The love affair that will last forever: why John Bateman returned to Wigan – and why he doesn’t think he’ll ever leave his beloved Warriors again

The words John Bateman tweeted on his first day back as a Wigan Warriors player said it all. “Hi.. I’m home,” he said. Short, sweet but exactly to the point. The kid who grew up on a Bradford council estate dreaming he would one day represent his hometown club is now a fully-fledged adopted Wiganer….