His father, Bernard, played scrum half for Wigan in the 1970's and his grandfather, Bernard snr, held the famous No7 jersey in the mid 1940's. All three were signed from Wigan St Patrick's.

Three of Paul Jewell's former Wigan backroom staff have followed him to take new jobs at Derby County. Bill Green and David Hamilton will be scouts at Pride Park and Alan Tomlinson is the club's new ...