Did you see the 'breaking news' this week? Sam Tomkins has signed for the New Zealand Warriors.
Attendance
If the newspapers, websites and social media want to speculate about new signings at clubs then great. That sort of talk between fans is brilliant and can get you through a 'dull day' sometimes. It's gone on for 100 years and will do for the next 100.
The Wigan Warriors gained some media coverage for their sponsors and I suppose that it was a chance for them to inform their supporters that it will be Tomkins' last home game for Wigan. It will be interesting to see what impact that has on the attendance on Friday night at the DW Stadium.
I suppose that we'll never know because nobody knows how many people would've turned up if the press conference and announcement on Monday had never taken place.
In five of the six play-off games so far, the crowd has been lower than the corresponding league game. How will the season ticket holders take this week's news about Tomkins?
I'm just an ex-player with one man's opinion. Please let me know if you think the same way or if I've got this one all wrong.
Amazing
One of the best coaches that I ever played for used to talk about putting an 'effort' on top of an 'effort'. Well one guy has certainly done that to get to this year's Grand Final and it's Rob Piercy from Hull.
At present, he's cycling from the Catalans Dragons home ground, via all of the other 13 clubs to get to Old Trafford for the Grand Final.
It will be an amazing 1440-mile trip in aid of the Steve Prescott Foundation and his local club, Myton Warriors. It's an incredible effort for a great cause and you can follow his progress and support him
@RobsRugbyRide on Twitter.
Good luck Rob, see you in Manchester.
