With the news finally official that Jackson Hastings is returning to the NRL in 2022, attention is already starting to turn to what may happen next at Wigan Warriors.
Hastings’ move to Wests next year could be one of two openings in the halves at the Warriors if, as anticipated, club captain Thomas Leuluai decides to call time on his own illustrious career at the end of the season.
Wigan clearly have the cap space to go into the transfer market and seek out a big-money replacement for one, or both, of Hastings and Leuluai, but there is an opportunity for some existing Warriors players to stake their own claim: starting on Thursday night.
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