Have you ever heard of hate crime? Cool it son.

Mick Morgan was at least a laugh. Danika, not so much.

Hate crime? Come on grow a pair this is rugby league.

Decent result that considering we didn’t break loose until after 30 minutes or so.
Smithies is beginning to look and play like a LF.
I’m now moving towards French at FB and Field at HB. We need French where he can get some space and that for me is from joining the the attack form FB.
Hopefully with the next two games at home we can start to build some momentum.

And?

That would be great, *if* it worked, Itchy. I'm just not convinced it would. Likewise we could put French on the wing (where he would be 'wasted', scoring 30 tries a season), if we had something who could really make things happen at 6. Clearly, Peet doesn't think that either Hampshire or Cust is that guy. I don't think he's wrong.

Exactly.

Exactly what? Are you for real?

Good to see us play with some intent to attack with a bit more purpose yesterday. I think from the start our forwards were far more aggressive in running onto the ball and post contact (even Bryne) and it allowed the attack a bit more time to move the ball around.

I like Shorrock but I really hope that's the last we see of him as a starting forward, he doesn't offer enough go forward and i think we saw how much better our backs can play off the back of a decent forward pack.

Good start by Dupree, has that extra bit of pace and aggression into contact we've been lacking - and certainly something Singo couldn't provide.

Mago is finally showing the sort of form we thought we were going to get from hom - such a shame he's only just starting to do it, hopefully it continues the rest of the season. When Havard is back we will finally have a pretty strong forward pack with Mago's upturn in form and a very promising debut from Dupree.

This is a perfectly good hard tackle. If you can't handle it, go and watch tag rugby.

They will find a way to outlaw it in the off season, I just hope we don't end up with the mess that we have with head contact.

I think you could already deem the technique to be a little reckless as he seems to have no concern about his or anyone else's health.

Thought we played well yesterday. First 30 we were a little off with the ball but I thought our D was good (except the Amone try). The two tries before HT killed Leigh’s enthusiasm I thought and after that it was plain sailing.

Mago, Smith, Dupree, Nsemba, Ellis went well. Miski was a menace throughout that game too. Overall a solid performance.

Felt like a few were playing for the shop window. Mago being one of them, he knows he’s going and playing for a contract elsewhere, which is fine by me in all honesty.

Powell spoke before the game and he seemed like he was resigned to leaving, I wouldn’t be surprised if he signs for Warrington to replace Clarke.

Wire have already signed Brad Dwyer haven't they?

Wigan had Leigh’s moves marked well and we was always going to get pasted. Very well played.

With the players they have signed, Wigan will be team to beat for sure. No reason why they can’t win the big prize after the disappointment of the challenge cup.

Don’t see much up with the Asiata tackle, had last week not happened I don’t think it would even been mentioned.

‘And’ what, are you all there? I have seen no evidence of hate crime on this forum it just suits your narrative.

If rumours are to be believed yes. If not, it’s a likely club for Powell. Salford or Leigh could be added to that list too.

The easiest way to deal with it is for the attacker to raise his knee.

I fully agree.

=#FF0000That's hatred at least. =#0000FFThat's going a bit too far.

Tone it down a bit mate.

At first glance it looked like a knee tackle but after watching it again I agree it’s a legal tackle with minimal risk.

Which one would that be?

I’ve seen a few negative comments about Byrnes performance on various platforms but I thought it was much improved. He ran with much more vigour and looked motivated. The arrival of Dupree seemed to spark him and with Havard due back, he’ll need to continue improving.

Agreed. He was certainly running with a lot more purpose.

Likewise, it was good to see the same of Mago.

Has Byrne missed a game since Cooper's injury ?
He could probably do with being bench prop for a few weeks rather than starting, when you consider Havard's injuries and Ellis's suspensions he's had a heck of a workload this year.
Just watched the game back and in the post match interviews Peet mentioned Havard so hopefully he's not far off.
If we can get Havard/Dupree/Ellis a refreshed Byrne and current form Mago in the squad things will look a lot brighter heading into the play-offs.