No Briscoe, Jones-Buchanan, Ward, Achurch or Singleton.

1. Watkins
2. Handley
3. Keinhorst
4. Moon
5. Hall
6. Sinfield
7. McGuire
8. Leuluai
9. Aiton
10. Peacock
11. Ablett
12. Delaney
13. Cuthbertson

14. Burrow
15. Garbutt
16. Yates
17. Walters

Yates playing Wednesday night for Hunslet so won't be playing Thursday. I thought that Briscoe would be back for this game? Would be massive if he was. Why leave Singleton out? It was squad rotation for him to not be on the field.

How do you know Singleton will still be out? Also, say Briscoe is available for this game and Hardaker's banned, what would our backline look like?

If briscoe is back. He seemed to make a decent fist of centre pre season and drop Watkins to fullback. Not as good in defence but should add to the attack

Not sure i would be sticking Briscoe back in out of position at centre away to one of the best sides in SL and after a long lay off.

Watkins to FB and Keinhorst in at centre seems the sensible way to go for this one.

No point shifting players who are settled in their positions.
Golding
Handley
Moon
Watkins
Hall
Sinfield
McGuire
Leuluai
Aiton
Peacock
Keinhorst
Ablett
Cuthbertson
Subs:
Burrow
Garbutt
Delaney
Singleton

Swap Singleton for Cuthbertson and that's what I'd go with

Isn't Golding still out injured?

Zak accepted EGP - Sits this one out.

Watkins
Handley Keinhorst Moon Hall
McGuire Sinfield
JP Aiton Kylie
Delaney Ablett
Singleton

Garbutt, Cuthbertson, Burrow, Walters

That's what I'd go for. Might swap Handley and Hall as Wigan usually sweep left and our right side looks a little vulnerable against 19-try Joe Burgess. Would play Briscoe if fit and available.

Watkins struggles to catch any sort of high ball, so he's the last person i'd want to see at FB.

On the other hand what an attacking threat he poses from there.

Dominate territorially and pressure the kicker and you can minimise the effect of high balls (easier said than done I know)

Singleton, Mulhern, Walters & Yates all in the 19....

Mulhern & Walters to drop out IMO

Hope Mulhern gets it over Yates.

Looks like we're going to try and smash the lightweight Wigan pack up the middle...

We tried that at Magic Weekend, and failed miserably. That was exactly a week after Wigan got hammered at Catalans, by a team who took the ball wide at every opportunity. Trying to take Wigan on down the middle is a recipe for defeat.

Agreed.

Not sure the squad selection is an indicator of how we'll play with all the forwards....more a case of who we have left fit and not suspended.

Leeds have been the best team this year and are deservedly top. I would have thought that a win at Wigan would give you just enough leeway to be able to coast through the next few weeks around the Challenge Cup semi and still have points in hand.

I'm expecting a strong Leeds team and a pretty easy win too, given how poor our forwards have been. I disagree with the above posters, the way to beat Wigan is to smash them up the middle. O'Loughlin may play, but he isn't really fit. Without him we have nothing in the middle to trouble Leeds.

Leeds have recruited well with Cuthbertson and Garbutt, whereas all of our props, apart from Tony Clubb, have been pretty poor.

Ha - wish I was as confident as you ...

You know deep down it's impossible to predict Wigan v Leeds thesedays.

Interesting that Mulhern and Yates have both been named in our 19 man squad, especially when they are both down to play for Hunslet tomorrow as well.

My order of preference for last spot in the 17 would be Mulhern, Yates, then Walters, but it looks like Walters will get the nod looking at the Hunslet squad for Wednesday. I think Leeds will lose this one, given Hardaker was best Leeds player in magic weekend macth and Keinhorst has been doing ok in 2nd row. Hardaker's "spear tackle" should've been sin bin sufficient IMO.

We're doomed, doomed I tell you.

I reckon we'll go
Watkins
Handley
Keinhorst
Moon
Hall
Sinfield
Mcguire
JP
Aiton
Kylie
Ablett
Delaney
Cuthbertson

Burrow
Garbutt
Singleton
Yates/Mulhern/Walters

I'm sure Yates could play for Hunslet and then do 2/3 minutes for us on Thursday.