him on the cheap and he could potentially be one of the best in sl.

u have already had ratchford at ur club and let him go

Luke Davico springs to mind.

We cant take the gamble. Maybe a side like Saints, Leeds who have a decent pack can take the risk we cant risk paying him loads of money and then lose him very quickly.

Once you see who his agent is should tell you everything you need to know about this particular "story".

Ratchford was never at Wigan at academy level, they were apparently not interested in him. That was from an interview he did with Radio Manchester.

Same as Barrett??

Ben Cross I would have in a shot, have seen him play loads of times for Melbourne and Newcastle.

Ben Ross I have never seen play but from what I have read up about him he seems like an intimidating hardworking prop,we should trial him if there is no other props on the market willing to come to England for the right money.

stefan ratchford was in the same scholarship as darryl goulding and thomas coyle and at sixteen was told ur not good enough and dont speak in a aussie accenct goodbye trust me

So what?

So as I said he never signed for Wigan academy as they were not interested in him.

but he was at wigan though

thats not what he said though is it?

I bet you £1,000,000 that didnt happen in the way you say it did.

it does happen with most of the kids u have though

Not anymore, they get told to watch 'home and away' and 'neighbours' to try and master the accent and try to get some aussie phrases into the Wigan dialect to help them progress through the ranks actually -

'Exuse me shiela, that pea wept is a ripper! Fair dinkum!

'Horeet lad, lets put another shrimp on the barby!

He played at Wigan St Pats, till he was 15, then moved, I know

You are Stefan Ratchford, and I claim my £5!

Not quite

but we did throw a oval shaped ball at one another

My next guess would be Flanagan, going off name and age

Sorry if this has already been posted but I found it on the Aussie site and thought you might be interested. Cronulla prop, Ben Ross www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/s ... 66,00.html

Sorry if this has already been posted but I found it on the Aussie site and thought you might be interested. Cronulla prop, Ben Ross www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/s ... 66,00.html

P22 of rumours thread

Here we go again

Good to see the guy is getting better(I would not wish ill health on anyone ) but keep well away. Look what happend with Davico when we signed him lasted 3 mins was it?
Hopefully he will get back to match fitness but not with wigan.

It's good to see Ross recovering well but if true, it just seems as though we're interested in him because he's ''damaged goods'' and we'll be able to pick him on the cheap.

I just find that really fustrating.

Let's hope it isn't true.