Stevie ward will become a quality player, he needs time to develop and a bit of luck on the injury front, he's still only 20, so it's far too early to be writing him off.

For me achurch was a positive last night, has a lot of talent and potential, hopefully he'll get a injury free run to show everyone what he can do.

I'd go with

Hardaker
Briscoe
Watkins
Keinhorst
Hall
Sinfield
McGuire
Bailey
Aiton
Singleton
Ablett
Jjb
Achurch
Subs
Burrow, Kylie, s.ward, sutcliffe

I hope they give Lilley a go this week. Playing really well in under 19's, and for me a better long term option than Sutcliffe.

But I guess play offs for under 19's start on Saturday also, and they may actually not want to play those players in first team Friday night.

True, I'd forgotten about that last point. Should then in the circumstances not expect to see the likes of Walters, Mulhern, R.Ward, Handley etc. to be named for the first team.

whilst its a consideration the needs of the first team come first. if people are needed so we can rest our crown jewels then sending a weakened u19 team out isnt really an issue. At this tine of the year we are all about getting our hands on the SL trophy. Little else matters

We are sure, but potentially some of those players might be the only chances they get also. I don't know which way the club would think.

The team looked jaded against wigan, we need to rest as many as we can and use what little advantage we have. For the likes of wigan, warrington, huddersfield et al their playoffs effectively start this week with all needing a result in what could be bruising encounters against their playoff rivals.

We can use this week to refresh everyone and get them mentally and physically prepared for a massive month, then (hopefully, no guarantee) have a little momentum builder in week one.