Wigan Warriors star Jake Bibby insists his side will come back stronger next season as he declared: “It’s a clean slate in 2022.” The five-time Super League champions were dumped out of the play-offs at the first hurdle by Leeds Rhinos after an insipid 8-0 home defeat.
It was a bitterly disappointing end to Adrian Lam’s three-year tenure as head coach and, with key players Jackson Hastings and Oliver Gildart also heading to Australia, the Warriors are preparing for a major overhaul.
Long-serving Tony Clubb has retired and Joe Bullock is set to join Warrington Wolves, but NRL forwards Kaide Ellis and Patrick Mago have been signed along with London Broncos winger Abbas Miski.
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