Posts Tagged "wigan"

It was an outstanding afternoon of football on Saturday, that saw a resurgent Wigan’s style more European than than relegation, and a mercurial Luis hatrick. This is FFTD’s Sunday review.

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South Sydney are viewing Michael Maguire as their long-term solution after confirming the NRL’s worst kept secret, that the Wigan coach will head to Redfern in 2012.

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St George Illawarra captured the World Club Challenge title for the first time with a 21-15 win over three-time champions Wigan at DW Stadium on Sunday night.

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St George Illawarra veteran Matt Cooper has called on teammates to win Sunday night’s (Monday AM AEDT) World Club Challenge against Wigan for their coach Wayne Bennett.

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St George Illawarra have banned talk of the British weather as they set their sights on world glory.

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Former Great Britain and Wigan hooker Terry Newton was found dead at his home shortly after 2pm on Sunday. The ex-international, aged 31, was seven months into a two-year drugs ban for human growth hormone.

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Simply amazing. In their first top-flight game since 1971, newly-promoted Blackpool stunned the pundits by recording a 4-0 win at Wigan Athletic.

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The NRL should be absolutely fuming about the mini-exodus of Melbourne Storm players to England. Some of the brightest stars of the NRL are bound for dreary England, as the fallout of the Melbourne Storm salary cap drama continues.

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With news this week that Brett Finch, Ryan Hoffman and Jeff Lima will be leaving Melbourne to play for Wigan in the English Superleague next year, only the most ardent and uncritical supporter of the salary cap will deny that “something” has to change.

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Greg Inglis may yet have a future at the Melbourne Storm after the NRL club revealed on Monday night three players had signed deals with English club Wigan.

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Chelsea reclaimed the English Premier League title in style on Sunday, with an 8-0 win over Wigan ensuring they pipped Manchester United by a single point after racking up a record haul of 103 goals.

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Arsenal squandered a golden opportunity to get back in the Premier League title race as Wigan scored three times in the last 10 minutes to clinch a remarkable 3-2 win at the DW Stadium on Sunday.

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Ah, Wigan. A 9-1 loss to Tottenham and the embarrassed players have offered to refund the ticket price for any of the club’s fans who attended their side’s 9-1 thrashing at the hands of Tottenham at White Hart Lane on the weekend.

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Wow! Normally I wouldn’t bother writing a summary of a game but the amazing 9-1 victory by Tottenham was something special. What makes it all the more amazing is it was just 1-0 at half time, Wigan were ordinary for the first half an hour but started to get into the game as the first [...]

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Jermain Defoe scored five goals including a seven-minute hat trick as Tottenham overwhelmed Wigan 9-1 on Sunday while Blackburn ended a run of five straight away defeats with a 2-0 victory at Bolton.

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Socceroos striker Scott McDonald could be set for a spell in the Premier League on a one-year loan to Wigan, the Australian international’s agent announced on Saturday.

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Manchester United made amends for their humbling by Burnley as Wayne Rooney’s double and Michael Owen’s first goal for the Premier League champions inspired a 5-0 win at Wigan on Saturday.

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