I'd be starting Forber for this one. Going to be tough to work out which forwards to rotate though, don't envy Peet.

Wouldn't surprise me to see Patrick Mago left out - seems pretty clear he isn't trusted to play decent minutes in big games when the intensity is high. At Catalans he played about 15 minutes when the game was done and dusted.

The counter argument would be that he's a useful player to have if you need something different to change the momentum of the game.

He's an ever present but I've thought all season that he will be under threat should we have a big game, where every prop is available. Thinking back to the cup final, his minutes were extremely limited IIRC and it was just the same on Good Friday, so clearly others are trusted more. If Cooper were available I think he would miss out. Personally I would leave Dupree out, both due to a lack of form and to try and wake him up a bit but I think Walters will miss out and we'll see 3 props and Forber on the bench.

I'm with you, and I think Peet will be too.

Field
Miski Keighran Wardle Marshall
French Smith
Thompson Leeming Havard
Farrell Nsemba
Ellis

Byrne Dupree Walters Forber

Some team on paper, but there's a few players who have only just come back in, so rust may be a factor.

Hopefully we'll do our talking on the field but Hull KR are very confident. Today I've already seen articles about Peters highlighting Mikey Lewis' unfair treatment, Ryan Hall comparing his current side to the great Leeds' sides and the HKR local journalist referring to them as a 'big beast'. Unusual to be so outspoken before a big game...

I am confident Walters will be in the 17. His work rate, particularly defensively, against Catalans was high. Come the big games we look to suffocate teams and, in my view, Mago doesn’t contribute much to that type of plan. I agree regarding Cooper he is a big miss, does anyone have any update on his fitness. It is a significant amount of time to be out of the frame and very worrying if he is still suffering the effects of his head injury.

I vaguely remember some new protocols that were put in place for this year regarding concussions - can't remember the details but something around players needing to sit out for two to three months if they have more than one concussion in a set time period.

All this crap about mikey lewis needing to be closely watched by the ref is a stupid comments by Peters. Great coach but lost a bit of respect after that. I seem to remember Peter Hiku showing a bit of attention to Fields in the CC semi final. It happens to most star player unfortunately get on with it

I'm more concerned with his ability to wind the opposition up, I think we can all agree our discipline leaves a fair bit to be desired this season, just don't bite whatever he gets up to.
Any cards now and you're running the risk of missing the play-offs.

Hull KR doing the talk then talk pre-match, whilst we quietly go about our business behind closed doors. Should be a good one.

Literally!!!

16k tickets sold so far: https://x.com/WiganWarriorsRL/status/18 ... nSp-g&s=19

16k tickets sold so far: https://x.com/WiganWarriorsRL/status/18 ... nSp-g&s=19

M62 is to be closed on Friday so there will be very few Rovers fans

It's simply Willie Peters doing an Alex Ferguson style pressing of a ref. The hope will be that Lewis continues to get away with his antics and the refs focus on his targets. I see people liken him to Jake Connor but he's the polar opposite in terms of the result because unlike Connor, he is great at getting the decisions to go his way.

Wigan players need to be told to simply look through him when he starts and to get stuck in to him (legally) when he has the ball.

Absolute nightmare that motorway - over 2000 have already bought tickets so will be a very long trip back.

2500 sold up to now mate, Friday night with a closed motorway i think that’s a good effort

Think the best way to get stuck in to him is when we are attacking get Nsemba running at him make him defend bigger bodys

Good stuff

If I was a Rovers fan I'd be tempted book a cheap Premier Inn, have a few beers and head back next morning.

The club has posted pictures of Willie Isa running on the Brick pitch. Not sure what that means in terms of timescales but it's good to see him back looking healthy. It's always felt like they've kept timescales hush hush in the hope he may pull of a comeback this season. Getting a place in the 17 may be another matter.

That's a lot better than good, outstanding turnout

Hopefully the game lives upto it, last time we came to you we was 12-0 down before i got back from the bar

I noticed to the hush hush on him “out for the season”

Peet won’t be to resist playing him off the bench at old Trafford if we get there for the last game of his career

I wish O’Neill and Cooper were running alongside him.

The main thing is just to see the guy running about again but if there is any chance of him making some games, I wouldn't be surprised to see him get a bench spot. I do think it would have to be in advance of the play offs though (probably for the last regular round fixture) and I'd say it's an extremely long shot. I do wonder if he may play on next year with him losing this season.

I hope not, just look at Saints and the drop off from their older players. Sometimes you need to be ruthless