Quote jonny the leyther="jonny the leyther" Scholes and Giggs from Man Utd are Wigan fans.
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I saw both at the ground and they were not wearing club colours...attending the Grand Final on the day Wigan won the Championship, at the ground which is there place of work, hardly means they are 'Wigan fans'.
Giggs has done interviews on how much he enjoys rugby league, the fact his dad played for Swinton and the fact that he played as a kid for Langworthy was reputedly being looked at to play representative rugby. I don't ever recall him saying he was a fan of any club although he talks of following Swinton home and away as a kid in various interviews - more a case of him choosing football at 13/14 and losing regular interest.
It's the sfact that many prominent people might reference some liking of a rugby league side at some point but it doesnt make them fans...anyone seen Andrew Marr at Widness for example? I stumbled on a piece in the Telegraph a few years ago when he spoke of prefering rugby league to football and his in-laws love of Widnes. Doubt he's given it a second thought since!