3. Jordan Turner, 4. Josh Jones, 5. Adam Swift, 6. Travis Burns, 8. Mose Masoe, 9. James Roby, 10. Kyle Amor, 12. Jon Wilkin, 13. Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook, 14. Alex Walmsley, 15. Mark Flanagan, 17. Mark Percival, 19. Greg Richards, 22. Matty Dawson, 25. Andre Savelio, 26. Lewis Charnock, 28. Jack Ashworth 30. Matty Fleming, 34. Shannon McDonnell.

McDonnell
Dawson
Percival
Turner
Swift
Burns
Charnock
Amor
Roby
Walmsley
Wilkin
Flanagan
LMS

Bench

Masoe
Richards
Savelio
Jones

Thank god for Robes being tough as nails!

Despite the lads missing, that's still a strong 17 we can put out. We're gonna turn them over tomorrow.

McDonnell
Dawson/Fleming
Percival
Turner
Swift
Burns
Wilkin
Amor
Roby
Walmsley
Flanagan
LMS
Jones

Savelio
Masoe
Richards
Charnock

Id go with that.


I just don't think we are creative enough to beat them. We can build pressure when the pack gets on top but weve no creative spark to open up teams when it's tight.

I think we will lose but if we had fully fit Luke Walsh Id be very confident.

If we deal with them putting pressure on Wilkin when he's kicking better than we did at the Pie Dome, we'll win.

The Goons are always so lucky against us. They will no doubt get a couple of scores ahead early through daft kicks off the back of nonsense penalties. We'll then claw our way back in but ultimately lose.

I don't think we are creative enough to beat them. Wilkin does a job at 7 but he struggles in the big games as he's not a halfback.

They weren't lucky in Grand Final when it mattered



Agreed Pete, but back in April we were saying after the game that even if we'd had Wilkin on pitch we'd have opened them up. We've got him on pitch tomorrow. At least the defence is doing well mate.

Wilkin won't open them up. He might try to kick them to death but he's not a good ball player.

I'll take that mate. Our kicking game was v poor against them in April.

I think Burns needs to step up now. He started the season well but drifted off in recent weeks. This is what we paid to bring him here for.

Burns is being held back by Wilkin ( playmaker extraordinaire) when Walsh comes back we will see a different Burns who will work in tandem with Walsh. ( fingers crossed)

What claptrap. Burns has been poor and that is nothing to do with Wilkin. The fact that Wilkin has been the more effective halfback most if the time says everything about Burns performances.

Burns looked worse when he was with Walsh than he has the past few weeks with Wilkin. He started the season really well and will need to emulate that form.

As I said . Wilkin is playmaker. See what happens when Walsh comes back.

I am not calling Wilkin but he is not a no 7.

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Thought he was great early doors.

Burns looks to be carrying a knock

I'd say he was carrying several. He's so physical and so tough that serious injuries don't bother him. He'd rather run off a knock a different player would roll around the floor and call for a stretcher with.

Wilkin isn't a ball handling scrum half. But he can do a job. The big question is whether Saints will return to their tactic of kicking early which paid big dividends early this year and at the back end of last. This is where Wilkin proved really strong.

Well up for this one tonight.

They are dangerous and we need to restrict their space when they are returning our kicks. Our defence held up well last week and was a good test of how Wigan will shape up.

I just hope we don't let Williams run the show. He's a fantastic player and we need to eliminate his time on the ball. He likes to throw a dummy and run at the line too so we need to be making contact with him every time he's on the ball.

Didn't see the Salford game but they definitely returned to this tactic at Newcastle v Warrington. Wilkin kicked early in the first 2/3 sets before Roby went off and we lost our way. Even second half getting back into it, we kicked early. Expect to see this a lot.

Wigan is all about defending the edges. If your outside three make the right decisions, Wigan become a side that can only hurt you on attacking kicks on the last. If that happens, I'd expect Saints to murder them up the middle and grind it out. If we don't defend well enough though, it could be a cakewalk should they get a couple of scores up early.

At the end of the day, put Walsh and the back rowers in this side and we beat Wigan pretty much every time. Put a performance in, give our all and whatever happens, we'll see you in Sept/Oct. Good luck to you.

Defo agree that defending on the edges is very important agsinst Wigan. I worry they will exploit Turner who is pretty poor in his decision making when giving something to think about.

On the other side, if we get the ball to Turner he could rip them to shreds with the ball.