7 first teamers leave
in what is proving to be a busy close season for wigan they have announced that following the departures of (Brian Carney who is heading to the NRL to play for the Newcastle Knights, Liam Botham who has retired, Jerome Guisset has joined French newcomers Les Catalans, while Stephen Wild and Martin Aspinwall have been recruited by Huddersfield.) youngsters Bob Beswick and Dave Allen have left join Widnes

Wigan are boosting their ranks for next year so its inevitable that players are going to leave. Saidly for Liam Botham he had to end his career, his absence has set Wigans plan for next season back. But the departure of improtant, experienced players such as Guisset, Carney and Aspinwall is where i beleive Wigan are going to suffer unless they bring in top - class players to replace them. However i also think that both Dave Allen and Bob Beswick are both good strong buy's for Widnes but also i think the pair will perform at superleague level in league one.