DOING SIR BILLY PROUD
TALKING RUGBY LEAGUE
WithMARTYN SADLEREditor
CONGRATULATIONS to Wigan for their superb welcome for Sir Billy Boston before their home game against Huddersfield Giants on Friday night.
Sir Billy must surely be the most famous man in Wigan, as he has been for so many years, and it is wonderful to see him able to celebrate his knighthood at the age of 90 and to be welcomed by a big crowd at The Brick Community Stadium, especially when he was sitting on his throne surrounded by his family, some of his old teammates and the members of the current Wigan squad.
In the circumstances the Wigan players couldn’t possibly have let him down by not beating the Giants.
And yet in the first half it looked as though they might, with the Giants leading 10-0 at half-time against a strangely ineffective Wigan performance.
Of course if everyone’s eyes were initially trained on Sir Billy, once the match started the majority of Wigan fans would no doubt have been looking in the direction of Christian Wade to assess whether a rare signing from rugby union these days was going to show that he can make the grade as a Rugby League player.