Re: OUT 2024 | Sam Walters - Wigan Warriors : Sat Jul 01, 2023 8:26 am  

Barrie’s Glass Eye wrote:

I understand the sentiment, but is there anyone in the academy ready for those minutes?

When everyone is fit he probably misses out anyway, unless Tet is now done after the stroke?

Re: OUT 2024 | Sam Walters - Wigan Warriors : Sat Jul 01, 2023 8:56 am  

While it is disappointing to lose a young forward with plenty of potential, he is still realistically our 5th / 6th choice prop.
We should be looking to replace Tet with real quality and Mik, Tom and Lisone are all ahead of him.
He's getting minutes now because Tet and Holroyd/Sangare have been injured.
Be interesting to see how much game time he gets at Wigan.
He's certainly not ready to be a first choice prop yet.

Re: OUT 2024 | Sam Walters - Wigan Warriors : Sat Jul 01, 2023 4:20 pm  

Simmo71 wrote:

While it is disappointing to lose a young forward with plenty of potential, he is still realistically our 5th / 6th choice prop.
We should be looking to replace Tet with real quality and Mik, Tom and Lisone are all ahead of him.
He's getting minutes now because Tet and Holroyd/Sangare have been injured.
Be interesting to see how much game time he gets at Wigan.
He's certainly not ready to be a first choice prop yet.

I think they will play him at loose forward.

Re: OUT 2024 | Sam Walters - Wigan Warriors : Sat Jul 01, 2023 4:27 pm  

Not before Smithies

Re: OUT 2024 | Sam Walters - Wigan Warriors : Sat Jul 01, 2023 9:14 pm  

Mik,Holroyd,Lisone,Sangare and Ruan isn't bad but an injury or two and we are back to bare bones

Re: OUT 2024 | Sam Walters - Wigan Warriors : Sat Jul 01, 2023 10:10 pm  

Ruan isn't a prop

Re: OUT 2024 | Sam Walters - Wigan Warriors : Sun Jul 02, 2023 9:30 am  

Emagdnim13 wrote:

Mik,Holroyd,Lisone,Sangare and Ruan isn't bad but an injury or two and we are back to bare bones

For next year it will be those 4 plus Goudemand and I suspect Donaldson will fill in. I would not go that way but it could well happen.

I think at times Wigan may use Walters as a LF/ 3rd prop, the dreaded term “middle”. It’s a pity he’s going because he’s different to what we have and is having a year like O’Connor did last year where he comes on a lot.
His defence has improved and he is often slipping the first contact now, he did Vaughan once on Thursday.

Re: OUT 2024 | Sam Walters - Wigan Warriors : Sun Jul 02, 2023 10:00 am  

Seth wrote:

Ruan isn't a prop

Ah fair

Re: OUT 2024 | Sam Walters - Wigan Warriors : Mon Jul 03, 2023 7:28 pm  

Sir Gregory ParsloeP wrote:

For next year it will be those 4 plus Goudemand and I suspect Donaldson will fill in. I would not go that way but it could well happen.

I think at times Wigan may use Walters as a LF/ 3rd prop, the dreaded term “middle”. It’s a pity he’s going because he’s different to what we have and is having a year like O’Connor did last year where he comes on a lot.
His defence has improved and he is often slipping the first contact now, he did Vaughan once on Thursday.

Only the coach knows why he has only decided to give him game time now, maybe if he'd had his chance earlier he would not have been looking elsewhere.

Re: OUT 2024 | Sam Walters - Wigan Warriors : Sun Aug 20, 2023 4:48 pm  

Do you still think big mick is better than walters?