its fairly well known that Wigan didn't really give him much of a chance last year, so it is understandable that someone away from his home country, having to move his young family over here, to then be given little game time and then to be slaughtered for it when he couldn't capitalise (because the team on the whole was in poor form and badly instructed last season) to lose his head a little and appear to want away. I even recall rumblings that he was playing the way Wane asked him to, but when the team didn't perform he got most of the slack, especially after the Leigh loss. a little unfair if you ask me, as he was one of our better players that night!

but like you say he has proved Wigan wrong so far, and is fully deserving of his new contract.

if anything this is an even more important signing than Isa, Marshall or Davies, because this shows that with commitment and knuckling down you can achieve anything - even proving your own coach wrong!

well done all around Wigan.

Not the finished article but he's got the stuff you can't teach and so the finer points can be taught. As long as his head stays in the game he'll come good.

That's not really true. His attitude was really poor to the point where he refused to go out on loan, or play in the reserves. That was the problem and Wane wouldn't wear it. It appears he came back from the World Cup with a completely different attitude and really buckled down to a hard pre-season which impressed Bitcom, Wane and the rest of the staff. Good on the lad I really hope things work out for him, and well done to the coaching staff for giving him another chance.

I’m stunned he’s still here in that case but thankfully they’ve been able to put their differences to one side. I remember the game away at Leigh when he got hooked off last year and you could see he was clearly unhappy. He simply wasn’t fit enough at that point for first team superleague rugby but he’s worked hard. He’s got a way to go yet but if he can reach his potential we’ll have a fine player on our hands.

Absolutely, and i think that reflects really well on Wane too.